Veterinary Science - Uni of Liverpool 2026

I'm planning on applying for the Foundation Vet Science 6 year degree in 2026 as a mature student and was hoping to get advice on the following:
-the application process
-work experience
-the interview
-any reading I can do prior to starting the course
Any feedback on the course so far would be appreciated!

I'm planning on applying for the Foundation Vet Science 6 year degree in 2026 as a mature student and was hoping to get advice on the following:

-the application process
-work experience
-the interview
-any reading I can do prior to starting the course

Any feedback on the course so far would be appreciated!

I'm planning on applying for the Foundation Vet Science 6 year degree in 2026 as a mature student and was hoping to get advice on the following:
-the application process
-work experience
-the interview
-any reading I can do prior to starting the course
Any feedback on the course so far would be appreciated!

Hardly anyone seems to reply to the Uni of Liverpool vet posts on here, perhaps because it's at a smaller campus so not as many people to post on here. There are posts from years ago with no replies. So if you can find a more active forum on social media, that might be better, as even staff members and reps seem to forget the vet campus (Leahurst) exists. I can only answer generally as I'm not a vet student so hopefully someone will respond who does have the knowledge you seek. What I can tell you is that the Leahurst Campus has no university accommodation - students have to go private unless they commute. There is free parking on the campus but it gets packed, ironically. There's an actual vet surgery on the campus and I think some students work there.

As a 4th year Liverpool vet student who has been helping on here regularly for years and having been helped by a number of other Liverpool students I do disagree with that, I believe other unis except Bristol actually have even less student helpers on here - I am simply too busy with the course/exams atm. But my cohort has 200 people and we do spend the first 3 years on the actual Liverpool campus, and we have several vet buildings there, including the first opinion small animal/exotics vet practice by Crown Place. And in Leahurst we have all our small animal, equine and farm hospitals. There is a housing crisis in Leahurst and yes the parking gets packed (although has been a little better recently) and they are refusing to sort that but I'll digress because it is something I've been trying to get the staff to listen to in the last few weeks but I am mid exams so have been trying to not focus on it too much atm.
As for the actual OP, the application process has drastically changed since I applied so not much help there but I see Belinda has it covered. For reading for the course honestly either relax as others say because it is mega intense, but I do remember wishing I'd had gone over basic anatomy and physiology once I was in first year to have a better grip of it. I wouldn't massively do that until closer to the time (won't help with the application process) but I did used to recommend a reasonably priced (but can also look for it second hand) book by Victoria Aspinall, 'Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology' which covers most of the basics quite well, although may be too simple once at vet school but it is a nice 'bridge'.

Oh come on, don't be so ridiculously defensive. There are numerous posts on here from years ago - a quick Google search will show you - that were never answered, including from 2003 and 2004. I found them because I was trying to find out about the Leahurst Campus. The fact that other universities ignore their smaller campus is something I mentioned - it doesn't alter the fact that the University of Liverpool does it too. It's barely mentioned on the University of Liverpool website. Edge Hill University (which is admittedly worse than the University of Liverpool by miles - people get taken in by the pretty campus in Ormskirk) does the same with their Manchester Campus - it's just part of an office building for several other companies and has no facilities at all, not even a pay car park. Universities ignore their smaller campuses; they shouldn't, but the fact that the University of Liverpool is one of them is nothing to get defensive about.