Veterinary Biosciences BSc

University of Glasgow · honours · 4 years · optional year abroad · UCAS 7806course page ↗

AAB – BBB at A level, A-level Chemistry or Biology; graduates earn a median £35,000 three years on.

Typical A level offer
AAB – BBB

A-level Chemistry or Biology · 90% of entrants came with A levels · 85% stay on after year 1 · Glasgow course page, Discover Uni

Year 13 · applying

What do you need to get in?

AAB – BBBtypical A level offer

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.

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

  1. 1A-level Chemistry or Biology
Who actually got in: 90% with A levels, 5% with the IB, 5% via Access courses, 5% with other higher education. 50% arrived with 208 or more UCAS tariff points — roughly A*A*A or better. Based on 25 entrants.

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

Other qualifications2
QualificationTypical offerRequired subjects
Scottish HighersABBB at S5 will be considered. Typically S6 entrants will have AAAAA Higher or AHigher Biology or Chemistry.
IB34 (6,5,5 HL)HL Chemistry or Biology.
After graduating

Where does it lead?

£35,000median pay three years after graduating
Lower quarter£30k
Median£35k
Upper quarter£37k

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 95 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 24, 14, 12, 22

Half of graduates earned between £30,000 and £37,000. Five years on, the median is £41,500. 75% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing; 60% of those in work were in professional or managerial jobs.

All outcome figures7
MeasureValueBased on
Continue after year 115% left85%30
In work or study, 15 months on25% studying75%10
Professional or managerial job60%10
Pay 15 months on, median£35,00035
Pay 3 years on, median£35,00095
Pay 5 years on, median£41,50085
Money

What does it cost?

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

Glasgow fees page

National Student Survey 2025-26

What do students say?

75%agreed the course was good overall (question 26)

NSS — a yearly survey of final-year students at every UK university; 76% of this course’s final year answered. Small groups can swing a lot year to year.

National Student Survey, via Discover Uni · 15 students answered

Highest: 100% agreed on question 1; lowest: 46% on question 17.

All questions26
QuestionAgree
Question 1100%
Question 285%
Question 392%
Question 4100%
Question 585%
Question 692%
Question 785%
Question 885%
Question 969%
Question 1085%
Question 1185%
Question 1285%
Question 1392%
Question 1485%
Question 1592%
Question 16100%
Question 1746%
Question 1862%
Question 19100%
Question 2085%
Question 2185%
Question 2292%
Question 2369%
Question 2469%
Question 2577%
Question 2675%

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

Modules, entry requirements and fees are facts read from University of Glasgow’s course page on 2026-09-19 and may change; the university’s page is authoritative. Descriptions are not reproduced. Outcome figures are from the Discover Uni dataset. University of Glasgow is a trade mark of the university; sch.today is independent of it.