Royal Veterinary College

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) is a veterinary school in London and a self-governing member institution of the federal University of London, founded in 1791 and the oldest and largest veterinary school in the United Kingdom.皇家兽医学院（RVC）是位于伦敦的兽医学院，为联邦制伦敦大学的自洽成员学院，创办于 1791 年，是英国历史最悠久、规模最大的兽医学院。

It teaches on two campuses, one in Camden in central London and one at Hawkshead near Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, and it is one of only 12 British schools where students can qualify as veterinary surgeons.学院在伦敦卡姆登与赫特福德郡波特斯巴附近的霍克斯黑德两个校区授课，是全英仅有的 12 所可培养执业兽医的学校之一。

It runs three animal hospitals and three first-opinion practices that treat more than 20,000 patients a year, and it appears in the 901-1000 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.学院运营三家动物医院和三家首诊诊所，每年诊治两万余例病患，在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位列第 901-1000 名区间。

History

• The Veterinary College of London was founded in 1791 by a group led by Granville Penn, a grandson of William Penn, following the establishment of Europe's first veterinary college in Lyon, France, in 1762.伦敦兽医学院于 1791 年由格兰维尔·佩恩领衔的一批人创办，佩恩是威廉·佩恩之孙，其动因是 1762 年法国里昂已建立欧洲第一所兽医学院。
• The promoters wanted a site close to the metropolis but far enough away to limit the temptations open to students, and Earl Camden answered their newspaper advertisement by offering fields he owned north of London.创办者希望校址靠近都市又足够偏远，以限制学生所受的诱惑，卡姆登伯爵看到报纸上的征址广告后，提出出售他在伦敦以北拥有的田地。
• That rural site was surrounded by urban development in the early decades of the 19th century and became the district of Camden Town.这片乡野校址在 19 世纪最初几十年被城市开发包围，逐渐形成卡姆登镇街区。
• Charles Benoit Vial de St Bel of the Lyon college was appointed first principal, the first four students began their studies in 1792, and the first horse was admitted for treatment in 1793.里昂兽医学院的夏尔·伯努瓦·维亚尔·德·圣贝尔出任首任院长，首批四名学生于 1792 年入学，1793 年接收了第一匹入院治疗的马。
• St Bel died later in 1793 and was succeeded by Edward Coleman, who ran the college for nearly 46 years and established its reputation.圣贝尔于 1793 年晚些时候去世，由爱德华·科尔曼继任，他主持学院近 46 年，奠定了学院的声誉。
• Among the first students were Delabere Pritchett Blaine and Bracy Clark, and although the college concentrated on horses at first its range of animals gradually widened.首批学生中包括德拉贝尔·普里切特·布莱恩与布雷西·克拉克，学院最初以马匹为主，后来诊治的动物种类逐步扩大。
• The original building was a neoclassical quadrangle, and a paddock on the opposite side of Royal College Street was later sold for housing development.最初的校舍是一座新古典主义四合院式建筑，皇家兽医学院街对面的围场后来被出售用于住宅开发。
• In 1796 John Shipp became the first qualified veterinary surgeon to join the British Army.1796 年，约翰·希普成为首位加入英国陆军的合格兽医外科医生。
• The college first received royal patronage from King George IV, and in 1844 it was awarded a royal charter.学院最早获得国王乔治四世的王室赞助，并于 1844 年获颁皇家特许状。
• In 1865 RVC professor James Beart Simonds was appointed the first Chief Inspector and Veterinary Advisor to the Privy Council, with particular responsibility for cattle plague.1865 年，学院教授詹姆斯·比尔特·西蒙兹被任命为枢密院首任首席督察与兽医顾问，重点负责牛瘟事务。
• In 1875 the college was granted a royal charter as the Royal Veterinary College, and it remains the only veterinary college in the United Kingdom with its own royal charter.1875 年，学院获颁皇家特许状并定名皇家兽医学院，至今仍是英国唯一拥有独立皇家特许状的兽医学院。
• In 1879 the Cheap Practice Clinic was established and later became known as the Poor People's Out-Patients Clinic, prompting complaints from some veterinary surgeons but defended by the college on the ground that poor owners could not otherwise afford treatment.1879 年学院设立廉价诊疗所，后称贫民门诊部，此举引发部分兽医外科医生的不满，学院则以穷人无力支付诊疗费为由加以辩护。
• The college celebrated its centenary in 1891, the Students' Union was founded in that year, and the first X-ray machine was acquired in 1895.学院于 1891 年庆祝建校一百周年，学生会同年成立，1895 年购入第一台 X 光机。
• A major renovation of the horse boxes took place in 1907, with fund-raisers' commemorative shields hung at their doorways.1907 年学院对马厩进行大规模翻修，捐赠者的纪念铜牌被悬挂在各自马厩门口。
• Women were admitted to the college after the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 came into force, and the first women entered in 1927.1919 年《取消性别资格限制法》生效后，学院开始招收女性，首批女生于 1927 年入学。
• In 1924 the Research Institute in Animal Pathology was built and headed by Professor John McFadyean.1924 年，动物病理学研究所落成，由约翰·麦克法迪恩教授主持。
• By 1927 the Camden Town buildings had become obsolete and were officially declared dangerous structures, so the new principal Frederick Hobday launched a fundraising scheme for a complete rebuilding.到 1927 年，卡姆登镇的校舍已陈旧不堪并被正式宣布为危险建筑，新任院长弗雷德里克·霍布迪因此发起全面重建的募资计划。
• In 1932 the Beaumont Animals' Hospital opened, and in November 1937 new buildings were opened by King George VI.1932 年博蒙特动物医院开业，1937 年 11 月新校舍由国王乔治六世揭幕。
• During the Second World War the college evacuated to Streatley in Berkshire, although the Beaumont Animals' Hospital remained open at Camden Town.第二次世界大战期间，学院疏散至伯克郡斯特里特利，但博蒙特动物医院仍在卡姆登镇继续营业。
• In 1949 the RVC became a school of the University of London, a status that still defines its degree-awarding arrangements.1949 年，皇家兽医学院成为伦敦大学的一所学院，这一身份至今决定其学位授予安排。
• In 1958 the Hawkshead field station in Hertfordshire was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II, and it later grew into the college's main clinical campus.1958 年，位于赫特福德郡的霍克斯黑德试验站由女王伊丽莎白二世正式揭幕，此后发展为学院的主要临床校区。
• In the 1980s the RVC Animal Care Trust was launched with Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as patron, the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals opened at Hawkshead, and Princess Anne opened the surgical wing of the Sefton Equine Referral Hospital.1980 年代，皇家兽医学院动物关爱信托在王太后赞助下成立，王太后动物医院在霍克斯黑德开业，安妮公主则为塞夫顿马病转诊医院的外科翼揭幕。
• Bicentenary celebrations were held in 1991, when the skeleton of the racehorse Eclipse, dissected by St Bel in 1789, returned to the college and was displayed in the Hawkshead museum.1991 年学院举行二百周年庆典，由圣贝尔于 1789 年解剖的名马日蚀的骨架重回学院，并在霍克斯黑德博物馆展出。
• The London BioScience Innovation Centre opened in 2001, the Learning Resource Centre and the Large Animal Clinical Centre were opened in October 2003, and the LIVE Centre followed in February 2007.伦敦生物科学创新中心于 2001 年启用，学习资源中心与大家畜临床中心于 2003 年 10 月开幕，LIVE 中心则于 2007 年 2 月启用。
• Stuart Reid was appointed principal in late 2010, succeeding a line of leaders that began with St Bel in 1791.斯图尔特·里德于 2010 年底出任院长，延续了自 1791 年圣贝尔以来的院长传承。
• In 2005 the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Hawkshead campus in her new role as patron of the Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust, a charity that supports the college's animal hospitals.2005 年，康沃尔公爵夫人以皇家兽医学院动物关爱信托新任赞助人的身份访问霍克斯黑德校区，该信托是支持学院动物医院的慈善机构。

Academics

• Students on the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine course spend two years at Camden followed by three years at the Hertfordshire campus.兽医医学学士项目的学生先在卡姆登学习两年，随后在赫特福德郡校区学习三年。
• The college offers the BVetMed degree as well as an accelerated graduate-entry BVetMed and a combined BVetMed and Bachelor of Veterinary Science programme.学院开设兽医医学学士学位，以及加速型研究生入学项目与兽医医学学士和兽医科学学士联合学位。
• Bachelor of Science degrees are offered in veterinary nursing, bioveterinary sciences, biological sciences and veterinary pathology, alongside a foundation degree in veterinary nursing.学院开设兽医护理、生物兽医学、生物科学与兽医病理学理学学士学位，另设兽医护理基础学位。
• The Gateway course is the first year of an extended six-year veterinary degree created for UK widening participation students whose parents did not attend university.Gateway 课程是为英国扩大参与计划学生设置的六年制延伸兽医学位的第一年，这些学生的父母均未上过大学。
• A distance learning department and a Graduate School provide master's courses, PhD studentships and clinical training scholarships across a wide range of disciplines.远程教育部门与研究生院在多个学科提供硕士课程、博士资助和临床培训奖学金。
• The college's Continuing Professional Development Unit is a major provider of educational services to the veterinary community, and its e-Media Unit works with other UK schools on the WikiVet site.学院的继续专业发展部门是兽医界教育服务的主要提供者，其电子媒体部门则与其他英国院校合作建设 WikiVet 网站。
• The college is designated a high-tariff institution, with the average entrant amassing 129 to 138 UCAS Tariff points in their top three qualifications, equivalent to ABB to AAB at A-Level.学院被列为高录取门槛院校，新生凭前三项资历平均取得 129 至 138 个 UCAS 积分，相当于 A-Level 的 ABB 至 AAB。
• On 2022/23 HESA entry standards data used in domestic league tables, the average veterinary medicine student at the RVC achieved 179 points.依据国内排名采用的 2022/23 学年 HESA 入学标准数据，皇家兽医学院兽医医学专业学生的平均成绩为 179 分。
• The Research Assessment Exercise of 2008 ranked the RVC as England's best veterinary school among institutions whose research is exclusively veterinary related, with 55 percent of submitted staff judged world class or internationally excellent.2008 年研究评估把皇家兽医学院评为英格兰纯粹从事兽医研究的院校中最好的兽医学院，其提交评估的教研人员中有 55% 被评为世界领先或国际优秀。
• As a self-governing college within the University of London, its scientists work in interdisciplinary teams within a single research division.作为伦敦大学内部的自洽学院，其科研人员在一个研究部门内组成跨学科团队开展工作。
• The Centre for Emerging, Endemic and Exotic Diseases, opened in 2008, draws together epidemiology, microbiology, pathology, immunology and clinical science.2008 年启用的新发、地方流行与外来疾病中心把流行病学、微生物学、病理学、免疫学与临床科学整合在一起。
• An animal welfare unit underpins the research mission, while the Structure and Motion Laboratory studies how animals and people move in relation to musculoskeletal health.动物福利部门支撑学院的研究使命，结构与运动实验室则研究动物与人的运动方式及其与肌骨健康的关系。
• A Clinical Investigation Centre coordinates disciplined study of the college's clinical caseload through its electronic patient record system and conducts Phase II clinical trials under a Home Office licence.临床研究调查中心通过电子病历系统对学院临床病例开展系统研究，并持英国内政部许可进行二期临床试验。
• The college runs the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital as a first-opinion hospital at Camden and the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals as a referral hospital covering a wide range of specialties.学院在卡姆登设博蒙特·塞恩斯伯里动物医院作为首诊医院，并以王太后动物医院作为覆盖多个专科的转诊医院。
• Equine services include a first-opinion ambulatory practice in Hertfordshire and an Equine Referral Hospital serving practices and owners across southern England.马病服务包括赫特福德郡的首诊出诊诊所，以及服务英格兰南部诊所与马主的马病转诊医院。
• A referral farm animal hospital at Hawkshead provides hospitalisation, diagnostics and surgery for individual farm animals, and the college collaborates with the Welsh Regional Veterinary Centre on farm health investigation.霍克斯黑德的农场动物转诊医院为个体农场动物提供住院、诊断与手术服务，学院还与威尔士区域兽医中心合作开展农场健康调查。

Campus

• The RVC has two campuses, one in Camden in central London and the other at Hawkshead near Potters Bar in rural Hertfordshire.皇家兽医学院有两个校区，一个位于伦敦市中心的卡姆登，另一个位于赫特福德郡乡间波特斯巴附近的霍克斯黑德。
• The 1930s buildings on Royal College Street in Camden Town, near St Pancras railway station, remain in use with minor extensions, and around half of the undergraduates are based there at any one time.卡姆登镇皇家兽医学院街上临近圣潘克拉斯车站的 1930 年代建筑仍在少量扩建后使用，同一时间约有半数本科生在此学习。
• The Camden campus houses the main bulk of the RVC Students' Union, including its main college bar, the Haxby.卡姆登校区容纳了学生会的主体，包括学院的主酒吧哈克斯比。
• The Hawkshead campus lies in Brookmans Park and was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1958 as the college's field station.霍克斯黑德校区位于布鲁克曼斯公园，1958 年由女王伊丽莎白二世作为学院试验站正式揭幕。
• Hawkshead is home to the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals, Bolton's Park Farm and the Buttery, a second bar run by the Students' Union.霍克斯黑德设有王太后动物医院、博尔顿公园农场以及由学生会经营的第二个酒吧巴特里。
• The majority of college sports teams train and play on the sports courts and fields at Hawkshead, while the Camden site keeps the Beaumont Sainsbury Animal Hospital.学院多数运动队都在霍克斯黑德的球场与场地训练和比赛，卡姆登校区则保留博蒙特·塞恩斯伯里动物医院。
• The London BioScience Innovation Centre, opened in 2001, extends the college's estate into commercial bioscience accommodation in the capital.2001 年启用的伦敦生物科学创新中心把学院的物业延伸到首都的商业生物科学空间。
• The two-site arrangement means veterinary students move from the preclinical Camden campus to the clinical Hawkshead campus after two years, a pattern fixed by the five-year BVetMed structure.双校区格局意味着兽医学生在两年后从基础阶段的卡姆登校区转入临床阶段的霍克斯黑德校区，这一安排由五年制兽医医学学士结构决定。

Reputation

• In the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities the college is placed in the 901-1000 band, an interval rather than a single position.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，学院位列第 901-1000 名区间，这是区间而非单一具体名次。
• The Royal Veterinary College does not appear in the QS World University Rankings 2027, so no QS position is recorded for this cycle.皇家兽医学院未进入 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名，因此本轮没有 QS 名次。
• In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 the college is placed in the 551-600 band.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学院位列第 551-600 名区间。
• In the U.S. News 2026-2027 global university ranking the college is placed 1,266th.在 2026-2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单中，学院位列第 1,266 名。
• It is the oldest and largest veterinary school in the United Kingdom and one of only 12 British schools where students can study to become veterinary surgeons.学院是英国历史最悠久、规模最大的兽医学院，也是全英仅有的 12 所可培养执业兽医的学校之一。
• It is the only veterinary college in the United Kingdom to hold its own royal charter, granted in 1875 after an earlier charter of 1844.学院是英国唯一拥有独立皇家特许状的兽医学院，该特许状于 1875 年颁授，此前在 1844 年已获一份特许状。
• The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise rated it England's leading veterinary school among institutions with exclusively veterinary research, with 55 percent of submitted staff at world class or international excellence.2008 年研究评估把学院评为英格兰纯粹兽医研究机构中的领先兽医学院，55% 的受评人员达到世界领先或国际优秀水平。
• Its three animal hospitals and three first-opinion practices treat more than 20,000 patients a year, giving students a large clinical caseload.学院的三家动物医院与三家首诊诊所每年诊治两万余例病患，为学生提供了充足的临床病例。
• As a school of the University of London since 1949, it awards degrees of the federal university and sits within one of the largest university federations in the United Kingdom.自 1949 年起作为伦敦大学学院，学院授予这所联邦制大学的学位，并隶属于英国规模最大的大学联盟之一。
• Its veterinary degree is recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the UK regulator, so graduates are eligible to register and practise as veterinary surgeons.学院的兽医学位获英国监管机构皇家兽医外科医学院认可，毕业生因此可以注册并执业为兽医外科医生。

Student life

• Rowing, rugby, netball, hockey and football are offered to both men and women, and students also take part in shooting, ice skating and polo.赛艇、橄榄球、无板篮球、曲棍球与足球等项目男女均可参加，学生还可参与射击、滑冰与马球。
• For sport the RVC belongs to the United Hospitals, and its clubs compete and socialise with London medical schools such as Barts, Imperial College School of Medicine and RUMS.在体育方面，学院隶属于联合医院体系，其俱乐部与巴茨、帝国理工学院医学院和 RUMS 等伦敦医学院校比赛与联谊。
• Academically inclined clubs include the Farm Animal Clinical Club, the Student Equine Veterinary Association and the Zoological Society.学术类社团包括农场动物临床俱乐部、学生马病兽医协会与动物学会。
• Non-academic societies include the Music Society, performing arts, a games society and the International Veterinary Students' Association.非学术社团包括音乐社、表演艺术社、桌游社以及国际兽医学生协会。
• The Students' Union runs a May Ball, a Christmas Ball, a Sports Ball, a Halfway Dinner in the second term of third year, Burns Night, an elaborate Freshers' Week and a Raising and Giving fortnight.学生会组织五月舞会、圣诞舞会、体育舞会、三年级第二学期的半程晚宴、彭斯之夜、隆重的新生周以及慈善募捐双周。
• A Camden versus Hawkshead competition between preclinical and clinical students is traditionally held each spring.基础阶段与临床阶段学生之间的卡姆登对霍克斯黑德对抗赛传统上每年春季举行。
• Since 2018 a varsity weekend has been held against the veterinary school at the University of Surrey, and the inaugural event was hosted at Surrey but won by the RVC.自 2018 年起，学院与萨里大学兽医学院举办校际体育周末，首届由萨里主办但由皇家兽医学院获胜。
• BVetMed students are invited to Association of Veterinary Students events such as Sports Weekend and the annual academic Congress, with Sports Weekend last held at the RVC in 2016 and Congress in 2019.兽医医学学士学生受邀参加兽医学生协会的体育周末与年度学术大会，体育周末最近一次在学院举办是 2016 年，大会则是 2019 年。
• RVC students may also join societies run by the University of London Union and by the Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union.学院学生还可加入伦敦大学联合会以及帝国理工学院医学院学生会开办的社团。
• The Students' Union is based at Hawkshead House on the Hawkshead campus and provides social and academic opportunities for students of all cohorts and courses.学生会设在霍克斯黑德校区的霍克斯黑德楼，为各年级、各专业学生提供社交与学术机会。
• The Haxby bar on the Camden campus and the Buttery at Hawkshead are both run by the Students' Union and serve as the two main social hubs for veterinary students.卡姆登校区的哈克斯比酒吧与霍克斯黑德的巴特里均由学生会经营，是兽医学生最主要的两处社交场所。

Notable people

• Mary Brancker (1914-2010) became the first woman to serve as president of the British Veterinary Association, and Mary Brancker House was named after her.玛丽·布兰克（1914-2010）成为英国兽医协会首位女性主席，玛丽·布兰克楼即以她命名。
• Walter Plowright (1923-2010) developed work that led directly to the worldwide eradication of rinderpest in 2001.沃尔特·普劳赖特（1923-2010）的研究直接推动了 2001 年牛瘟在全球范围内被消灭。
• Gordon Shattock (1928-2010) was among the college's notable alumni, and Rory Cowlam studied there between 2010 and 2015.戈登·沙托克（1928-2010）是学院知名校友之一，罗里·考拉姆则于 2010 至 2015 年间在此就读。
• Liz Bonnin became a science broadcaster, and Clare Bryant became Professor of Veterinary Science.利兹·邦宁成为科学节目主持人，克莱尔·布莱恩特则成为兽医科学教授。
• Granville Penn led the group that founded the Veterinary College of London in 1791.格兰维尔·佩恩领导了 1791 年创办伦敦兽医学院的团体。
• Charles Benoit Vial de St Bel came from the Lyon college to serve as the first principal and died in 1793.夏尔·伯努瓦·维亚尔·德·圣贝尔从里昂兽医学院前来出任首任院长，并于 1793 年去世。
• Edward Coleman succeeded St Bel and led the college for nearly 46 years, establishing its early reputation.爱德华·科尔曼继圣贝尔之后主持学院近 46 年，奠定了学院的早期声誉。
• John McFadyean headed the Research Institute in Animal Pathology from its opening in 1924.约翰·麦克法迪恩自 1924 年动物病理学研究所成立起主持该所。
• James Beart Simonds, an RVC professor, became the first Chief Inspector and Veterinary Advisor to the Privy Council in 1865.学院教授詹姆斯·比尔特·西蒙兹于 1865 年出任枢密院首任首席督察与兽医顾问。
• Frederick Hobday, principal from the late 1920s, launched the rebuilding of the Camden site after the old buildings were declared dangerous.弗雷德里克·霍布迪自 1920 年代末任院长，发起卡姆登校舍重建，马喉麻痹的霍布迪手术即以他命名。