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The School of Veterinary Medicine at the
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is one of nine
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in the United Kingdom, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Veterinary Medicine. It was established in 1862 as the independent Glasgow Veterinary College, being subsumed into the university in 1949 and gaining independent faculty status in 1969. In 2010 it became a constituent school of the new College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences. It ranked second in the UK by the Complete University Guide 2016 and in 2015, QS World University Rankings ranked the veterinary school seventh in the world for veterinary medicine.


Early days

In 1859, James McCall, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the
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in
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, moved to
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and started a practice in Hope Street, from which he gave informal lectures in veterinary medicine. In 1862, formal classes were instituted and the practice moved to a larger accommodation, a set of stables at 397
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. In 1863, a
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was issued which established McCall's enterprise as the Glasgow Veterinary College and entitled its students to examination at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; the first graduate qualified in 1865. The college was the second veterinary school in Scotland, after the Dick School in Edinburgh, McCall's alma mater, which was established in 1823. In 1873, it moved to much larger facilities in Buccleuch Street, a former pumping station, and merged into the University of Glasgow in 1949. The current Vet School was built on the Garscube Estate in 1970.


Facilities

The school is now based at the Garscube Estate in
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, on the outskirts of
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, purchased by the university in 1948 from Sir George Campbell of Succoth. Sir George was a descendant of
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, who had studied Law at the university and later served as Lord President of the Court of Session and rector of the university. The main Garscube House had been used as a hospital during the Second World War. The school has a farm, a small-animal hospital and an equine hospital on the estate, as well as the James Herriot Library, named for Alf Wight, a graduate of the school who wrote under that name. The university's
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Halls are also situated on the estate, as is the Garscube Sports Complex, used by the school's student rugby team as well as other students and sports clubs in the university. The school also has facilities on the Cochno Estate, purchased by the university in 1954. The estate originally extended to some , including of woodland, but is now an business enterprise, including a farm and the elegant Cochno House. Cochno was formerly the seat of the Hamiltons of Barnes, but during the late nineteenth century, the Estate was home to William Anderson Donaldson, a Glasgow iron merchant of the firm, James Watson & Company.


Degree

The school presents students for the
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of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVMS). This is one of only six degree programmes in Europe recognised by the
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, and is one of a small number recognised automatically by the South African Veterinary Council. The school scored 95% for 'graduate prospects' and 5B for 'research quality' in '' The Times'' ''Good University Guide 2009''.


Notable alumni and staff

Notable alumni * Laura Muir, veterinary surgeon and middle/long distance olympic athlete *
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, veterinarian working in New Zealand * Michael Findlay, veterinary surgeon, author and broadcaster *
John A. Gilruth John Anderson Gilruth (17 February 1871 – 4 March 1937) was a Scottish-Australian veterinary scientist and administrator. He is particularly noted for being Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1912 to 1918, when he was recalled afte ...
, former Administrator of the Northern Territory of Australia * James Herriot, veterinary surgeon and author (real name Alf Wight) *
Manda Scott Manda Scott (born 1962) is a former Scottish veterinary surgeon who is now a novelist, blogger, columnist and occasional broadcaster. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland, she trained at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine ...
, writer *
Eddie Straiton Edward Cornock Straiton OBE (27 March 1917 – 30 October 2004), known as "the TV vet", was a Scottish veterinarian, author, and television host. He was the studio-based technical advisor for the BBC television series '' All Creatures Great and ...
, veterinary surgeon, author and television presenter known as "the TV Vet" * David Taylor, veterinary surgeon, founder of IZVG, author and television presenter known as "The Zoo Vet" Notable staff *Sir James Whyte Black (1924–2010), Nobel laureate, lecturer at the university's Veterinary School during the 1950s * Professor Andrea Nolan, first woman dean of a British vet school


References

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