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Royal Veterinary College
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| Royal Veterinary College | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Established | 1791 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: | Public veterinary school | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Principal: | Professor Quintin McKellar BVMS PhD DVM DipECVPT CBiol FIBiol FRAgS MRCVS FRSE | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Students: | 1,610 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates: | 1,215 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates: | 395 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | London and Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Campus: | Urban and Rural | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Affiliations: | University of London | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website: | http://www.rvc.ac.uk/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Royal Veterinary College is a constituent college of the University of London. Founded in 1791, it is the oldest and largest veterinary school in the United Kingdom.
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The Royal Veterinary College was founded in 1791 by a group of men led by Granville Penn, a grandson of William Penn. The promoters wished to select a site close to the metropolis, but far enough away to minimise the temptations open to the students. Earl Camden was just then making arrangements to develop some fields he owned to the north of London, and he replied to the College's newspaper advertisement for a suitable site with an offer to sell it some of his land. The site was rural, but urban developments appeared on all sides in the early decades of the 19th century, creating Camden Town.
The first veterinary college in Europe had been founded in Lyon, France in 1762. Charles Benoit Vial de St Bel of the Lyon establishment was appointed as the first principal of the new college, and the first horse was admitted for treatment in 1793. St Bel died later that year and was succeeded by Edward Coleman, who managed the college for nearly forty six years and established its reputation. In its early years it was mainly concerned with horses, but the range of animals covered gradually increased. The original building was a quadrangle in a neoclassical style, and there was a paddock on the opposite side of Royal College Street, but this was later sold for housing development.
The College first acquired royal patronage from King George IV, and was granted a Charter of Incorporation in 1875. Various extensions were added over the years, and in the 1930s a total reconstruction took place under the supervision and through the fund raising carried out by Sir Fredrick Hobday. The new buildings were opened by George VI in November 1937. The 1930s buildings remain, with minor extensions. The Camden Town site is hemmed in by other buildings and further expansion necessitated a second campus outside of London. The Hawkshead Campus in rural Hertfordshire was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1959.
The College provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses related to veterinary medicine. Students on the standard five year Undergraduate BVetMed Veterinary Medicine degree spend their first two years in Camden, primarily engaged in non-clinical science coursework. The final three years take place in Hawkshead, where students gradually make the transitition to full-time clinical work. Throughout, students are expected to undertake significant external experience.
The College also offers undergraduate courses in BSc(Hons) Bioveterinary Sciences (three years at Camden) and Veterinary Nursing at both BSc(Hons) and Foundation Degree level (based at Hawkshead). Students from the Widening Participation cohort may also be eligible to apply for the six year Gateway course, which involves a preliminary year before continuation on to the standard five year BVetMed.[2]
In 1999, the College became one of the first veterinary schools outside of the United States to be accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, which allows the school's basic BVetMed degree to be transferred automatically for practice in the United States.
The Hawkshead campus houses the Museum of Veterinary History, which holds a collection of veterinary instruments, early anaesthetic and surgical equipment, books, and notebooks relating to the College and the development of veterinary education and science. The Museum may be visited by appointment. A collection of photographs and ephemera relating to The Royal Veterinary College is kept at the Camden Campus, along with the Student Registers, and Student Entry Books dating back to the founding of the college.
- ^ a b c Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ www.rvc.ac.uk/Education
- Camden Town and Primrose Hill Past by John Richardson (1991). ISBN 0-948667-12-5
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