Veterinary Degrees Online

Pre-veterinary Medical Science is a 2-year-long prerequisite program that students must take prior to their enrollment in the Department of Veterinary Medicine. This program covers the overall veterinary medicine dealing with animals and the theories and actual training of relevant basic studies. It is designed to satisfy requirements for the veterinary medicine program. In addition, students learn to master theories, experiments and practical skills in veterinary medicine and other relevant studies, and simultaneously take general electives and basic natural science courses to be a competent professional who will work in veterinary medicine and other relevant life science sectors such as medicine, pharmacy and public health.

Before taking general electives and veterinary medical courses, students must meet the course requirements such as General Biology, General Chemistry, General Physics, Organic Chemistry, Genetics, Animal Behavior, Animal Comparative Anatomy, and Animal Nutrition, and systematically conduct related experiments.

Veterinarians play a major role in the health care of pets, livestock, zoo, sporting, and laboratory animals. Some veterinarians use their skills to protect humans against diseases carried by animals and conduct clinical research on human and animal health problems. Others work in basic research, broadening the scope of fundamental theoretical knowledge, and in applied research, developing new ways to use knowledge.

Prospective veterinarians must graduate with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or VMD) degree from a four-year program at an accredited college of veterinary medicine and must obtain a license to practice. There are 28 colleges in 26 states that meet accreditation standards set by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education. The prerequisites for admission vary. Many of these colleges do not require a bachelor’s degree for entrance, but all require a significant number of credit hours—from 45 to 90 s.h.—at the undergraduate level. However, most of the students admitted have completed an undergraduate program. Applicants without a bachelor’s degree find it difficult to gain admittance.

In addition to satisfying pre-veterinary course requirements, applicants must submit test scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the Veterinary College Admission Test (VCAT), or the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), depending on the preference of the college to which they are applying. Currently, 22 schools require the GRE, 4 require the VCAT, and 2 accept the MCAT.

The professional DVM curriculum of the College of Veterinary Medicine provides its students the most modern and advanced educational opportunity available in veterinary medical education today. The faculties of the College have established a tradition of incorporating innovative instructional programs and methods for the advancement of veterinary medicine in its service to animals and society.

Admission & Degree (Data, 2007)
Program No. of Student admitted
No. of Student enrolled No. of
Student achieved degrees
D.V.M. 40 221 42
Master 39 78 18
Ph D 28 43 12

Scholarships

Basis of Selection
Undergraduate : Scholarship award decisions are made on the basis of both scholastic achievement and financial need. Students whose past scholastic average are not lower than 2.7 (Scholarships can be granted to a student in serious financial need by the decision made by the scholarship committee with his grade lower than 2.7)
Undergraduate : According to the College regulations and guidelines of selection, the research assistants are distributed by the Department.

Total number of students and amount of scholarship
….( First semester, 2007 ) (Unit : KRW)

Type Student Tuition exempted Scholarships Total
No. Amount No. Amount No. Amount
Undergraduate 69 37,417,000 23 33,528,000 92 70,945,000
Graduate 37 15,762,000 7 8,954,000 44 24,716,000
Total 106 53,179,000 30 42,482,000 136 95,661,000

Credits Required for 6-Year-Course of Veterinary Medicine
Pre-vet course First & Second Year 68 credits
Veterinary Course First Year 17+17=34
Second Year 18+21=39
Third Year 20+21=41
Fourth Year 20+21=41
Total 155
Total 223(major 173 credits)