This annual event held every August is open to medical students in any year of training, offering the opportunity to find out about the wide range of pathology specialities through a mixture of lectures and small-group interactive breakout sessions.

It is a free two-day course, providing an opportunity to talk to current trainees and established consultants about their careers.

Pathology Summer School 2025

The 2025 Pathology Summer School will take place in person on 31 July - 1 August 2025.

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Further information is available on the dedicated Summer School web page on the Royal College of Pathologists website.

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The Summer School is hosted by the Royal College of Pathologists and sponsored by the College,  the British Division of the International Academy of Pathology, the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Association of Clinical Pathologists and the British Society for Haematology.