Overview

The Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine program, under the Department of Veterinary Medicine, UAEU College of Agriculture Veterinary Medicine, accepted its first students in 2014 with the mandate of training primarily Emirati veterinarians based on a 5-year, 175 credit hour curriculum that culminates in conferral of the BVM degree. Graduates are instrumental in the delivery of veterinary services in the UAE where they are expected to take up private and public sector employment opportunities that are pertinent to ensuring both animal and public health, as well as food safety and security in the country. The job market for BVM graduates is expanding with increasing employment opportunities in the livestock industry (e.g. dairy and poultry farms, fisheries, etc.), wildlife conservation, public and private clinical practice, biomedical research, pharmaceutical and animal feed/supplies industries, wildlife conservation, zoos and aquariums, military and police equine and canine units, regulatory affairs, animal welfare, borders and ports control, etc. (1 Credit Hour “CH” is equivalent to 2 ECTS Credit Hours “European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System”).