Engage with subject experts, including practising veterinary professionals, within our team at Hartpury and visiting external speakers.
Work with a range of species in our on-site animal collection, commercial farm and large equine centre to experience handling and working with animals. These experiences will be part of your course and there is also opportunity for you to select additional external experience as part of our modules.
Gain practical experiences and apply theory to practice as you get hands on in our dissection, science and microbiology laboratories, learning more about health assessment and management in a range of species. Investigate notifiable and zoonotic diseases, and understand more about how laboratory diagnostic tests work alongside other diagnostic methods.
- UCAS tariff points | Typical offer is 128 UCAS tariff points or equivalent, to include both Biology and Chemistry.
- GCSE | A minimum of 5 GCSE A* to A, (or 9 to 7 where numeric grades are being awarded) or equivalent, to include two sciences and at least a 6/B in English and Mathematics.
- A-level | Typical offer is ABB or equivalent. This must include both a Biology and Chemistry. A grade A or above must have been achieved in either Biology or Chemistry.
- Vocational award | Typical offer is a DDD in an Extended Diploma in a relevant subject.
- Access | Typical offer is 128 UCAS tariff points in a science-based Access to Higher Education Diploma to include a minimum of 15 level 3 credits in Biology and a minimum of 15 level 3 credits in Chemistry at distinction.
- IB | Typical offer is 128 UCAS tariff points in an IB Diploma, to include a minimum of two Highers at H6 or above, including Biology and Chemistry. This must also include Maths and English Language at a minimum of Standard Level S3 if equivalent GCSEs have not been obtained.
- Scottish Highers | Typical offer is 128 UCAS tariff points in Scottish Highers, to include both Biology and Chemistry.
- Irish leaving Certificate | Typical offer is 128 UCAS tariff points in the Irish Leaving Certificate. This must include a minimum of two Highers at H1 or H2 including Biology and Chemistry, one of which must be H1. This must also include Maths and English Language at a minimum of Ordinary Level, O3.
- OCR Cambridge Technical | Typical offer is a DDD in an Extended Diploma in a relevant subject.
- International students | Please contact our admissions team to discuss specific requirements.
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Your support network
You'll benefit from a strong support network from day one to be the best you can be. This will range from your personal tutor and specialist academic support team (our Achievement and Success Centre) to dedicated wellbeing and employability (Innovation, Careers and Enterprise) centres.
Academic support
You’ll have your own personal tutor while you’re here who will support you to succeed in your studies. You’ll also have access to our academic and wellbeing support teams who run regular workshops and one-to-one sessions on campus and online.
Alongside this, we have a comprehensive bank of online study skills resources to help you make the most of your qualification.
Your learning experiences
You’ll experience a range of teaching methods to strengthen your digestion of topics and application of skills, including lectures, workshops, practical sessions and experience in our onsite commercial enterprises, with our onsite animals and industry professionals. In year two, you will have rotation of practical experiences within these facilities. Some rotations will be in timetabled scheduled hours, and some will require you to attend in addition to typical timetable to experience practical situations in on-site commercial and industry standard settings.
Your career
Each year of your course will be made up of two semesters, within which you’ll study compulsory and optional modules on different industry-focused topics, enabling you to develop your own unique portfolio of knowledge, skills and experience, ready for your career. The course is taught in English.