Animal Science, BSc (Hons)

Our courses integrate theoretical knowledge with hands-on learning, delivered by leading researchers. Gain practical animal handling experience with guinea pigs, sheep, rabbits, hens, and cows through sessions and field trips. Choose from four options—Bioveterinary Science, Physiology and Biotechnology, Livestock Production, or Ecology and Conservation—after your first year, with flexibility to study modules across biosciences like microbiology, nutrition, and agriculture. Based at Sutton Bonington Campus, home to the commercially run University Farm and Dairy Centre, you can boost employability via a year abroad, industrial placement, or computer science study.Ranked top 5 for Animal Science (Times Good University Guide 2025), the course offers farm application of principles, study abroad, placements, field trips with partners like The Stabiliser™ Cattle Company and PDSA, guest lectures, and international research prestige. Animal science focuses on managed animals in farms/zoos, differing from zoology (wild habitats) and veterinary science (illness/injury treatment). Nottingham Animal Science (Bioveterinary) graduates qualify for direct Year 2 entry into our Graduate Entry Veterinary Medicine (April cohort post-graduation; note limited Student Loans Company support for fees).