Diploma in Veterinary Technician (Hybrid)

Admission Requirements: DOMESTIC ACADEMIC ENTRY: an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, or mature-applicant status; English at Grade 12 C or U; mathematics at Grade 12 C or U or Grade 11 U or M; biology at Grade 11 C or U; and chemistry at Grade 12 C or Grade 11 U - or equivalent courses. Pre-admission testing is NOT accepted as a way of meeting these academic prerequisites. Admission is highly competitive: applicants are ranked on academic strength and only the top-ranked receive an offer. Before promotion into semester two you must clear a Clearance Review through Concise Health: prophylactic rabies vaccination in line with Health Canada guidance, and bloodwork confirming rabies immunity at an antibody titre of at least 0.5 IU/mL. Physical demands: the ability to lift 25 kilograms unassisted and to physically restrain species weighing from under one kilogram to more than 500 kilograms. Caring for animals on campus is compulsory - every student is assigned clinical shifts of two to eight hours, which can begin at 6:30 a.m. and finish at 7 p.m., weekends included. Field placements are chosen with the student, may run eight to 12 hours with early starts, evenings and weekends, and students arrange their own transport. International applicants must present credentials assessed as equivalent to the Ontario prerequisites above and meet Seneca's certificate/diploma English standard: IELTS Academic 6.0 with no skill under 5.5, PTE Academic 58, CAEL 60, Duolingo 105-110, Cambridge English 169 with no skill under 162, or TOEFL iBT with no skill under 4/6 (20/30). Tests must be less than two years old. Seneca lists this program among the nine it will not give a conditional offer to through the English Language Institute, so an international applicant needs the English score in hand rather than a language-pathway offer.