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- WE HAVE BEEN SERIOUS ABOUT SCIENCE SINCE 1791 and we have been
HISTORY MAKING the University of London. The RVC is one of the few veterinary schools in the world that hold
training veterinary surgeons, nurses, and scientists throughout those 232 years. We are the UK’s
largest and longest established independent veterinary school and are a Member Institution of

accreditations from the RCVS in the UK (with reciprocal recognition from the AVBC for Australasia,
the VCI for Ireland and the SAVC for South Africa), the EAEVE in the EU, and the AVMA in the USA
and Canada. The RVC has been a profession-leading organisation throughout its history. Teams of
vets and nurses working together at the RVC were the first to effectively cure a canine patient with
New Forest Syndrome – a disease which had previously always proved fatal. In cardio-thoracic
medicine the first open heart surgery performed by RVC surgeons was in 2005. In 2016, the RVC
became the first veterinary service in the world to successfully treat a dog’s stenotic (narrowed)
tricuspid valve with open heart surgery. In the 19th century, John McFadyean, professor of
Pathology and Bacteriology and later Principal of the Royal Veterinary College, commercially
produced proteins to treat tuberculosis.

Our scientific and clinical researchers are amongst the leaders in the fields of One Health,
anti-microbial resistance, virology, and zoonotic disease. The breadth and depth of research
excellence at the RVC was recognised in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF)
results by rating 88% of our work as world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*).
Explore our world leading research at rvc.ac.uk/research

THE RVC IS A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY The RVC is dedicated
WORLD- LEADING to being an organisation in which equality, diversity and inclusion underpin all that we do.
In pursuing our mission to educate, undertake research and provide clinical care, we remain
committed to creating an inclusive, diverse and welcoming community, where our students and
staff work together to ensure professionalism, mutual respect and collegiality are at the core
of all activities. Together, this is something we aspire to and continue to work towards.
Find out more: rvc.uk.com/equality-and-diversity

CHANGING WE ARE CONTINUALLY INVESTING IN OUR CAMPUSES and the delivery of our
courses to ensure the best possible outcomes for our students with their health and wellbeing
as our primary focus. We have always worked to deliver our students the best life experience
possible in studying, living, and learning at the RVC.

As the next generation of vets, nurses and scientists who will make RVC history, develop world-
leading knowledge and help improve the lives of animals and humans, we look forward to
LIFE- welcoming you to the RVC.

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