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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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