Gateway to Veterinary Science interviews

Responding to your interview invitation

You must respond to your interview invitation within two weeks of receiving your invitation by email. We will know you have responded if you:

• register to attend an event;
• add your details to the ‘I cannot attend’ option;
• or contact us at ug-interviews@bristol.ac.uk to discuss options if neither of the above is appropriate.

If you have not responded to your invitation within two weeks, we will assume you no longer wish to pursue your application at Bristol, and your application will be made unsuccessful.

If you can't attend

If you can't attend an interview on any of the dates available, please select 'I cannot attend these dates' on the registration form so we can contact you. We only have certain dates available for interviews. We will do our best to offer you another slot, but cannot guarantee this.

If you cannot attend any of the interview dates given, be aware that this will mean your application will then be made unsuccessful. You must attend an interview as part of the selection process.

Preparing for your interview

Interview location

Bristol Veterinary School at Langford, BS40 5DU.

Please note, Langford is approximately 40 minutes/14 miles from central Bristol.

• Directions to Bristol Veterinary School, Langford
• Bristol Veterinary School on the University Google map
• Langford campus and local area map (PDF, 336kB).

For information on accommodation near Langford please email phoebe.etheridge@bristol.ac.uk

Bringing ID

You must present photo ID at the start of your interview. If you do not have photo ID, you will not be allowed to take part in the interview. 

Examples of suitable photo ID include (but are not limited to):

• Passport
• Driving licence or provisional driving licence
• College photo card
• NUS photo card. 

Confidentiality

You should not:

• discuss questions you were asked or scenarios in your interview with others, either online or in person, following your interview
• use any smartphone, electronic device or book during your interview
• record your interview in any way, other than making written notes to assist you in your answers.

We do not give permission for any part of your interview to be electronically recorded and undertake to make no such recording ourselves. We will hold no record of your interview performance other than assessors' score sheets.

Remember that integrity is an important aspect of good veterinary practice: we would view any failure to respond to the guidance in this section as an issue of fitness to practice which could jeopardise any offer you are made.

After the interview

We aim to contact you with the outcome of your interview within two weeks. In some cases, this decision may take a little longer, but we will email you to let you know if we cannot make a decision straight away. We will endeavour to update you as soon as we can via email.

Support for a disability

This course is academically and physically demanding. If you have a disability, we trust you to have taken it into consideration before you applied and that you firmly believe you will be able to perform all the tasks and responsibilities the course requires.

For advice on studying with a disability contact our Disability Services team on +44 (0)117 331 0444 or disability-services@bristol.ac.uk.

If you have a disability that will prevent you from undertaking an interview, or any difficulties engaging with an interview in this format, please contact us at ug-interviews@bristol.ac.uk to let us know. We will review your circumstances with appropriate colleagues at the University to advise whether any reasonable adjustments may be available to you.