Veterinary Medicine Vet.M.B

University of Cambridge · honours · 6 years · UCAS 9205, 1641, 9831, 0006, 0190, 0812, 0869, 1874, 3552, 3813, 4174, 4808, 5292, 5736, 7479, 7748, 7922, 8333, 8675, 8909, 0902, 1379, 9555course page ↗

A*AA at A level, Chemistry; graduates earn a median £36,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
A*AA

Chemistry · 91% of entrants came with A levels · 97% stay on after year 1 · Cambridge course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

A*AAtypical A level offer; recommended: churchill; selwyn; st edmund's; recommended: have at least a 2:1 at bachelors level, or an equivalent (it is desirable that this is in a science subject); apply to study this course at lucy cavendish, st edmund’s or wolfson colleges; most entrants achieved at least a*a*a

Typical offer — the grades most applicants are asked for. A contextual offer can be lower for applicants from under-represented backgrounds; none is published for this course.

Cambridge course page, read 19 September 2026 · Discover Uni entry profile

  1. 1Chemistry
  2. 2At least one of Biology, Mathematics, or Physics. Most applicants for Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge have at least thr
Who actually got in: 91% with A levels, 4% with the IB. 36% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 65 entrants.

UCAS tariff points — a points scale for grades: A* = 56, A = 48, so A*A*A = 160. Entrants’ totals include extra subjects.

Other qualifications1
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
IB41-42 points, with 776 at Higher Levelrecommended: Churchill; Selwyn; St Edmund's; recommended: have at least a 2:1 at Bachelors level, or an equivalent (it is desirable that this is in a science subject); apply to study this course at Lucy Cavendish, St Edmund’s or Wolfson CollegesChemistry; At least one of Biology, Mathematics, or Physics. Most applicants for Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge have at least thr
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£36,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£30k
Median£36k
Upper quarter£40k

Median — the middle earner: half earned more, half less. Pay is for graduates of this subject at this university who finished in 2016-18, not adjusted for inflation; based on 70 graduates.

Discover Uni dataset (HESA and Office for Students, CC BY 4.0, contains HESA data); earnings from the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data (Department for Education) · aggregation level 14, 23

Half of graduates earned between £30,000 and £40,000. Five years on, the median is £40,000.

All outcome figures4
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 13% left97%70
Pay 3 years on, median£36,00070
Pay 5 years on, median£40,00070
Money

What does it cost?

Fees not on file; see the university’s fees page.

Cambridge fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

90%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 65% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 40 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 70% on question 25.

All questions26
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Question texts are published by the Office for Students; the dataset carries only the question numbers.

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