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Here’s what to do once you’ve accepted your offer. Please see below sections for additional Veterinary School offer holder information.

REMINDER:

If you are a VMCAS offer holder you have until 3 May to accept your offer

If you are a UCAS offer holder - you have until 6 June to accept your offer

Getting started

• Welcome information from Bristol Veterinary School will be sent in August 2024 (including our Student Code of Conduct, Welcome Week information, equipment requirements, reading lists, health and safety guidance).
• Offer holders should sign and return Bristol Veterinary School’s Student Code of Conduct as soon as possible and before the course start date.
• Bristol Veterinary School’s Student Code of Conduct is also sent to students in August 2024 (this must be signed and returned prior to the course start date).
• Occupational Health require that all pre-course health questionnaires (PCHQ) are returned four weeks after you receive the questionnaire (you will not be allowed to start your course until your PCHQ has been returned).
• Welcome Week is 9th to 13th September 2024 (see below for AGEP).
• The teaching on the programme is primarily delivered in person (face-to-face) and the timetable includes this plus a small amount of online teaching (e.g., flipped classroom approach).
• Key University dates (see below for AGEP); please note that teaching within the Veterinary School may fall outside of standard term dates.
• University Accommodation guarantee
• Please also make yourself familiar with this important course information
• For more detail regarding the Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme please see below.

Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP)

• The course starts on Monday 9th September 2024.
• The timetable will consist of primarily physical (face-to-face) teaching with a small proportion of online teaching designed to complement the in-person experience. This is a mixture of live (real time) and asynchronous (worked through at your own pace) material. Practical teaching starts in the first week.
• AGEP students are covered by the University accommodation guarantee.
  • It is recommended that if you are choosing to live in university-allocated accommodation, you select preferences in Bristol's city centre (very few students live at Langford and so this may mean you miss out on the social aspects of university life).
  • Please note that only accommodation in the East and West Villages in Bristol have access to the bus service to Langford.

Extra Mural Studies for AGEP students FAQs

Travel information

• There is a public bus service that connects the Clifton and Langford campuses for students whose teaching is primarily based at Langford: Please view the bus timetable for route
• For those in years 1,2,3 of the BVSc and Years 1,2 of the VNCAB programme, a bespoke coach service brings students to Langford for teaching.

EMS/ Placements

• Extra Mural Studies (EMS) are mandatory for all veterinary science programmes in the UK.
• Veterinary Nursing Students must complete a minimum of 1800 placement hours to register as a veterinary nurse.
• EMS/placements provide students with an unrivalled opportunity to gain real-life work experience and practice the animal-handling and clinical skills that they first learn at university, alongside strengthening client relations and teamwork skills.

International Students

• Advice about student visas can be found here Contact us | Directory of Professional Services | University of Bristol Any queries should be sent to student-visa-advice@bristol.ac.uk quoting your student number (if available), full name and date of birth.
• In-person teaching, including practical teaching, is timetabled for all our undergraduate programmes from the start of term. The expectation is that you will be able to attend in-person teaching from day one. If you think this may not be possible, for example because of Visa delays, please contact the central visa team as soon as possible and cc bvs-admissions@bristol.ac.uk to ensure we can put a bespoke plan in place for you.

Further information for International students joining Bristol Veterinary School can be found here:
International students | Bristol Veterinary School | University of Bristol

Centaur Facebook group

Centaur Society have a Facebook group that Offer Holders can join to find out more about life at Bristol Veterinary School.
Please note that Bristol University has no involvement with the running of this group, which is managed entirely by the Centaur Society committee.