The admission route
Competitive academic and science requirements; animal-handling experience is required for the CAO route. Confirm the correct application and fee category.
The qualification has direct RCVS accreditation; check its status at expected graduation. Do not assume the four-year graduate-entry criteria apply to this five-year course.
Use the application calendar and official admission office to confirm the dates for your intake and applicant category. A past calendar is not a current application window.
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Recognised qualification, conditions apply
The specified award has a published RCVS recognition route, subject to applicable accreditation and graduation dates and other registration conditions. Recheck before enrolment and graduation.
- Exact award
- MVB
- Entry level
- School-leaver entry
- Course and training
- 5 years for this route; include any earlier study, preparatory programme or post-degree training separately.
- Clinical access
- The qualification has direct RCVS accreditation; check its status at expected graduation. Do not assume the four-year graduate-entry criteria apply to this five-year course.
Check the rules for your expected graduation year. Recognition of a qualification, registration, a training place and permission to work are separate decisions.
What to prepare
- Passport and the application form for your nationality route.
- Your original school-leaving qualifications, subject grades and transcripts; add degree and prerequisite-course evidence for graduate or college-entry routes. Confirm predicted-grade rules if results are pending.
- Evidence of English or the university’s written exemption.
- Any required motivation statement, references, medical form and passport photograph.
- Certified copies, translations, recognition and apostille only in the format requested by this university.
This is a preparation checklist. The university’s current country-specific list determines which items you must submit.
Build your application checklistWhat the degree could cost
No comparable current whole-course tuition schedule has been verified in this directory. Obtain a written quote in the programme’s billing currency for your fee category, campus and intake. Include any prior study, clinical placements, compulsory training and UK-registration costs.
Model my full budgetBefore paying a deposit
- Get a written offer and fee schedule for your exact intake.
- Check deposit deadlines, refund terms and what happens if a visa is refused.
- Ask which clinical activities require the local language, and how students reach the required level.
- Ask the UK regulator about the exact award, teaching location and expected graduation year.