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LONDON

London is ranked as the number one student
city in the world (QS Best Student Cities, 2022), “Having grown up in Shanghai,
and the only city in the top three to have an China, the prospect of moving to the
English-speaking veterinary school; the Royal
Veterinary College. From world-renowned UK for university was both daunting
museums and galleries to beautiful green parks, and exciting. As an 18 year old, I knew I
and transport links to the rest of the UK and wanted to study animals and science, and upon
Europe – it is easy to see why! visiting the RVC, almost immediately decided this
was where I wanted to be.”
We have been based in Camden since 1791, and since then we “London and Shanghai are more alike than
have grown from a horse infirmary with a handful of students to
a science-based institution, producing internationally renowned I thought: Between Chinatown and the new
veterinarians, clinicians, scientists and researchers. friends I’d made, I rarely felt out of place in this
multicultural metropolis.”
Many things have changed around us since then, but the one
thing that has stayed the same is the international appeal of one Valerie Cai
of the world’s greatest cities – London. BSc Biological Sciences

Getting around
Getting in and around London is made simple by the range
of public transport links available. Our campus in Camden is
situated on the London Underground’s Northern Line, and is
also connected by the London Overground. It is a short walk
from London King’s Cross St. Pancras, the transport hub
of London, with overground, underground and bus links to reach
just about anywhere in London, as well as the Eurostar, allowing
quick travel to mainland Europe.

There are a number of bus routes that connect Camden to
the rest of Central and North London, and public bicycles are
available outside our campus.

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