About the Personal Licence Training Course

If you are applying for a Personal Licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 you first have to attend and pass an accredited course.  

Everyone applying for a Personal Licence has to pass PIL A & B (EU Modules 1-8 & 20).  Some of the modules (3-8) are species specific, so you will need to complete assessments according to the species you will be working with.  

If you will be doing surgical procedures, you will need to pass the additional PIL C training.

Personal Licence holders who need to amend their licence will just need to attend the relevant additional training (e.g. to add a species or surgical procedures).

If you're an experienced overseas researcher applying for a PIL in the UK for the first time, have a look at the Applying for a Personal License page where you'll find further information about possible training exemptions. 

If you would like further information about the training and exemption requirements, have a look at the Home Office Advice Note.

View the full list of the UK/EU training modules

The Learning Outcomes for our PIL courses form part of the Education and Training Framework European Commission Directive 2010/63/EU.