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FRENCH BACCALAURÉAT WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Pass the Baccalauréat général with 14 overall. 16 required in
Earth & Life Sciences and Physics-Chemistry, both of which To apply for our veterinary medicine courses you will need to
need to be your enseignements de spécialité and taken through have prior work experience in order to have developed animal
to terminale. Mathematics needs to be sat in the penultimate handling skills and obtained an insight into the work of veterinary
year, and grade 12 achieved. [OIB Anglais: if 14 is achieved in surgeons. Before you apply, you must have completed the
English, no further English language qualification is required.] minimum requirements:
• A total of 70 hours (e.g. 10 full days) of work experience
HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (paid or voluntary) in one or more veterinary practices
(HKDSE) • A total of 70 hours in one or more non-clinical working
Pass the HKDSE with grades 555 in Biology, Chemistry environments with live animals (excl. the home environment/
and one other elective subject, plus grade 4 in Maths and pet ownership).
grade 5 in English core subjects. We will consider Maths as
a third elective subject provided both the compulsory and If applying for D105, the Bachelor of Veterinary Science
the extended modules are taken with grades 5* (compulsory offered in conjunction with Aberystwyth, at least 35 hours
section) and 5 (extended section). of your non-clinical experience must be with large animals
(excluding horse riding and horse ownership/family farm).
ADVANCED PLACEMENTS (APS)
Graduate High School with at least four full-year Advanced The above 140 hours must be obtained within the 18-month period
Placement examinations at grade 5544 including Biology and directly preceding the application deadline. Earlier experience is
Chemistry both at grade 5. welcome but will not count towards the 140-hour requirement.
The RVC’s institution code for College Board to be used when
sending your results is 7970.
APPLICANT SUPPLEMENTARY FORM

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS As part of your application, you are required to complete our
IELTS (Academic) score of 7.0 or above with a minimum of Applicant Supplementary Form. If you are applying through
6.5 in each component or an alternate, acceptable English UCAS you must complete the Applicant Supplementary
language qualification. Form on our website and submit it by 16 October 2023
f rvc.ac.uk/wexform
For a list of accepted alternative English language
qualifications rvc.ac.uk/study/international-students/ If you are applying via VMCAS you must complete the VMCAS
f
english-language-requirements Supplementary Form which is downloadable from our website
and submit it by 15 September 2023.

If you are invited for an interview, you will be required to provide
references to support the information given on this form.

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