Veterinary Medicine
Churchill admits a relatively small number of veterinary students each year, enabling us to focus on your development as an individual. We try to arrange for clinically-trained supervisors to deliver the supervision teaching to provide valuable vocational context to the bedrock of science that underpins the Veterinary Medicine course. As a student here, you may be able to take advantage of opportunities to undertake part of your extramural studies abroad, either working in veterinary clinics or undertaking research projects supported by the College.
In addition to our other attractions, Churchill’s the closest College to the Cambridge Veterinary School, and we have a particular focus on science, as a consequence of which our Library is well stocked for Veterinary Medicine. Veterinary students are also part of the Churchill MedVet Society, which arranges regular social functions and hosts visiting speakers to give after-dinner talks.
Entry Requirements
Churchill College’s standard A Level offer in Veterinary Medicine is A*A*A. For IB, our standard offer is 43 points overall with 777 at Higher Level.
To apply to this course, you need A Level/IB Higher Level (or an equivalent qualification) in Chemistry, and at least one of Biology, Mathematics, or Physics.
If you are taking other qualifications, please see the following University webpage for equivalent entry requirements: Check which qualifications we accept | Undergraduate Study
Other Requirements for Veterinary Medicine
You cannot apply to this course if you have failed or been excluded from another veterinary school.
For more information on this course, including additional expectations and information you will be required to provide, see the University course page: Veterinary Medicine, VetMB | Undergraduate Study
Admissions assessment
All Veterinary Medicine applicants are required to take the Engineering and Science Admissions Test (ESAT).
You must register for this in advance.
You can find more information about this assessment on the University webpage: Engineering and Science Admissions Test (ESAT) | Undergraduate Study
Written Work
Written work is not required for Veterinary Medicine.
Director of Studies
Prof Liz Soilleux
Prof. Mark Holmes
Studying Veterinary Medicine at Churchill College
The Cambridge Veterinary Medicine course offers the most diverse and rewarding veterinary education experience possible. We provide a uniquely supportive learning environment, with a strong emphasis on practical skills. Cambridge is the smallest UK vet school, training around 70 vets each year, and this would be central to your experience here.
Right from the start, you would benefit from Cambridge’s unique supervision (small group) teaching system. Later in the course, the small class sizes become even more valuable. Our clinical rotation groups are tiny, which ensures a high caseload and would help build your confidence and experience. You would have access to superb facilities and be fully immersed in our environment of cutting-edge biomedicine. Experience shows that our learning environment makes our graduates better equipped to deal with the high pace of change in Veterinary Medicine, and poised for a wide variety of flexible and challenging careers. We aim to make you not merely a competent veterinarian but a practitioner who is well-equipped to grow and develop throughout your career. It is no accident that many of our former students now lead the veterinary profession, whether as leading specialist clinicians, top researchers, or as Presidents of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and other veterinary bodies.
Full course details are provided on the Department’s Prospective Undergraduates webpage and the University’s Undergraduate Study webpage.
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