What is GMEC?

The Global Medical Excellence Cluster (GMEC) is a not-for-profit company that provides a framework within which universities, companies and NHS Trusts collaborate to build the capabilities to keep the UK globally competitive in biomedical research, attract inward investment and improve patient outcomes.

Founded by five of the world’s top universities, Cambridge University, Imperial College London, King’s College London, Oxford University, University College London and joined by Queen Mary University of London in 2012, GMEC operates in partnership with The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and industrial collaborators.