Veterinary Degrees Online

Undergraduate Module I Students (Sponsored by the Kenyan Government): This is done through the national Joint Admission Board (JAB), the body that does admission of students for all public universities in Kenya.

Undergraduate Module II (SELF Sponsored) Students: Because the government sponsorship can cater for very few qualifying candidates, the university gives an option for self sponsorship. In this option, the admission will be done internally at the university. To apply for any undergraduate programme as a self sponsored student, you can obtain an application form from UNES offices upon payment of application fee. You could download the application form by clicking on the link below, and pay the application fee as you submit the completed form for processing .
Download the undergraduate self sponsored student application form here

For more information, visit the prospective undergraduate student page.

Postgraduate Students: Admission to any postgraduate programme at the university is carried out by the Board of Postgraduate Studies (BPS) in close consultancy with the relevant school or faculty.

To apply for a postgraduate admission, application forms can be collected from the BPS/UNES upon payment of application fee. The forms can also be downloaded from the link below, and the application fee paid while submitting the completed forms.

In addition to this, other courses and trainings are offered to undergraduate students (DVM), farmers and officers of the tribal (FATA) and settled areas. The department has two separate laboratories for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. These laboratories, together with a livestock complex on the campus, offer facilities (for testing feeds, animal trials; metabolic crates, rumen fistulated steers to do metabolic studies, forage land, and dairy animals) for students’ practical and research that integrate the whole range of applied training in Animal Nutrition. Recent addition of research facilities such as, Feed Technology Center, Large and Small Animal Houses under the HEC mega project further added to the capacity building of the department.

The department has several long-term research projects funded by PARC, HEC and PSF, Islamabad. These projects have not only strengthened the research capability of the department but also provided unique opportunity for participation of postgraduate students in advance research. The course work prepares students to effectively assume leadership in the livestock sector with a strong background of Animal Nutrition for serving animal husbandry needs of the farmers and industries. Students design their thesis manuscript, to conduct basic and adaptive research for improving livestock nutrition, to increase farm income in low (small-holder) and high input (commercial) systems and to develop linkages with national and international organizations in programs for sustainable development of livestock sector.

The degree programs are designed to prepare students with the following aims: 1. To effectively assume leadership in the livestock sector with a strong background of animal nutrition for serving animal husbandry needs of he farmers and industries
2. To conduct basic and adaptive resech for improving livestock nutrition and to increase farm income in low (small holders) and high input (commercial) systems
3. To develop linkages with national and international organization in education, research and development programs for sustainable development of livestock sector

Academic programs

The department is running DVM degree program jointly with other departments of the faculty. In addition, the department offers postgraduate degree program (MSc and Ph.D) specialized in Animal Nutrition. The department has two separate laboratories for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. These laboratories together with a new livestock complex on the campus, offer facilities for students’ practical and research that integrate whole range of disciplinary fields form basic to applied animal nutrition. Several short trainings, workshops and seminars are also scheduled every year.

Research Activities

The Department has two well equipped nutrition laboratories for evaluation of livestock feeds, forages and fiber analysis, in vitro fermentation and metabolic studies. Besides others equipments, there are gas chromatography, UV/visible spectrophotometer, and Kjeltec System of Teckator available for student research and practical. Personal computers are also used for data analysis and interpretation. Recent addition of research facilities such as metabolic crates and rumen fistulated steers for detailed metabolic studies and practical demonstration of students has further added to the capacity building of the Department. The department has several long-term research projects funded by PARC and PSF, Islamabad . These projects have not only strengthened the research capability of the department but also provided unique opportunity for participation of postgraduate students in advanced research. Land for forage research is also available at the new development farm of this university.

The degree is offered in Animal Production in the school system, through theoretical and practical courses of agricultural areas and other support activities (laboratories, computer activities, bibliographic research, seminars, conferences, etc.)..
To provide sound knowledge, the plant is composed of academic teachers and researchers of high academic standards, most with postgraduate studies full time and dedication, who conducted research for the performance and development of research, extension and outreach the field of agricultural sciences, where you can get involved.
The curriculum is divided into two blocks:

Trunk General Teaching-Learning Unit, whose purpose is to initiate students in interdisciplinary activities, by providing skills fundamentals of physical, chemical and biological sciences and health. The trunk develops during the first three quarters of the course.
Career trunk, which starts from the fourth quarter and how the student in the disciplines inherent in the physiological processes of animals, the environment and agricultural technology which allows you to integrate the knowledge necessary to develop the rational production of the domestic species of economic interest.

Professional Skills
Andalusia graduating from this degree will be able to:
Identify problems affecting the use of renewable natural resources from the development of agricultural activities.
Propose alternative solutions that include the ecological, social, economic and cultural production units.
Apply research techniques aimed at generating knowledge in the field of agriculture that promotes greater efficiency in production according to the characteristics of the production system.
Developing agricultural extension activities that contribute to the rational use of natural resources in production systems.
Create and manage livestock production units under the criteria of the plant-animal-man-environment.

Job Market
A degree in Animal Production working in agricultural production centers of the area of government, private and social sector, as productory / or independent consultant.

Infrastructure and Services

This degree has infrastructure for the development of theoretical and practical activities of the different subjects taught at the University. It also has the active involvement of teachers in the development of practices associated with production centers within the local and regional university that allows students to establish a direct relationship with the producer as the person responsible for producing the subject as producer responsible for the production of food from the agricultural sector. Similarly we have additional support through separate agreements with established higher education institutions, federal agencies and research centers.

The Post-Graduate Program in Genetics and Animal Breeding aims to provide general physical and intellectual space for the academic training of graduates in the fields of genetics and animal breeding. Historically, this objective has guided the actions of the program since its establishment in 1985. Until that time the FCAV / UNESP campus de Jaboticabal, offered only a program of postgraduate studies in animal husbandry, with the predominant area for animal nutrition. However, the demand for professionals (teachers and researchers) with level of postgraduate studies in the field of animal breeding was great and was not answered.

In the last 10 years the demand for professionals who work in the area of genetics and animal breeding has increased. The development of new strategies for animal production, the need to meet a growing market demands, has as a consequence the search for a professional with this profile. Moreover, there are new job opportunities in the light of advances in the field of molecular genetics and its effect on the breeding of domestic animals and the conservation genetics.
Thus, the main objective of the program remains the training of professionals capable of teaching and research in the areas of animal genetics and breeding of livestock, to meet the needs of human resources of public and private institutions.

This objective has been achieved since the professionals trained by this program are working or giving continuity to their studies in areas focus (animal breeding and genetics), many of them as teachers or researchers in institutions of repute in our country and the outside.
Currently, the program has 13 permanent faculty, of which around 54% have productivity grants from CNPq. All accredited teachers and researchers in the Graduate Program in Genetics and Animal Breeding are developing activities with students in undergraduate courses, serving as teachers and / or guiding of monographs for graduation and / or work experience.

The level of scientific cooperation with other teachers of the current national and international institutions, with the presence of visiting professors, and outside of Brazil. The program also has received students from abroad, particularly in Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Uruguay.

By December of 2006 were 122 qualified teachers. Of these, 79 (64, 8%) are in the labor market, with 24.6% in public universities, 11.5% in research institutes, private universities in 13.9% and 14.8% in private companies. Twenty-six students (21.3%) continue their studies, conducting doctoral courses (18.8%) and post-doctoral degree (2.5%). The activities of the remaining 13.9% are not known.
The program offers scholarships, Masters (Capes + CNPq) and Ph.D. (Capes) and, thanks to the efforts of teachers and students has been approved grants from FAPESP, the Organization of American States (provided for foreign) and private companies .

The resolution UNESP 4 of 22/01/97 regulates the placement of teaching post-graduate students in graduate programs, allowing a training of student teaching with the allocation of credits, but without lengthening their time of titration. This last measure has provided a growing exchange between graduate and postgraduate studies. Such treatment has expanded the scope of the resolution of the CAPES, which set the stage for teaching of their stock.

In summary, the program includes: – Teaching staff with high qualifications and training appropriate to the profile of teachers and doctors in the areas of genetics and animal breeding – Infrastructure for excellence – Intense integration with the undergraduate courses – with exchange national and international institutions, research-development peak. Thus it has provided a training in research and education that has guaranteed the placement of graduates in the labor market