Health Sciences in Great Britain

Travel to Edinburgh

Take a walking tour of Edinburgh

Take a medical-themed tour of Edinburgh

With your expert local guide you will: 

• Discover the city’s rich medical heritage
• See the oldest medical institution in the English-speaking world
• Learn about Edinburgh’s grave robbing history

Visit Mary King's Close, a network of subterranean streets that once housed victims of the plague

Visit Edinburgh Castle

Visit the National Museum of Scotland

Visit the Surgeons' Hall Museums, which feature anatomical artifacts and medical innovations

Explore Edinburgh on your own

Travel by train to London

Take a walking tour of London

Ride the London Eye

Participate in a forensics workshop, where you’ll learn criminal investigation skills like fingerprint analysis and crime scene assessment

Visit the Tower of London

Take a guided Jack the Ripper tour and follow in the footsteps of the 19th-century serial killer

Visit to a medical-themed museum

Take a medical-themed tour of London

With your expert local guide you will see places like: 

• Royal London Hospital
• The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (Bart)

Visit the Wellcome Collection, which challenges how we think about the connections between health, science, and art

Learn firsthand about the practice of applied medicine during a visit to a hospital, medical school, or surgical office

Visit the Old Operating Theatre for an interactive healthcare talk and demonstration 

Meet with a medical professional to learn more about Britain’s healthcare system

Enjoy a theater performance

Travel by Eurostar train to Paris  

Take a guided tour of Paris

With your expert local guide you will see:

• Place de la Concorde
• Champs-Élysées
• Arc de Triomphe
• Les Invalides
• Eiffel Tower

Take a tour of the Latin Quarter

Catch a glimpse of Notre-Dame Cathedral

Visit the Louvre