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Postgraduate

Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health (MSc, Postgraduate Diploma and postgraduate Certificate)

Entrance Requirements

Academic requirements

For the MSc degree either:
(a) a second class honours degree or the equivalent in a scientific subject, veterinary science, animal science, agriculture, biological sciences or medicine; or
(b) a second class honours degree in a scientific discipline which has, in the opinion of the University, included suitable training.

For the Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate and 240-hour and 50-hour Short courses
a degree or a technical or professional qualification and work experience considered appropriate and relevant by the University.

English language requirements

All applicants
All applicants must provide evidence of their English language ability. Applicants whose first language is not English must provide documentary evidence acceptable to the University that the applicant has, no more than three years prior to the application, either:

  • been educated in English (minimum 18 months) or

  • worked in English (minimum 18 months) or

  • passed a test of English Proficiency acceptable to the University of London – for example IELTS with an overall score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each sub-test or TOEFL score of 580 (or 237 in the computerised test) plus 4.5 in the Test of Written English (TWE)/Essay Rating.

The University reserves the right to require an applicant to pass at an appropriate level a test of proficiency in English that is acceptable to the University before an offer of registration can be made.

There are no entrance requirements for 35-hour Short courses.

 

Minimum PC specification

Pentium-class processor or better (Pentium III or higher recommended)
RAM 32MB minimum (128MB or higher recommended)
CD-ROM drive, double speed (or faster recommended)
Pointing device: mouse
Display: resolution 640 x 480 (minimum), 1024 x 768 (recommended); 256 colours (minimum), 65536 colours or higher (recommended)
Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP Windows NT4 or higher
10GB of hard disk space