The main medical school building houses two 450-seat lecture theatres, four additional lecture theatres, numerous small group teaching rooms, laboratory space for research and teaching, a clinical skills suite, student relaxation and study space, a prosectorium for cadaveric anatomy, and the Barnes medical library.

The scheme cost £8 million and consisted of the new Leondard Deacon lecture theatre, canteen and common room facilities.

It houses 600 undergraduate and postgraduate dental students, trainees and academics, and is equipped to treat over 120,000 patients a year in areas including unscheduled emergency dental care, restorative dentistry, oral surgery, oral medicine, orthodontics and paediatric dentistry.

University of Birmingham students of medicine, biomedical science, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing and physiotherapy have access to special clinical resources within the Barnes Library and computer cluster within the medical school building.

The first two years (termed Phase I) cover basic science and are predominantly lecture based with extensive small group tutorials.

Years three to five consist largely of clinical placements covering all major specialties in partner NHS Trusts and GP practices located in the West Midlands.

[7] In 2003 the medical school started a four-year medicine course for graduates with an honours degree in life sciences.

A new four-year undergraduate Masters in Nursing (MNurs)starts in September 2018 which prepares students for management roles and clinical academic careers.

The School also offers a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science (BSc) leading to further study at postgraduate level.

Clinical placements for medical students take place in a variety of secondary and tertiary referral hospitals and community general practices across the West Midlands.

The club won the inaugural NAMS (National Association of Medical Schools) competition in 1994 and has appeared in many finals over the years.

The club has also previously beaten the University of Birmingham Rugby Team (UBRFC) in the annual varsity match.