AMTRA Fees List

The fees that most people pay AMTRA are listed in context on the Becoming an SQP, Veterinary Nurses and the MA Holders pages.

However, there are less common fees: here is the full list, valid from May 2009. These fees are subject to review at any time, but in particular in September 2010.

Unless otherwise stated, these fees are zero-rated for VAT. Where VAT is referenced, it is at the current standard rate, i.e. 17.5% at the time of writing.

Enrolment fee: new SQP from scratch

Enrolment fee: new SQP - Veterinary Nurse conversion

C-SQP including VN conversion: £225
E-SQP including VN conversion: £300
K-SQP including VN conversion: £330
R-SQP including VN conversion: £345

Other SQP types (i.e. those which don't involve companion animals) are not available as VN conversions.

Enrolment fee: new SQP - MA Holder conversion

For MA Holder representatives to become an R-SQP: £465.

Note: this is more expensive than registering as an SQP from scratch because of the fee paid to Harper Adams University College for their Assessment of Prior Learning (APL), and because there are not economies of scale because of the unusual nature of this conversion. It does, however, mean that the person in question is not required to do all of the exams that a new SQP from scratch would have to undertake.

SQP exams at separate sittings

The normal enrolment fees shown above assume that all the modules and viva (oral) exams are taken at one go.

For those choosing to take their first attempts at multiple sittings: £100 per additional sitting

SQP re-sits

For SQP candidates making a second or subsequent attempt at any of the SQP modules involved in their original enrolment:

one module: £160
two modules: £230
three modules: £300
four modules: £364
viva (oral): £60
Veterinary Nurse conversion re-sit: £160

Note that these fees are more expensive that the first attempts since they don't include the funding from the Higher Education Funding Council which subsidises the original fees but which is only available to an individual once.

Additional SQP modules

For those SQPs who are adding modules to those chosen when making their original enrolment:

Adding the Farm Animal module: £200
Adding the Farm Animal and Equine modules: £230
Adding the Equine module: £160
Adding the Companion Animal module: £160

SQP annual renewal fees

When paid by 30 November for the following year:

SQPs qualified to prescribe and supply livestock medicines: £72.50 incl. VAT
Other SQPs: £50.00 incl. VAT

SQP reinstatement fees

For those SQPs not paying by 30 November:

50% more than the renewal fee

MA holders representatives enrolment fee

£275

MA holders representatives annual fee

£50 incl. VAT

Examination centre application fee

The fee to apply for approval as an examination centre is £200 + VAT, plus travel and accommodation costs of the member of Harper Adams University College staff who will visit the site. Please contact us for further information if you are interested in becoming an approved examination centre.

This page last updated 19/05/2010