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Veterinary Medicine & Surgery

University of Glasgow · United Kingdom

Veterinary Medicine & Surgery

A five-year veterinary degree in Glasgow.

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Where
GlasgowUnited Kingdom
Degree
BVMS
Length
5 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
15 October 2026
Admission
SelectiveIB grades
EU/EEA fee
£38,670 a year2027/28
More facts
Degree
BVMS
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. 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
  3. 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
All dates for this programme (1 more)
  1. 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

Five years to qualify as a vet on the Garscube campus: body systems and disease in years 1 and 2, then clinical training, ending in a final year with no lectures, working in the school's own practices and hospitals.

What you need

  • IB Diplomaat least 38 points
  • Chemistry HLminimum 6
  • Biology HLminimum 6
  • Any IB Englishminimum 6
  • Any IB Maths or Physicsminimum 6
Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Glasgow

Points plus three HL grades, e.g. History 34 (6,5,5) with English HL 6 (or a humanities HL 6 and English SL 6); Economics 36 (6,6,5) with HL Maths AA. English A 5 or English B SL 6/HL 5 covers English.

Where it says so

Check it on gla.ac.uk

How places are decided

    • IB grades
    • Interview
    Candidates considered for a place are interviewed, for overseas applicants by video between December and February. Practical experience is required.
Sources (2)
  1. Veterinary Medicine & Surgery at Glasgow — checked 2026-09-30
  2. IB applicants at Glasgow

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