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YOUR CAREER
You will be entitled to work as a veterinarian as soon as you Graduates to practice in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and
have earned your BVetMed degree and registered as a Member South Africa without requiring any further qualifications*.
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Our
graduates go on to enjoy a wide range of careers in veterinary In addition, the American Veterinary Medical Association
medicine, including positions in small animal practices, mixed (AVMA) will recognise your degree as equivalent to those
practices, equine practices, farm/livestock environments, wild awarded by veterinary colleges in North America. Some of the
animal environments, wildlife conservation, military support, USA and Canada’s major veterinary employers recruit actively
industry research, government, and academia. among our final year students. Please note, however, that you
will be required to sit the North American Veterinary Licensing
The RVC’s accreditation status with the European Association Examination (NAVLE) if you intend to work in North America
of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) allows after qualifying as well as satisfy state/provincial veterinary
BVetMed graduates to register to practise in Europe without board requirements where relevant – just as you would if
requiring any further qualifications*. Reciprocal arrangements graduating from any North American school*.
between the RCVS and the Australasian Veterinary Boards
Council Inc (AVBC), the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI), and * Notwithstanding any visa requirements
the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC), allows BVetMed

“The professors are usually
lecturing you on their research,
their enthusiasm is infectious,
and you end up not just
learning but having fun in a
lecture theatre! I really enjoyed
the directed learning sessions
where you use the lecture
material to solve real world
cases and begin to develop
the thought processes of
a Veterinarian.”

Kyle McCreesh
Graduate Accelerated Bachelor of
Veterinary Medicine

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