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APPLICATION DEADLINE WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Applications via UCAS has the deadline of mid-October 2024. To apply for our veterinary science course you will need
to have prior work experience in order to have developed
APPLICANT SUPPLEMENTARY FORM animal handling skills and obtained an insight into the work

As a part of your application you must complete an online of veterinary surgeons. Before you apply, you must have
Applicant Supplementary Form by the UCAS application completed the minimum requirements:
deadline. Please note it is a different form to the RVC’s • A total of 70 hours (e.g. 10 full days) of work experience
BVetMed form and has a different submission date. The form (paid or voluntary) in one or more veterinary practices
will be available via our website from early September.
• A total of 70 hours in one or more non-clinical working
environments with live animals (excl. the home environment/
family business/pet ownership), with at least 35 in large animal
(excluding horse riding and horse ownership/family farm).

The above 140 hours must be obtained within the 18-month period
directly preceding the application deadline. Earlier experience is
welcome but will not count towards the 140-hour requirement.

“I love that within the spiral curriculum you revisit strands
regularly so you are constantly adding to your knowledge
the further you get along the course. I also enjoy the number
of opportunities which are open to you as an RVC student.
Being a student here teaches you so much more than how to
be a vet and lets you explore and get involved with whatever
makes you happy. There are so many sports and societies to
join which really is what gives RVC the community feel that it
has. I joined the RVC Boat Club when I joined the university
(having never even thought about rowing before) and it really
has been what has made my first three years here so great.”

ADAM ROBBINS
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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