Demographic studies on final year veterinary students of nine European schools
Weaver, A.D.
Veterinary Record 105(12): 280-283
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 516313 Document Number: 146421
In 1975 a survey of some aspects of veterinary student selection, background and education as well as intended employment after qualification was conducted in the veterinary schools at Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Helsinki, Stockholm, Hanover, Ghent, Toulouse and Vienna. In all schools student selection was primarily based on academic ability. A numerus clausus existed in six of the nine schools. No sex discrimination in student selection was practised in seven of the nine schools. The proportion of male students in the final year of 1975 ranged from 57% in Glasgow to 97% in Ghent. The parents of the students were predominantly of socioeconomic classes 1 (28%), 2 (38%) or 3 non-manual (20%), and no significant differences were found between the UK and the continental schools; 6% of the parents were veterinarians while 15% were farmers. The financing by students of their veterinary studies varied greatly between schools. Over 80% of the students wished to go first into general practice, with little tendency, except among UK students, to go into employment abroad first.