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STUDY
Please note that these are indicative modules and may be subject to change.

• Biology of the cell • Animal handling and husbandry
• Inheritance, genes and evolution • Problem, definition and investigation
GATEWAY • Development • Library research project
YEAR • The moving animal • Science Development and Communication
• Integrated physiology
Please see Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (pages 64-65) for an outline of what is studied
during the five-year programme upon successful completion of the Gateway year.

YOUR CAREER
Upon successful completion of this six-year course, you will Council Inc (AVBC), the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI), and
graduate with a degree in veterinary medicine. You will be the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC), allows BVetMed
entitled to work as a veterinarian as soon as you have earned Graduates to practice in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and
your BVetMed degree and registered as a Member of the South Africa without requiring any further qualifications*.
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). Our graduates
go on to enjoy a wide range of careers in veterinary medicine, In addition, the American Veterinary Medical Association
including positions in small animal practices, mixed practices, (AVMA) will recognise your degree as equivalent to those
equine practices, farm/livestock environments, wild animal awarded by veterinary colleges in North America. Some of the
environments, wildlife conservation, military support, industry USA and Canada’s major veterinary employers recruit actively
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
* Notwithstanding any visa requirements

“Taking the gateway route was one of the
best decisions I have ever made, it really
prepared me for the progression onto the
BVetMed course. I love that the RVC is
one big community. Although being from
an ethnic minority, I have never once felt
like I did not belong at the RVC or on the
BVetMed course. No matter who you are
or where you are from, there is a club or
society that you will fit into.”

Gabriella Bell
Veterinary Gateway and Bachelor
of Veterinary Medicine

f www.rvc.ac.uk/gateway

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