Veterinary Biosciences (with integrated foundation year) Aberystwyth University

Overview

Veterinary Biosciences (with integrated foundation year) at Aberystwyth University will provide a suitable pathway to a veterinary medicine course, with other exciting career options including veterinary laboratory diagnostician, nutritionist or animal health researcher.

Why study Veterinary Biosciences at Aberystwyth University?

• You'll be taught and mentored by veterinary surgeons and world-class veterinary scientists.
• You'll work with lecturers and vets from the Aberystwyth School of Veterinary Sciences to understand the wider veterinary field.
• The University has hundreds of hectares of farmland, including sheep, dairy, beef and more livestock, and an equine centre.
• All students have access to our fantastic modern laboratories, dissection rooms and microscopy suites on campus.
• This degree is very much 'hands on' with practicals involving molecular, cellular, anatomical and behavioural aspects of veterinary health.

• Learn and live in an exceptional environment where you'll have marine, moorland, mountain, grassland and coast right on your doorstep.

International Opportunities

If you’re feeling adventurous, why not take the chance to study abroad during your degree? We have exchange agreements with universities in Europe, USA, Canada, and elsewhere, so you can apply to spend all or part of your 3rd year studying veterinary biosciences overseas. You’ll miss Aberystwyth, but you’ll love the new perspectives that international study can bring.

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• UCAS Tariff

  48

• Course duration

  4 years

Available for September start 2026

Further details on entry requirements

This course includes an integrated foundation year.

Veterinary Biosciences at Aberystwyth University is dedicated to the biology underpinning veterinary medicine. You'll explore the biology of farm animals, horses and companion animals.

You’ll gain valuable preparation for your degree with a foundation year covering a range of biology topics.

This degree programme will provide a suitable pathway to a veterinary medicine course, with other exciting career options including veterinary laboratory diagnostician, nutritionist or animal health researcher.

This course is accredited by the Royal Society of Biology.

Why study Veterinary Biosciences at Aberystwyth University?

• You'll be taught and mentored by veterinary surgeons and world-class veterinary scientists.
• You'll work with lecturers and vets from the Aberystwyth School of Veterinary Sciences to understand the wider veterinary field.
• The University has hundreds of hectares of farmland, including sheep, dairy, beef and more livestock, and an equine centre.
• All students have access to our fantastic modern laboratories, dissection rooms and microscopy suites on campus.
• This degree is very much 'hands on' with practicals involving molecular, cellular, anatomical and behavioural aspects of veterinary health.
• Learn and live in an exceptional environment where you'll have marine, moorland, mountain, grassland and coast right on your doorstep.

International Opportunities

If you’re feeling adventurous, why not take the chance to study abroad during your degree? We have exchange agreements with universities in Europe, USA, Canada, and elsewhere, so you can apply to spend all or part of your 3rd year studying veterinary biosciences overseas. You’ll miss Aberystwyth, but you’ll love the new perspectives that international study can bring.

Want to study in Welsh?

Students can elect to study a number of modules in the medium of Welsh. Check out the module tab for more information.

The majority of teaching staff in the Department of Life Sciences are qualified to PhD level and are research active. Vocational courses also have staff whose background lies within industry. The Department has a large number of research only staff with whom students may have contact.

Employability is embedded across all of our teaching at Aberystwyth University.

In a growing market where graduates with skills and specialist knowledge in the Veterinary Biosciences area, our graduates seek employment in the following:

• veterinary research
• charity advocacy (e.g. RSCPA)
• research in the pharmaceutical and agricultural industry
• teaching
• civil service.

Many students have processed to further training in:

• veterinary medicine training
• postgraduate research (PhD, MRes, PGCE).