Studies by the sea

These are exciting times for equine courses and their students at Aberystwyth University

WEST WALES, AT the point where the sea meets the land, boasts everything you could wish for in a location. Breathtaking scenery, a friendly population and Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) — a jewel in the area’s crown. Over the years, IBERS has also cemented its reputation as one of the longest-standing providers of equine higher education courses in the UK. In response to demand, IBERS has also successfully opened its doors to students studying a unique new degree scheme —

BSc (Hons) equine and veterinary bioscience, the only course of its kind in the UK. Both the new BSc equine and veterinary bioscience and the long-established BSc equine science courses are taught at the level and content of a zoology/biology degree, using the horse as a model for many of the principles and theories studied.