RCSI Heritage Collections

RCSI is committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion across everything we do. Today, more than seventy countries are represented across RCSI's student population, continuing a proud tradition of welcoming students from around the world that can be traced back to the early years of the College through the RCSI Roll of Licentiates. Once a graduate had completed their studies, passed exams, and received their licence, they were invited to enter their names in the RCSI Roll of Licentiates. From 1828, the Roll contains the full names as well as normal place of residence of all RCSI Licentiates. The vast majority of those early licentiates hailed from across Ireland, alongside a very small number of students from England, Scotland, and Wales. The first international licenciate to appear in the Roll was a William Boxwell Thompson from Madras (Chennai), India, on 6 August 1830. Over the following decades, students began to flock to RCSI from around the world. Check out the map ...

Gender is one of the core pillars of equality, diversity, and inclusion implementation at RCSI, with our dedicated EDI Unit spearheading various initiatives that promote equality between women and men and embrace the right of all individuals to be treated equally regardless of gender identity and gender expression. RCSI has had strong gender parity among medical graduates now for more than 20 years. Like the broader medical profession and other medical teaching and training establishments in Great Britain and Ireland, however, that parity has been a long time in the making.