Veterinary Medicine and Surgery

This five-year, dynamic programme provides you with the specialist skills required for a varied and challenging career in veterinary medicine and surgery. It is delivered by two highly respected universities, and you will benefit from their excellent joint facilities and academic expertise. Harper Adams has a superb reputation for animal sciences combined with exceptional resources, including an on-campus farm and companion animal facilities. Keele University has an impressive track record in health and life sciences and excellent state-of-the-art teaching laboratories.

This is a highly practical and clinically focused programme where you will study key concepts in the veterinary medicine field, which will increase in complexity as you progress on the course. Teaching is delivered by experienced educators including scientists, veterinary surgeons, and other professionals. You will also have multiple opportunities to engage with students on other programmes which will give you an invaluable insight into the roles of allied professionals.

You will experience authentic work placements on your clinical rotations with our network of vet practice partners and other related businesses. These help you to build up your practical experience and develop a portfolio of professional, clinical skills.

We give you the clinical skills and expert know-how to become a resilient and confident veterinary professional. This includes equipping you with techniques to look after your own health and wellbeing so you can be confident operating in what can be a demanding and challenging veterinary profession. Both universities provide an excellent student support environment for you throughout all aspects of the programme.

During your studies you will spend full days on either campus, mainly at your ‘host’ university and travelling to the other campus to access specialist facilities when necessary.

For more information such as course structure, including the full Programme Specification, and Harper Keele Veterinary School open days, please visit the Harper Keele Veterinary School website.

Harper Keele Veterinary School

All of our courses require an English language qualification or test. For most students, this requirement can be met with a 4 or C in GCSE English. Please see our English Language guidance pages for further details, including English language test information for international students. For those students who require an English language test, this course requires a test from .

95% of Keele students are in employment or further study within 15 months of finishing their studies (HESA Graduate Outcomes, 2019/20)

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