Bioveterinary Sciences with Placement Year BSc (Hons)

Gain the expertise to succeed in an animal-related career with our BSc Bioveterinary Sciences with Placement Year degree. This four-year course includes an integrated placement year between your second and final year of study, enabling you to gain in-depth insight into the animal or veterinary industries.<br/><br/>Bioveterinary scientists play a vital role in the challenges facing our society:<br/><br/><br/>- contributing to sustainability and food security by ensuring the optimal health, welfare and management of farmed animals<br/><br/><br/>- applying scientific approaches to the management of the health, welfare and behaviour of domestic and captive animal populations<br/><br/><br/>- engaging in research at the interface of animal biology, veterinary science and animal management.<br/><br/><br/>At Reading, you’ll develop the specialist knowledge, research expertise, and laboratory skills to tackle these global challenges. You’ll gain a solid grounding in biosciences and an understanding of animal function from molecular to whole-animal level.<br/><br/>For more information, please visit our course page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/bioveterinary-sciences-ug/bsc-bioveterinary-sciences-with-placement-year

There are so many reasons to choose the University of Reading in Clearing this year. Join a diverse and supportive community where lecturers will inspire you with their discoveries and guide you in making your own. Reading’s award-winning parkland campus offers the spaces and places you need to make the most of your studies and student life.<br/><br/>The University of Reading is a research-intensive university. It works with governments, international agencies, businesses, and charities to tackle some of the biggest problems facing the world today, such as climate change, heart disease, and international conflict.<br/><br/>Named The Sustainable University of The Year, 2025, this year Reading launched one of the UK's largest ever undergraduate scholarship schemes, designed to develop future Global Sustainability Leaders Scholarships. The scholarship offers £6000 per year (for up to 4 years of study) towards living expenses and will be available to apply to, for those entering Clearing and who meet the scheme's criteria. With over 150 clubs and societies, Reading knows how important life is beyond your studies too and with the student union in the heart of the campus, there's little doubt making the University of Reading your first call in Clearing will be one of the best decisions you ever made.