North American college applicants
Academic entry requirements
Work Experience Requirements
How to Apply
Academic Entry Requirements
Applicants are normally final year degree students although students with two years of pre-vet will be considered. A GPA of at least 3.4 is required. Applicants in the final year of their degree or graduates will normally be considered initially for our four year accelerated programme provided they have taken an appropriate Biological Science based degree. Applicants who are selected for interview but unsuccessful in gaining a place on the four year programme may be considered for our five year programme.
For 2012 entry, we do not require our applicants to sit the GRE examinations (or any other standardised tests).
Pre-requisite courses
Required at Upper Level:
- 8 semester credits in Organic Chemistry with lab
- At least 4 credits in Principles of Biology or General Biology.
- At least 4 further credits in any of the following: Principles of Biology, General Biology, Animal Biology, Zoology, Microbiology or Genetics (all with lab)
Also required (at any level):
- 4 credits in Biochemistry
- 4 credits in Physics with lab
- 4 credits in Mathematics or Statistics (including algebra)
Strongly recommended:
- General Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry or Fundamentals of Chemistry with lab
Work experience requirements
A significant amount of Extra-Mural and Intra-Mural training is incorporated into our degree (see What will I learn?). However we also ask for prior work experience, both in veterinary practice and in other animal environments, in order to develop animal handling skills and obtain an insight into the work of veterinary surgeons.
Before you apply, you must have completed the minimum requirements:
Examples of such an environment include, but are not limited to: kennels, cattery, animal shelter, farm, stables, city farm, pet shop, lambing, wildlife park, zoo etc. You do not have to have experience in all these areas. |
How to apply
College students from North America who want to apply for either the four year or the five year BVetMed programme should apply through VMCAS ( www.aavmc.org ).
- The deadline for applications for 2012 entry will be October 3rd 2011 (1.00 pm Eastern Time) through VMCAS. When organising your evaluations please note that we require at least one evaluation from a veterinary practice/practitioner, and at least one academic evaluation.
- You must send copies of your full college transcript(s) to Admissions Office, Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, NW1 0TU, United Kingdom as soon as possible after applying. if you have not yet completed your degree, you will need to send us a copy of your final transcript later in the application cycle to confirm your degree has been awarded.
- Please note that we do not have a supplementary application form to VMCAS.
- We will acknowledge receipt of your VMCAS application by email, and to ensure the most efficient application process, the majority of our correspondence with you will be by email. Add '@rvc.ac.uk' to your safe-sender list.
What happens next?
October 3rd 2011 (1.00 pm Eastern Time) |
Deadline for College students to submit their applications through VMCAS (www.aavmc.org ) Send us your college transcript(s) as soon as possible. |
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| October to December | We will acknowledge receipt of your VMCAS application by email, and to ensure the most efficient application process, the majority of our correspondence with you will be via email. Add '@rvc.ac.uk' to your safe-sender list and check your emails regularly. Processing of applications can take some time - we thank you in advance for your patience. Students selected for interview will be notified by email and asked for their preferred venue (New York, London or California) and dates. Some unsuccessful applicants may be notified at this stage. Others may remain on a waiting list for further interviews, depending on the results of February interviews. |
| Mid - December (approx) | If you have been invited to an interview you will be given further information at this stage by email about the curriculum, finances, and details of the interview process. |
| January/ February | If you are still studying, you should send your updated Fall semester transcripts to us as soon as they are available. |
| Late January/early February | Interviews held for selected applicants in California and New York City. If you would like to hear more about our interview process click on the following link: Interview Process Podcast. Some students will find out the result of their interview straight away; all students will be informed of the outcome by the end of February. |
| Post-offer | If you have been offered a place on our course then you will need to think about the following issues:
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Courses
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