Semester Dates

Semester dates for online R(D)SVS Taught Postgraduate programmes up to the end of academic year 2025/26.

2025/26

DateEvent
8-12 September 2025Welcome week
15 September 2025Term 1 teaching starts
5 December 2025Term 1 teaching ends
5 January 2026Term 2 teaching starts
27 March 2026Term 2 teaching ends
6 April 2026Term 3 teaching starts
26 June 2026Term 3 teaching ends

These dates apply to courses delivered by the following programmes:

  • Advanced Clinical Practice (Online, MVetSci/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Online, PPD)
  • Applied Conservation Genetics with Wildlife Forensics (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Applied Poultry Science (Online, MSc/Dip)
  • Clinical Animal Behaviour (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Conservation Medicine (Online, MVetSci/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Data Driven Breeding and Genetics (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Data Driven Sustainability (Online, Cert/PPD)
  • Equine Science (Online, MSc/Dip)
  • Food Safety (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Global Food Security and Nutrition (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • One Health (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia (Online, Msc/Dip/Cert/PPD)

Note that there may be slight variation to dates where courses are delivered by Schools elsewhere within the University of Edinburgh.

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