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MSc - Master of Science
Online Campus
Flexible
FEB-26
2 Years
Studying this degree will help you to understand veterinary epidemiology and economics and how it relates to livestock. Learn about risk analysis approaches to food safety, protecting human health through the control of zoonotic diseases, and interpret statistics to undertake epidemiological investigations and disease modelling. Our flexible approach allows you to study at a pace which suits you and to fulfil your career ambitions by combining your other commitments with your studies. Choose the full MSc degree, or an individual module and progress in instalments to the PGCert or PGDip. After you graduate, you'll continue to enjoy a lifelong link to the University of London and the Royal Veterinary College, with benefits including global alumni events and free online courses. You'll join a distinguished community of alumni around the world, which includes Nobel prize-winners and leaders in veterinary public health, law, humanities and other fields. Graduates are employed in a variety of organisations such as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and international organisations, including the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO).
MSc degree: Either a second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a scientific subject, veterinary, animal science, agriculture, biological sciences, or medicine. Or a second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a scientific discipline which has included suitable training.
PGDip / PGCert / Individual Degree Modules (credit bearing): an appropriate degree, professional or technical qualification and work experience that we deem appropriate.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,470 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£9,470 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£9,470 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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