The Cambridge University Course
The University of Cambridge runs a Veterinary Medicine course that is divided into pre-clinical and clinical portions. The pre-clinical course leads towards both professional qualifications via the 2nd Vet MB examination and the BA degree. At the end of the third year, after completion of the BA, the course transfers to the School of Clinical Veterinary Medicine on Madingley Road. The clinical course also lasts for three years.
All Cambridge veterinary students pursue the same course for the first two years (the Medical and Veterinary Sciences Tripos Parts IA and IB) much of it in common with the medical students. This covers all of the material necessary for the 2nd Vet MB professional examinations, and additional material to bring the scientific content up to the same level as for the Natural Sciences Tripos. Students have considerable choice in the subjects they read in the third year. Most study subjects chosen from the Natural Sciences Tripos Part II, alongside their Natural Sciences counterparts. A small number take quite different courses, for instance English, Theology or Music.
More information about the veterinary course is available in the University Course Guide:
- http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/guide/ugcourses/vetmed.html
- http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/guide/ugcourses/medvet.html
and the University Undergraduate Prospectus: