Degree
Veterinary Surgeon / Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Duration
Long cycle 11 semesters master’s programme

Beginning from
March, October

Credits obtained
DVM degree requires the completion of 360 ECTS

Aim of the programme
Study offering for veterinary medicine through the careful and competent selection of programme content provides students of long-cycle Master’s degree programme with:
• knowledge, skills and competences required to describe rules and mechanisms underlining animal health, diagnose disease and implement therapy in a single animals or in a herd;
• competence in protection of public health via monitoring of animal feed, animal production, production facilities, products of animal origin and distribution and transport of animals and products of animal origin;
• competences in soft skills: problem solving, accumulation, elaboration, critical analysis and propagation of knowledge, working in the multidisciplinary team.

Entry requirements
Recruitment to the programme is handled by external recruiting agency, the International Medicine Studies (www.ims-medstudy. com; info@ims-medstudy.com). Finished secondary level education and the diploma recognized by EU is required for application to the course. Candidates are required to take biology and chemistry exam.

Main mandatory subjects:
1 Year
Anatomy, cell biology, histology & embryology, biology, chemistry, biophysics, information technology, Latin, copyrights, genetics, biostatistics, agronomy
2 Year
Biochemistry, physiology, animal husbandry and breeding, ethology, epidemiology, microbiology, immunology
3 Year
Parasitology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical and laboratory diagnostics, general surgery and anesthesiology, public health, bee diseases, pathomorphology
4 Year
Farm animal and equine diseases, meat hygiene, pathomorphology, feed hygiene, imagine diagnostics, safety of animal-origin food, zoonosis, toxicology, andrology, fish diseases, ethical aspects of veterinary practice
5 Year
Dogs and cat diseases, dietetics, avian diseases, administration and legal aspects in veterinary, fur animal diseases, veterinary prevention, milk hygiene, clinic rotations
6 Year
Clinical rotations, herd health management

Internship, practice
Student is obliged to complete: husbandry practice (80 h/2 weeks), veterinary inspection (80 h / 2 weeks twice), clinical practice (160 h / 4 weeks twice).

Career prospects
• veterinary surgeon / doctor of veterinary medicine in small animals, large animals or mixed practices
• veterinary inspection / public health protection agencies
• veterinary border control
• general, medical and veterinary research (PhD studies, research companies and institutions)
• laboratory practice
• animal health protection agencies
• pharmaceutical industry

Fees
4800€ for winter semester
3600€ for summer semester