Course Dates
The Graduate Diploma in Professional and Clinical Veterinary Nursing has one in-take each year, usually starting in May.
Modules run consecutively and there are breaks for Christmas, Easter (2 weeks each) and in the summer (6 weeks).The pre-requisite bridging short-course, Contemporary Study Skills, includes a compulsory Orientation Week held at the Royal Veterinary College Hawkshead Campus in Potters Bar in early June. For more information about exact dates each year, please email: vnschool@rvc.ac.uk.
| Pre-requisite bridging short-course | Begins | Finishes |
| Contemporary Study Skills – 7 weeks | May | July |
Core modules – Year One
| Module | Begins | Finishes |
| Evidence-Based Veterinary Nursing – 14 weeks | September | December |
| Problem Solving in Veterinary Physiology – 14 weeks | December | March |
| Professional Studies – 10 weeks | Following May | Following July |
Elective modules – Year Two
| Module | Begins | Finishes |
| Elective Module One – 14 weeks | September | December |
| Elective Module Two – 14 weeks | December | March |
| Elective Module Three – 14 weeks | April | July |
Please note: Elective modules will run subject to minimal (and maximum) numbers. Students will be informed before the commencement of the module in the event of a particular module choice not being available to them.