Program Overview

Veterinary Medicine and Surgery including a Preliminary Year BVM BVS with BVMedSci

Overview

Our preliminary year is for able students who do not have the required science qualifications for our five-year course but have high academic achievement in non-science and vocational subjects, or extensive experience.

You'll study integrated modules that show how basic science subjects interlink, including:

• Animal biology
• Animal care and behaviour
• Chemistry

After successfully completing the preliminary year you'll automatically progress to our five-year Veterinary Medicine and Surgery course.

Qualification and Entry Requirements

• Qualification: Bachelor of Vet Med and Bachelor of Vet Surgery Bachelor of Vet Med and Bachelor of Vet Surgery
• Entry Requirements:
  • AAB
  • 32 points overall or 6,6,5 in three HL certificates
  • Must not have both HL chemistry and HL biology
  • IELTS: 7.5 (no less than 7.0 in any element)

Course Structure and Modules

• Preliminary Year:
  • Chemistry: Compounds and Reactions
  • Introductory Maths (for preliminary veterinary students)
  • Veterinary Animal Care and Behaviour
  • Biology: Cell Structure and Biochemistry
  • Biology: An Introduction to Body Systems
  • Biology: Health and Disease
  • Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Bonding

Teaching Methods

We use a variety of teaching methods to help consolidate the theory and practical elements of the course. Teaching is delivered using four main methods:

• Lectures on key topics which will be further developed in self-study or practical sessions
• Practical classes, with clinical skills, live animal experience and lab work
• Structured self-study time, which includes specific learning objectives, learning resources and time limits. These are reviewed in clinical relevance or plenary sessions
• Clinical relevance sessions which are problem-oriented, use clinical material or scenarios, and involve small-group, facilitator-led discussion.

Assessment Methods

You will need to achieve a variety of skill and knowledge-based learning outcomes, through different types of assessment.

• Clinical exams
• Examinations
• Objective structured clinical exams
• Practical exams
• Coursework
• Dissertation
• Formative assessments
• Literature review
• Portfolio (written/digital)
• Verbal exam
• Workplace-based assessment

Careers and Job Prospects

Studying our veterinary course gives you all the knowledge and practical skills you'll need to become a registered veterinary professional. You will be prepared in all aspects of basic, applied and clinical veterinary science, with an ability for deductive thought, problem-solving and research.

• Average starting salary and career progression: 97% of undergraduates from the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual starting salary for these graduates was £31,816.

Tuition Fees and Additional Costs

• Tuition Fees: £30,750 per year
• Additional Costs:
  • Health and safety equipment: approximately £300
  • Extra mural studies (EMS): dependent on the location of your chosen placements
  • Final year placements: accommodation is provided at some rotations but there will be extra travel costs.

Campus and Facilities

As a veterinary student you will study at our purpose-built veterinary school on Sutton Bonington Campus. The school and campus offer a student experience that's as unique as you are. From sports to events and societies, and even a farmers market.