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INSTITUTION DURATION UCAS CODE CAMPUS

VETERINARY COURSE OVERVIEW

GATEWAY The programme focuses on developing your analytical,
problem-solving and practical skills in the biological sciences;
improving your study, team working and communication skills,
and introducing you to the handling and husbandry (control
This Veterinary Gateway course is and management) of animals, most of them farm animals.
aimed at students who want to study If you successfully complete the Gateway Year you will
veterinary medicine but who might not progress to Year 1 of our Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
degree programme. You will also be eligible to apply for
otherwise meet our entry requirements. veterinary degrees at other UK universities.
The programme integrates an additional

preparatory year designed to equip you PRACTICAL AND
with the knowledge and skills you need CLINICAL TEACHING
to study veterinary medicine. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES (AHEMS)
is undertaken during the pre-clinical years of the
programme. AHEMS placements are designed to help
COURSE COSTS you consolidate your learning about animal husbandry,
develop animal handling skills, and learn about animal
UK tuition fees: £9,250* industries. It is advised that students complete up to 6
Placements/sandwich year: £1,850* weeks of AHEMS in their Gateway year (which includes,
the Easter and summer vacation periods). Only equine,
* Tuition fees are subject to change. Fees listed are representative of entry in 2023 dairy cattle, lambing and companion animal placements
and should be used as a guide only. See page 90 for more information.
can be completed in the Gateway year. All placements
You will have the option to take a placement year in a work completed in the Gateway year count towards your total
place gaining work place skills and experience relevant AHEMS requirements. You must complete 12 weeks of
to your degree whilst earning a Certificate in Work-based AHEMS before entry to Year 3 of the course, comprising:
Learning and Research. • Two weeks on a lambing enterprise

• Two weeks on a dairy cattle farm
• Two weeks of equine experience
• One week at a commercial pig or poultry operation
• One week at dog or cat establishment (cattery, kennel,
veterinary practice)
• Four weeks of your choice

AHEMS placements involve spending a number of weeks
based at employers where you can focus on developing work
place skills and industry expertise that will sit alongside the
knowledge you gain throughout your course.

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