Veterinary Biosciences BSc (Hons) – 2020 entry

Our forward-thinking School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Biosciences and Medicine have strong links within the profession and a growing reputation for world-leading research.

You’ll benefit from state-of-the-art facilities, including our new Innovation for Health Learning Laboratory and our £45m School of Veterinary Medicine building, which has its own Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre and one of Europe’s largest and most sophisticated veterinary pathology centres.

Our course has also been accredited by the Royal Society of Biology.

A Professional Training placement provides you with the opportunity to develop your professional, academic and personal potential, equipping you to be adaptable, resilient, globally minded, confident, entrepreneurial and digitally savvy in the workplace. These qualities are widely recognised by employers and many of our students are offered employment on graduation by their placement provider.

The Professional Training placement year gives our students an insight into their subject and career potential, and early access to professional experience. It can be invaluable in developing work-based skills and helping them secure a graduate career.

Our recent BSc Veterinary Biosciences graduates have gone on to roles such as:

Research Scientist, Animal Health Trust
PhD studentship, Pirbright Institute
Veterinary medicine degree, University of Surrey and University of Bristol
PhD studentship, University of Surrey
Research Scientist, Royal Veterinary College
Agriculture R&D Team, Sainsbury's.
Veterinary science graduates have also gone on to become postgraduate researchers and laboratory scientists within Public Health England, the NHS, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Pirbright Institute.

Required subjects: Biology and a second science or Mathematics.

Please note: A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language and Mathematics at Grade C(4) (or equivalent).

Foundation year: A-level CCC (or equivalent) to include one Science A-level.

GCSE or equivalent: English Language and Mathematics at grade C(4) (or equivalent).

BSc (Hons) - Royal Society of Biology
Accredited by the Royal Society of Biology for the purpose of meeting, in part, the academic and experience requirement of membership and Chartered Biologist (CBiol).