Offer conditions

If you have any questions about your offer conditions, please contact the Admissions Team as soon as possible.

• If we have made you an unconditional offer, this is because you have already satisfied all of the entry requirements and we do not require you to obtain further academic qualifications.
• If we have made you a conditional offer, this is because we require you to meet certain conditions, usually particular grades in your exams or completion of additional relevant work experience. Once you have met these conditions your offer will become unconditional.

Conditional offers are expressed in terms of letter grades (not UCAS Tariff points). For example, an offer set at three A grades means that three passes at A grade or above are required. A combination of one A grade and one C grade is not regarded as the equivalent of two B grades.

Offer conditions are based on the information you provided in the “Qualifications Not Yet Completed or Certificated” section of your UCAS application and must be met in the current sitting of exams.

Send copies of your educational certificates to the Veterinary Admissions Team

We require copies of certificates relating to any qualifications you have already achieved (as entered in the “Qualifications Completed or Certificated” section of the UCAS application). Examples include SQA National 5 certificates, GCSEs or, for international students, College Board or ACT transcripts, IGCSEs, your High School diploma or School Leaving Certificate. You should send an electronic copy of your certificates to the Admissions Team.

You must provide authorised translations of all certificates that are written in languages other than English.

If you hold a conditional offer based on SQA Higher or Advanced Higher results, on GCE A level results, on Irish Leaving Certificate results or on any exam results listed on the UCAS exam results webpage, you do not need to notify us of your exam results. We receive these results directly from UCAS.

If you hold a conditional offer based on results in any other examination you must send official transcripts or certified copies as soon as the results become available, whether you decide to accept our offer either as Firm (i.e. your first choice) or Insurance (i.e. your back-up choice). A certified copy means that it has been stamped and signed by the institution. You can submit these electronically by emailing the Admissions team.

If you do not meet the conditions of your offer, your offer cannot be confirmed.

If you feel that any special circumstances, such as illness, have affected your performance, we encourage you to follow the special circumstances procedures of the relevant exam board. Your school or college will be able to advise you about this and please also notify the Veterinary Admissions Team.

Animals and Tissues

Together with your official offer email, you will receive a teaching note on Animals and Animal Tissues. Please read this carefully before making your final decision on whether or not to accept your offer to study Veterinary Medicine.