Veterinary Medicine in English
recruitment items:
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:Candidates with Polish maturity certificate/International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma)/European Baccalaureate (EB Diploma):
- the results from a secondary school final examination (maturity examination) subjects: biology and chemistry
Confirmed knowledge of English (certificate of English language at least level B2 or maturity exam in English language at an Advanced level with result at least 60%, or a document confirming completion of the high school with programme in English as language of instruction)
Candidates applying for admission to studies in the English language, who are not in the possession of a B2 level English language proficiency certificate, approved by WULS can confirm their knowledge of the language by taking an English language interview organized by the University. You can apply for an interview when registering for studies at IRK.
Documents confirming knowledge of English language
Candidates with foreign certificates:
- an exam checking special predispositions to undertake studies and checking language skills at B2 level.
obtained title: veterinarian
Stationary
expected admissions limit: 100
beginning of classes: winter recruitment
duration of studies: 5.5 years (11 semesters)
Studies conducted in English language.
Description of direction
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 an exam checking special predispositions to undertake studies and checking language skills at B2 level.
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).
See study programme:
Career prospects
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