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Prospective Students

DVM | MPhil | Extension Courses

The following is a list of programmes offered at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Click on each of the programmes to find out more.  

Pre Veterinary (Pre-Health Professions Programme)

This is designed to prepare applicants, who are currently unable to meet the requirements for matriculation, with the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the degree programmes at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS), UWI. This is a 3 semester programme spanning 12 calendar months. Semester one starts in September and the program finishes in time for the student to apply for the Doctor of Veterinary Programme in the following year.

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Undergraduate Programme

The veterinary education programme leads to the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and extends over four (8 semester long) or five (10 semester long) years.

The first year of study is an integrated programme in which the medical, dental, veterinary and pharmacy students together analyze integrated system-based problems.

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Resarch & Post Graduate Programmes

The School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) occupies an ideal location for the study of Tropical Veterinary Medicine.

Fulltime programmes extend for at least 21 months for the Mphil, and at least 36 months months for the PhD.

Research laboratories are supplied with state of the art equipment, and our research focus includes the development of new methods of diagnosis of foodborne diseases, food safety and biosecurity.

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