Hello everyone,My name is Lora, and I’m a fourth-year vet student on the Graduate Entry Programme. Today, I want to share my experience from the exotic and equine semester, focusing mainly on my learning journey with exotic animals.I’ve always had a soft spot for exotics—probably because my very first pet …

Hi everyone, in this blog, I would like to share with you my experiences about how to survive the cultural shock, the language barrier, and manage mental health. A little bit about me – I was born and brought up in China, then moved to Edinburgh in my early 20s’ …

My name is Alexis. I am a year 3 vet student and I am an international student originally from Kansas in the United States.  Last year, I completed my Graduate Entry Programme (GEP) year which is Year 1 and Year 2 combined and structured for students with prior degrees. Here …

Hello everyone, for my blog today I will be discussing my EMS experience and thinking about what I would tell my first-year self before she checked the EMS database for the first time. My friends have also shared thoughts from their perspectives which I will share too. My first piece …

For any vet student, the summer of third year is a critical time—it’s when everything starts to feel very real. You’ve spent the first couple of years hitting the books hard, cramming all that anatomy, physiology, and pathology into your brain, and the summer break is when you really get …

Hi again!For this blog I’m going to go a bit more into extra-curricular activities and uni life outside of vet school. As our timetable is a bit more full on than some other subjects, it can be easy to slip into everything in your life being about vet school – …

Hi! I’m Kallie, and I’m a second-year student on the 5-year programme. Some of the most common questions I get are all about how studying at a rural campus works, where students live, and our engagement with students on other courses on the main campus. I thought this blog would …

Hiya! I’m Kallie, and I’m a second year student on the 5-year programme. I thought I would share a little bit about study methods at vet school, as it can be difficult to know where to start! Before starting vet school, I gave a lot of thought to how I …

One key attraction of picking Edinburgh over other vet schools was how much I loved the city itself and how I could see myself living and exploring the stunning surroundings here. During my past 4 years living in Edinburgh, I have fallen in love with both the city and the …