What's the difference (Present Simple/Progressive)?

I would say:  He's studying at the School of Medicine. /  He studies at the School of Medicine.

What's the difference?

Almost none in the case of the predicate "study at (some institution)".  Both indicate an on-going state of affairs.

However, the progressive form is more likely than the non-progressive form to occur in a context referring to the future.

He's studying at the School of Medicine next year.

And only the non-progressive form would normally be used to indicate sporadic continuation of the studies.

He studies at the School of Medicine from time to time.

CJ

Hi,

'... study in the faculty ...' is slightly more common than '... study at the faculty ...', according to a Google search, which makes sense to me if you take the relevant definition of faculty at www.m-w.com:  'a branch of teaching or learning in an educational institution'.  It seems to me that you would study in some branch of learning, just as you study in a field of learning, not at it.  Nevertheless, both of those prepositions are used.

CJ

Hi,

Why ''He's studying at the School of Medicine next year'' instead of simply writing/saying ''he  will  study at the ......? to indicate future?

You could say 'will study', but the present continuous is used here to show that all the arrangements have already been made, eg he has completed the admission process, bought his books, etc.

Consider this simpler example. 'I'm flying to Montreal tomorrow'. This suggests that I have already bought my ticket. Maybe I've already packed my suitcase!

Best wishes, Clive