University of Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Veterinary Medicine (5-year programme)
A five-year veterinary degree in Edinburgh.
- Where
- EdinburghUnited Kingdom
- Degree
- BVM&S
- Length
- 5 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- Autumn 2027
- Apply by
- 15 October 2026
- Admission
- SelectiveInterview · 35 of 110 places in your route
- EU/EEA fee
- Not recorded yet
More facts
- Degree
- BVM&S
- Length
- 5 years
- Taught in
- English
- Starts
- Autumn 2027
Deadlines
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15 October 2026
Applications closeHard deadlineDetails
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.
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22 October 2026
Veterinary Medicine: Work Experience Summary form and transcript dueHard deadlineDetails
Source -
25 February 2027
Extra opensDetails
For anyone who used all five choices and holds no offer: one further choice at a time.
For applicants holding no offers.
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All dates for this programme (2 more)
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2 July 2027
Clearing opensRollingDetails
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.
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6 July 2027*
IB results releasedDetails
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.
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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.
What it is
Five years to become a vet at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies on the Easter Bush campus: how the animal body works in years 1 and 2, then species, disease and treatment, ending in clinical rotations in its own hospitals.
What you need
- IB Diplomaat least 38 points
- Chemistry HLminimum 6
- Biology HLminimum 6
- Any IB Englishminimum 5 · GCSE English at B or 6 is also accepted
Requirements in full
Every IB applicant at Edinburgh
Each degree gives a points total and three HL grades, e.g. 34 with 655 for Ancient History, 37–40 with 666–766 plus HL Maths 5 for Economics. You need at least 5 in SL English unless a degree asks for more.
How places are decided
- Competitive applicants are interviewed between December and March, around 600 a year; offers go on interview performance. Work experience counts.