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FRENCH BACCALAURÉAT WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Pass the Baccalauréat général with 14 overall. 14 required in
Earth and Life Sciences and Physics-Chemistry, both of which To apply for our veterinary medicine courses you will need to
need to be your enseignements de spécialité and taken through have prior work experience in order to have developed animal
to terminale. Mathematics needs to be sat in the penultimate handling skills and obtained an insight into the work of veterinary
year, and grade 12 achieved. [OIB Anglais: if 14 is achieved in surgeons. Before you apply, you must have completed the
English, no further English language qualification is required.] minimum requirements:
• A total of 70 hours (e.g. 10 full days) of work experience
HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (paid or voluntary) in one or more veterinary practices
(HKDSE) • A total of 70 hours in one or more non-clinical working
Pass the HKDSE with grades 555 in Biology, Chemistry environments with live animals (excl. the home environment/
and one other elective subject, plus grade 4 in Maths and pet ownership).
grade 5 in English core subjects. We will consider Maths as
a third elective subject provided both the compulsory and The above 140 hours must be obtained within the 18-month period
the extended modules are taken with grades 5* (compulsory directly preceding the application deadline. Earlier experience is
section) and 5 (extended section). welcome but will not count towards the 140-hour requirement.
ADVANCED PLACEMENTS (APs) APPLICANT SUPPLEMENTARY FORM
Graduate High School with at least four full-year Advanced
Placement examinations at grade 5544 including Biology and As part of your application, you are required to complete our
Chemistry both at grade 5. Applicant Supplementary Form. You will be given access to the
form once we have received your application and you will be
The RVC’s institution code for College Board to be used when given five days from receiving access in which to complete the
sending your results is 7970.
form and submit it.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS If you are invited for an interview, you will be required to provide
IELTS (Academic) score of 7.0 or above with a minimum of references to support the information given on this form.
6.5 in each component or an alternate, acceptable English
language qualification.
APPLICANT DEADLINE
For a list of accepted alternative English language
qualifications f www.rvc.uk.com/english-language Applications via UCAS has the deadline of mid-October 2024.
Applications via VMCAS has the deadline of mid-September 2024.
A full list of accepted international qualifications can be found
on the website.
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