Bachelor’s degree
Veterinary Medicine (Graduate Entry Programme - 4-year programme) BVM&S
University of Edinburgh · Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies · Roslin, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Official award
- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM&S), Graduate Entry ProgrammeBVM&S
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for United Kingdom
- Format
- On campus4 years
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Four-year graduate entry BVM&S with an accelerated one-year foundation phase followed by the clinical phase alongside the five-year cohort.
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
- Awarding body
- University of Edinburgh
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 programme page says graduating makes the student eligible for RCVS registration.“Graduating from this programme will make you eligible for registration with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS)”Source
- Prior degree required
- Yes
- Further professional requirements
- Subject to successful registration with the RCVS, graduates can practise veterinary medicine in the UK.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduate-entry route | 4 years | – | First degree in a biological or animal science subjectSource |
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 recognitionFull statusUK
Scope: University of Edinburgh veterinary degree programme (school-level entry in RCVS status table; the table does not list routes separately)
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 4 years
- Clinical components
- The final year comprises clinical rotations in our on-site hospital facilities
- Clinical placement
- You must complete 10 weeks of Animal Husbandry placements by the end of year 1 and 20 weeks of clinical EMS placements by the end of final year
- Intakes
- August 2027
- Campus
- Easter Bush campus
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
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Prior degree
- First degree in a biological or animal science subject
- 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, animal or veterinary experience requirement.
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)