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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Every course at the Royal Veterinary College requires you to meet minimum academic qualifications and grading.
This is to ensure that you are adequately equipped with the skills and knowledge, as well as a foundation of
scientific understanding, to successfully complete your course. Our entry requirements express the qualifications
that you will need to have achieved or be expected to achieve. For a full list of entry requirements, including
academic qualifications and non-academic criteria, please visit f www.rvc.ac.uk/study
VETERINARY GATEWAY D190

NON-ACADEMIC CRITERIA – Wales: f www.statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/
Community-Safety-and-Social-Inclusion/Welsh-Index-of-
This course is only available if you satisfy the following specific Multiple-Deprivation
non-academic criteria:
• You are a UK national or have settled status the UK – Scotland: f www.simd.scot/
– Northern Ireland: f www.deprivation.nisra.gov.uk/
• You are predicted to achieve no less than two grades below • Care Leaver: 30 points are awarded to any applicant who has
the standard Gateway entry offer for that qualification, or you been looked after for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14
have gained a qualification that meets the standard offer for (requires letter from relevant authority).
the Gateway course in the 12 months prior to your application
• You have studied only one period of Level 3, unless you are • Level 2 School: If the school at which you took your GCSEs
is a school with an RVC contextual flag, 10 points will be
resitting that same qualification the following year awarded. You can check this here: f www.rvc.ac.uk/study/
• You have never attended university or a higher undergraduate/veterinary-gateway/contextual-schools
education institution
• Level 3 School: If the school at which you are taking your
Level 3 qualifications (A Levels or equivalent) is a school
You must also meet the criteria requirements in either
Route A or Route B. with an RVC contextual flag, 10 points will be awarded.
You can check this f www.rvc.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/
veterinary-gateway/contextual-schools.
ROUTE A
You have completed all education since the age of 11 at a • Low Household Income: If you have a low household income
UK state school that does not select based on academic and you/your parent(s) are in receipt of an eligible means-
performance, charge tuition fees, or is classified as an tested benefit, you will be awarded 20 points. This could
independent school. You will also need to score a minimum of be child tax credits, free school meals, 16-19 bursary, or a
15 points by fulfilling one or more of the following criteria: government-assessed income award that demonstrates low
• POLAR4 Score: If you live in an area with a POLAR4 score of household income.*
1, 25 points are awarded. If you live in an area with a POLAR4 • Refugee: If you are a refugee, 15 points will be awarded
score of 2, 10 points are awarded. You can check this via the (requires Home Office letter)
Office for Students website. • Parental Education: If your biological parents and/or
• IMD Quintile score: If you live in an area with an Index of step-parents and/or guardians have no higher education
Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintile score of 1, 25 points are qualifications, such as a degree, diploma or certificate of
awarded. If you live in an area with an IMD quintile score of higher education (attendance as a mature student is exempt),
2, 10 points are awarded. You can check this using one of the 5 points will be awarded. This must also be indicated on your
following links, depending on which country you live in: UCAS application.
– England: f www.imd-by-postcode.opendatacommunities.
org/imd/2019 * Please note: You should be in a position to provide proof
of household income if you are going to use this criterion in
support of your application.

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