Scholarships at 王立獣医科大学

In 2017 Elizabeth Catt left a legacy in her will to assist individual students to become effective members of the veterinary professions.

Level: Undergraduate
Course: Veterinary Nursing degree
Country: All
Value: £5,000 a year for each year of the course
No. of awards: One new awardee each year

Eligibility

To ensure we provide support to offer holders from underrepresented backgrounds, we use contextual information from the UCAS application as a part of the awarding process. The following information is considered:

• Whether the applicant is from a low participation neighbourhood, using HEFCE POLAR 4 and Index of Multiple Deprivation data.

• Whether the applicant is a care leaver (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has received Free School Meals (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is a refugee (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has a disability (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is the first in their family to attend Higher Education, not including siblings (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has attended a school/college at level 2 and at level 3 that the RVC has determined is a contextual school.

Priority is given to those meeting multiple contextual markers. This data is combined with your score from the interview process and the scholarship will be offered to the candidate with the highest combined score once all offers have been processed and before the UCAS decision deadline, usually in May.

This scholarship is only available to students from Member countries of the Commonwealth. 

Level: Postgraduate
Course: All
Country: low and middle income Commonwealth countries
Value: £1,330 per month

This scholarship is available to mature students applying for a place on any RVC undergraduate course.

Level: Undergraduate
Course: All
Country: All
Value: £5,000 per year

To qualify applicants must be:

• Over 25

• New to Higher Education

• Out of education for five years prior to the commencement of the course they are applying to study

For those applying for the Nursing or Veterinary Medicine courses, the interview scores will be combined with this information and for those applying for the Biosciences courses, their personal statement will be assessed. The most suitable candidate will be offered the scholarship once all offers have been processed and before the UCAS decision deadline, usually in May.

This scholarship was established by a gift in the will of Leonard Geffen, an RVC Alumnus (1941) and was named for his favourite dog, a St Bernard called Rufus of Ruskinmere.

Level: Undergraduate
Course: BSc Bioscience courses
Country: All
Value: £5,000 a year for each year of the course
No. of awards: One new awardee each year

Eligibility

To ensure we provide support to offer holders from underrepresented backgrounds, we use contextual information from the UCAS application as a part of the awarding process. The following information is considered:

• Whether the applicant is from a low participation neighbourhood, using HEFCE POLAR 4 and Index of Multiple Deprivation data.

• Whether the applicant is a care leaver (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has received Free School Meals (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is a refugee (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has a disability (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is the first in their family to attend Higher Education, not including siblings  (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has attended a school/college at level 2 and at level 3 that the RVC has determined is a contextual school.

Priority is given to those meeting multiple contextual markers and who show a commitment to the biological sciences professions over the veterinary profession. Those who meet the most contextual markers will be invited to apply for the scholarship once all offers have been processed and before the UCAS decision deadline, usually in May.

RVC offers one Merit full fee waiver scholarship awarded to one high quality international student entering our BVetMed programme.

This scholarship is based on your performance during the admissions process (taking into account your interview scores, previous academic performance and Grade Point Average and your application as a whole).

Decisions will be made once our International admissions process has been completed, and all of our offers have been made. You will be informed if any additional paperwork needs to be submitted.

For September 2022 entry, RVC will be offering one BSc scholarship per cohort and can be offered to a home or overseas student entering our Biological Sciences programme.

This scholarship is to the value of £5,680 p.a. and is based on your performance during the admissions process (taking into account your previous academic performance and your application as a whole).You will be informed if any additional paperwork needs to be submitted.

This scholarship is kindly funded by philanthropic funds given to the RVC and the RVC’s charity, the Animal Care Trust.

Level: Undergraduate
Course: BSc Bioscience courses
Country: All
Value: £5,400 a year for each year of the course
No. of awards: One new awardee each year

Eligibility

To ensure we provide support to offer holders from underrepresented backgrounds, we use contextual information from the UCAS application as a part of the awarding process. The following information is considered:

• Whether the applicant is from a low participation neighbourhood, using HEFCE POLAR 4 and Index of Multiple Deprivation data.

• Whether the applicant is a care leaver (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has received Free School Meals (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is a refugee (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has a disability (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant is the first in their family to attend Higher Education, not including siblings  (this must have been declared on the UCAS application to be considered).

• Whether the applicant has attended a school/college at level 2 and at level 3 that the RVC has determined is a contextual school.

Priority is given to those meeting multiple contextual markers and who show a commitment to the biological sciences professions over the veterinary profession. Those who meet the most contextual markers will be invited to apply for the scholarship once all offers have been processed and before the UCAS decision deadline, usually in May.