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BVSc Veterinary Science

University of Bristol · United Kingdom

BVSc Veterinary Science

A five-year veterinary degree in Bristol.

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Where
BristolUnited Kingdom
Degree
BVSc
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 October 2026
Admission
SelectivePre-assignment
EU/EEA fee
£43,500 first yearintl fee, 2027
More facts
Degree
BVSc
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

  1. 15 October 2026

    Applications close
    Hard deadline
    Details

    Thirteen months before the course starts. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application. Admissions tests for these courses register earlier still, and the registration deadline is not the test date.

    UCAS’s deadline for these courses, three months before everyone else’s. UCAS says it is unusual for these universities to consider a late application, so treat 18:00 UK time on 15 October as the end. Admissions test registration closes even earlier.

    Source

  2. 13 January 2027

    LNAT (Law): register, book and sit the test for Bristol
    Details

    Published as "Bristol and Durham: register, book and sit by 13 January 2027". LNAT universities listed are Cambridge, Oxford, King's College London, LSE, UCL, Bristol, Durham and SUSS (Singapore).

    Source

  3. 25 February 2027

    Extra opens
    Details

    For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.

    For applicants holding no offers.

    Source
All dates for this programme (2 more)

  1. 2 July 2027

    Clearing opens
    Rolling
    Details

    For applicants holding no offer, or whose results missed their conditions. Runs on vacancies, so it rewards moving quickly.

    IB results come out 6 July, so Clearing is already open when you get them.

    Source

  2. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    The point of the conditional offer. Universities confirm or release places against results that have only just arrived, which is what the whole UK calendar is built around.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the United Kingdom

What it is

A five-year vet degree on two campuses: the Clifton city campus and the rural Langford campus, with a small animal referral hospital, dairy farm, anatomy and post-mortem facilities and a clinical skills lab. Case-based learning and placements with many species, ending in supervised core rotations.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 36 points
  • Chemistry HLminimum 6
  • Maths HL (AA or AI); or Biology or Physics HLminimum 6 · One of these
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Bristol

Most courses ask at least 32 points, some up to 40 with 18 at HL; HL Maths AA or AI both count. English A Literature at SL 5 or HL 4 meets English profile E (used by Computer Science).

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on bristol.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • Pre-assignment
    • IB grades
    Academic record (GCSE 10%, A-level 20%) and a scored questionnaire (70%); no routine interview and no fixed work-experience rule, per the 2027 admissions statement.
Sources (3)
  1. BVSc Veterinary Science at Bristol — checked 2026-09-25
  2. Entry requirements
  3. IB applicants at Bristol

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