The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies Bicentenary

Semester Dates

Semester dates for online R(D)SVS Taught Postgraduate programmes up to the end of academic year 2023/24.

2023-24

Date Event
11-15 September 2023 Welcome week
18 September 2023 Term 1 Block 1 teaching starts
23-27 October 2023 Revision week
1 December 2023 Term 1 Block 2 teaching ends
8 January 2024 Term 2 Block 1 teaching starts
12-16 February 2024 Revision week
22 March 2024 Term 2 Block 2 teaching ends
8 April 2024 Term 3 Block 1 teaching starts
13-17 May 2024 Revision week
21 June 2024 Term 3 Block 2 teaching ends

These dates apply to courses delivered by the following programmes:

  • Advanced Clinical Practice (Online, MVetSci/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Online, PPD)
  • Applied Conservation Genetics with Wildlife Forensics (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Applied Poultry Science (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Clinical Animal Behaviour (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Conservation Medicine (Online, MVetSci/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Equine Science (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Food Safety (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Global Food Security and Nutrition (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • One Health (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Veterinary Anaesthesia & Analgesia (Online, Msc/Dip/Cert/PPD)
  • Veterinary Epidemiology (Online, MSc/Dip/Cert/PPD)

Note that there may be slight variation to dates where courses are delivered by Schools elsewhere within the University of Edinburgh.