Princess Royal marks building of £42 million vet school

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The Princess Royal, who is the school’s Patron, Planted a tree at the school’s Easter Bush site, which will be transformed over the next five years with work that will include a new £42 million vet school building.

The three-storey building for 1,200 students and staff will contain state-of-the-art lecture theatres, seminar rooms and laboratories and will be located alongside the Hospital for Small Animals, aiding practical teaching.

Easter Bush Development

It will form part of a wider £100 million development on the site, which will include a new research building for The Roslin Institute and a £3 million cancer centre equipped with scanners for animals and radiotherapy equipment.

Also, over the next 10 years there are plans to rebuild and relocate the Hospital for Large Animals, placing it alongside the Hospital for Small Animals.

We are delighted that HRH The Princess Royal has been able to mark this chapter in the School’s history. This is an exceptionally exciting time for the School, with the new School building and developments on the Easter Bush site keeping us at the forefront of veterinary medicine in both teaching and research.

Prof Elaine Watson

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