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BSc VETERINARY COURSE OVERVIEW

NURSING The BSc Veterinary Nursing course is designed to produce
veterinary nurses who have the knowledge and skills to
make a significant contribution to animal health and welfare.
You will be exposed to practical training within the first three
Registered veterinary nurses play a foundation years of the programme, where you have the
vital role within the veterinary industry in opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills within a
real-life environment. At the end of this period (providing you
caring for sick, injured and hospitalised have met the assessment requirements), you will achieve
animals, and contributing to their ongoing your professional veterinary nursing qualification.
care. This includes undertaking minor During your final year, you will undertake a research

surgeries and procedures, and delivering project on an area of clinical interest and choose from
a range of innovative, specialist modules taught by RVC
medical treatments and tests. Registered veterinary nurse educators and world-renowned clinicians
veterinary nurses also take on the and researchers. This is a challenging degree course that
delivers a broad programme of learning, and offers a
responsibilities of customer care within fascinating introduction to veterinary nursing.
a surgery, clinic or hospital setting, and
therefore must develop client-facing skills WORK PLACEMENTS
alongside knowledge of animal care. The You will complete at least 1,800 hours of practical
BSc degree also extends your research training at a range of excellent veterinary practices,
giving you real insight into the day-to-day role of the
skills, in order that you can contribute to veterinary nurse. To ensure fair evaluation, the skills
the evidence base for veterinary nursing. and knowledge you acquire will be assessed in a
variety of ways as the course progresses.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
We welcome applications from students with a wide range of
qualifications. For a complete list of academic qualifications
and English Language requirements for this course,
please see pages 82-83.

COURSE COSTS (PER YEAR)

UK tuition fees: £9,250*
International tuition fees: £17,550*
* Tuition fees are subject to change. Fees listed are representative of entry in
2024 and should be used as a guide only. See page 88 for more information.

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