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PRE-VET

SUMMER SCHOOL

Thinking of a career in veterinary

medicine? Join us for an exciting
two-week Pre-Vet Summer School,
where students will gain veterinary skills
and knowledge that will count towards
work experience requirements for

courses at the Royal Veterinary College,
and get a taste of student life here.

Typically, summer school students spend between 25 and
35 hours in our globally recognised animal hospitals and
research facilities, gaining experience in the veterinary
and science environment, as well as meeting our student
ambassadors and academic tutors.
You will also have the opportunity to:
• Receive world-class teaching
• Discover our academic programmes
• Challenge yourself and make friends from
around the world
• Work together in groups and deliver a group
research project
• Interact with our current students and learn
more about student life
“Growing up in Hong Kong, I never had experience with
• Explore London, one of the world’s most
exciting cities, as well as the beauty of livestock at all! Gaining exposure to farm animals at the
the English countryside. Pre-Vet Summer School (PVSS) helped ease me into feeling
comfortable around them. Full immersion into farm-animal
To find out more and to apply,
visit f www.rvc.ac.uk/prevetsummer husbandry through lambing and dairy placements in first year
helped me appreciate the care required, laying foundations for
revisiting farm through a clinical perspective in third to final
year. I am now more confident in working with farm animals
than I ever thought I would be! I owe it to the PVSS for getting
me started, regardless of what species I end up working with
in my career.”
YAN PHU
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

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