Bachelor’s degree
Veterinary Medicine, VetMB
University of Cambridge · Department of Veterinary Medicine · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Official award
- BA (Hons) and VetMB (Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine)VetMB
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for United Kingdom
- Format
- On campus6 years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Six-year course combining three years of scientific foundations with three clinical years, awarding a BA after year 3 and the VetMB on completion.
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Department of Veterinary Medicine
- Awarding body
- University of Cambridge
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. An award title such as DVM, BVSc, BSc or MSc does not decide it, and no degree, accreditation or listing by itself grants permission to practise anywhere.
- Degree level
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree. A bachelor’s title does not by itself show whether a program leads to veterinarian, nurse or technician roles: the study pathway is shown separately.
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicinePrograms the source describes as the academic and clinical qualification toward becoming a veterinarian in the stated jurisdiction. Registration or licensing normally requires further steps, and a qualification from one country does not guarantee registration in another.
- Why we classify it this way
- The page says completing the VetMB allows membership of the RCVS, the qualification required to enter practice as a vet in the UK.“This is the professional qualification required to enter practice as a vet.”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
- Further professional requirements
- To practise as a veterinary surgeon in the UK you must be a member of the RCVS; the page states students joining while the course has conditional accreditation can become RCVS members on graduation as if fully accredited.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | 6 years | – | A level A*AA (IB 41-42 points) with Chemistry and one of Biology, Mathematics or PhysicsSource |
| Graduate-entry route | 6 years (second degree applicants) | – | At least a 2:1 at Bachelors level or equivalent; apply to Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund's or Wolfson CollegesSource |
Accreditation, evaluation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Program accreditation, evaluation status, professional-body recognition, eligibility toward registration, institutional recognition, directory listings and memberships are different things; none of them is automatic permission to practise, and recognition in one country does not guarantee registration in another.
Verified in official recordRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)Professional-body recognitionConditional statusUK
Scope: University of Cambridge veterinary degree programme (RCVS status table, last visitation 2025, next visitation October 2026)
Stated by the schoolEAEVE / ESEVTProgram evaluation statusEU
Scope: Course stated as pending EAEVE accreditation, final outcome subject to a February 2026 visitation (status after that visit not found on the page)
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 6 years
- Clinical components
- The last 3 years apply knowledge to clinical scenarios and practice, including a whole year spent mainly undertaking clinical work
- Laboratory work
- 120 hours of dissection across the first 3 years
- Clinical placement
- Extramural studies (EMS): 10 weeks in years 1-3 and 20 weeks in years 4-6, required by the RCVS
- Thesis or dissertation
- Clinically-based VetMB research project in year 6
- Intakes
- October 2027
- Campus
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Animal or veterinary experience recommendedAt least 2 weeks of vocational experience recommended, if possible
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- A level A*AA or IB 41-42 points with 776 at Higher Level
- Science prerequisites
- Chemistry and at least one of Biology, Mathematics, or Physics at A level/IB Higher Level
- Prior degree
- Second-degree applicants: at least a 2:1 at Bachelors level or equivalent
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether clinical or laboratory charges, equipment and protective clothing, travel, placement expenses and insurance are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)