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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS




        D105  BACHELOR OF VETERINARY SCIENCE


        Every course at the Royal Veterinary College and Aberystwyth University 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 and grades that you have already achieved or are 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/undergraduate



        GCSE (or alternative Level 2 qualifications) are required in   ACCESS TO HE DIPLOMA
        addition to Level 3 qualifications e.g. A-Levels.     (Science based) Distinctions in 15 Level 3 credits in Biology
        Five GCSEs at grade 7 (A) including Combined Science    and 15 Level 3 credits in Chemistry. Merit required in all other
        (or individual science subjects: Biology, Physics and   graded Level 3 credits.
        Chemistry), with at least a grade 6 (B) in English Language
        and Mathematics.                                      WELSH BACCALAUREATE
                                                              Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (A) with two A-Levels in
        A-LEVEL*                                              Biology (A) and Chemistry (A).
        AAA including Biology and Chemistry, and a third subject
        which should not overlap with Biology or Chemistry and    SCOTTISH HIGHERS/ADVANCED HIGHERS:
        cannot include General Studies.                       Advanced Highers at AA in Biology and Chemistry in addition
        * If  you are studying linear A-Levels in science, we also require   to five Highers (AAAAB), including Biology, Chemistry and at
        a ‘pass’ in the practical endorsement.                least National 5 in Physics, English and Mathematics (B). If you
        Please visit our website for more information.        have bypassed one or more of these subjects at National 5,
                                                              you will need this subject/grade at Highers level.
        INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
        666 at Higher Level including Biology and Chemistry.   IRISH LEAVING CERTIFICATE
                                                              H1,H1,H2,H2,H2,H2 including Biology and Chemistry.
        If not already holding accepted qualifications in     H1 required in one of these sciences. If not included in
        Maths and English, grade 5 in either MYP Mathematics   the above, O3 is required in English and Mathematics.
        (standard or extended) or SL Mathematics Analysis
        and Approaches and a minimum of 5 in SL English A     Contextual offers may be made to students who meet
        (or grade 6 in English B) is required.                our Widening Participation criteria and are taking
                                                              applicable qualifications.
        LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIPLOMA   in ‘Applied Science’ grade
        D*D*D*, ‘Applied Science (Biomedical Science)’ grade D*D*D*
        or ‘Animal Management (Science)’ grade D*D*D*. Specific
        units mandatory, please see our website for full details.










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