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Health Sciences
Veterinary Science
MVB Veterinary Medicine
5 years
€3000 pa
Programme profile
This programme will educate you to the best international standards in veterinary medicine. To work as a vet in the Republic of Ireland you must have a degree in Veterinary Medicine that is registered by the Veterinary Council of Ireland. UCD’s Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (MVB) is Ireland’s only such degree.
The veterinary profession is concerned with the promotion of the health and welfare of animals of special importance to society. This involves the care of healthy and sick animals, the prevention, recognition, control and treatment of their diseases and of diseases transmitted from animals to man, and the welfare and productivity of livestock.
Programme content
At the start you will be given a thorough grounding in normal animal structure and function, animal handling, welfare, nutrition, breeding and management. In later stages you will develop knowledge and skills in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and control of diseases in domestic animals and birds.
Stage 5 focuses on hands-on work and real clinical cases.
Large and Small Animal Surgeries
Diagnostic Imaging
Anaesthesiology
Small and Large Animal Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Clinical Reproduction
Herd Health
Population Medicine
Diagnostic Pathology
Clinical Pathology
Progression
This programme is recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Sugeons
Entry Requirements
Students must present six subjects of which two must be at grade C or above at Advanced GCE (A-Level. The other four subjects must include: English, Mathematics and a language other than English, at least at grade C or above on GCSE or Advanced Subsidiary GCE (AS) papers
A-Level in Chemistry required, at Grade C or above.
575
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Leaving Cert/A-Levels/IB scores will be converted into points. Entry points for 2015 were 575
05 November
01 May
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