Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Application & interview guidelines
Thank you for your application to study Veterinary Medicine at University of Glasgow.
We ask that you complete a Veterinary Medicine Work Experience form and upload this to your Applicant Self Service portal by 22 October.
Your application will then go through an initial screening based on the information provided on your UCAS application and work experience form.
If your application is progressed to the next stage, you will be sent details to complete an on-line ethical reasoning test. The scenarios are based on situations you are likely to come across, either in practice or your daily life, and you are asked to state what you would need to consider if you are faced with these circumstances. The test should take about 30 minutes but you will be given 45 minutes to complete this.
If your test scores are acceptable, we will invite you to attend an interview.
Interview guidelines
Interviews will take place between November and February. Most decisions on the outcome of the interview are made by the end of March.
UK applicants: interviews will be held in person in the Mary Stewart Building, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, 464 Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH.
International & Overseas Applicants: interviews will be scheduled via zoom and we will contact you via email with the zoom link prior to the date of interview.
Please bring with you some form of photographic identification.
There will be two Admissions Panel members present at all interviews which will last approximately 20-25 minutes with time at the end for any questions you may have.
During the interview applicants may be assessed against the following criteria:
- Problem-solving abilities
- Ethical issues
- Glasgow curriculum
- Work experience
- Discussion of topical relevant issues
- Team working
- Understanding of, and suitability for, a veterinary career
Accepting your invitation
You must accept or decline this invitation on UCAS Track.
If you have not updated UCAS Track to indicate your intention to attend your interview, it may not be possible to interview you.
Re-scheduling of interview
As we interview a significant number of applicants within a constrained timetable, it is extremely difficult to re-schedule an interview unless there are extenuating circumstances. We will try to offer an alternative slot however this is not always possible. Please contact us on vet-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk to request a re-scheduled interview.
Applicants to the BVMS Programme have a responsibility to highlight any current or previous health issues, so that advice and support can be offered where necessary. Candidates who declare any health issues are considered on the same criteria and principles as other candidates. Should you have a visual or hearing impairment, mental health difficulty, physical, mobility or other disability that we need to know about prior to your interview, please email no later than 2 weeks in advance of your interview so that modifications/support can be arranged. Please contact vet-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk.
Dress code
We do not require you to dress in business attire however please do dress smartly.
Campus tour
There will be a brief tour of the school, conducted by our current students at 12.45pm until 1.15pm.
If you have any questions, then please contact vet-admissions@glasgow.ac.uk
Additional information
If you are travelling by car and wish to park on campus, please note you must arrange a visitors permit in advance of your interview by contacting carparking@glasgow.ac.uk. Further information including costs can be found at visitor parking.