Fact File

Courses and points

Courses and points

Offered by UCD only, veterinary medicine had a cut-off of 540* last year. (The asterix means random selection applied and not all students with this points level were offered a place.)

Employment statistics

The latest survey by the Higher Education Authority found that 70.5 per cent of veterinary medicine graduates with primary degrees were in full-time employment in Ireland. The remainder were in full-time employment overseas. No one was unemployed.

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Employment categories of 1998 graduates

The vast majority, 95.3 per cent, were employed under the category "professional services, private practice" while the remainder were employed by third-level colleges. The bulk of those who went overseas were in Britain, with 11 per cent in Africa, 5.6 per cent in EU states other than Britain and 5.6 per cent in the Middle East.