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ARRIVING AT

THE RVC...

...WE KNOW IT CAN BE A DAUNTING
TIME WHEN YOU FIRST ARRIVE IN A
NEW COUNTRY AND WHEN STARTING
UNIVERSITY, BUT WE ARE HERE TO HELP
YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND MAKE
THE TRANSITION AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

We want you to have an amazing experience both at the RVC
and throughout your time in the UK. To do this, we invest in
your personal development and make sure that we have
support and guidance in place to help you when needed.

All students undergo a week-long orientation to help
prepare you for your new environment, and ease you into
student life at the RVC and to living in the UK. This is the
first chance you will have to connect with all the new and
current students at the RVC. Throughout the week, there
are a range of activities to get involved in, from student “It’s been so unique experiencing the best of
support sessions to great nights out – everything you need both worlds with the Camden Campus in central
to feel at home before your course gets underway. London and the beautiful English countryside at
the Hawkshead Campus.
We also recognise that, as an international student, you Since being at RVC, I have been involved in
will have some additional needs to those who are used the mountaineering society and have taken a
to studying in the UK. We will help familiarise you with weekend hiking trip in Wales.
our national culture, student life at the RVC, and tour
the campuses. In addition, we will assist you with I am looking forward to stepping into the RVC
setting up everything you need to make the UK your hospitals and learning from the top clinicians in
home, and orientate you with your new surroundings the veterinary field.”
in London and Hertfordshire. You will also get the
chance to meet other students at a range of social GABRIELLA LYNN
activities, making friends that will help you settle into Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
your new home.

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