Program Overview

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has been providing education in veterinary medicine since 1830 and is accredited by the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE).

About Us

The faculty is organized into several departments, including:

• Department of Animal Production and Food Safety
• Department of Animal Health
• Department of Clinics
• Department of Morphology and Function The faculty also has administrative services, including a library.

Study

The faculty offers several programs, including:

• Bachelor
• Integrated Master in Veterinary Medicine
• Masters
  • Food Safety
  • Equine Sciences
  • Animal Production
  • Microbiology
  • Erasmus Mundus Joint Master - MorphoPHEN
• PhD's
  • Veterinary Sciences
  • Planetary Health Studies
  • Sustainability Science
• Post Graduate Programmes
• Lifelong Learning

Integrated Master in Veterinary Medicine

The Integrated Master in Veterinary Medicine has the following objectives:

1. Ensure adequate veterinary training, based on scientific research, during which students learn to care for animal health and welfare, contribute to a sustainable, competitive animal production, in respect for the environment, to protect humans from zoonoses and to ensure the quality and safety of food products of animal origin.
2. Provide high-level training at which students demonstrate:

• The ability to apply their knowledge and their ability to understand and solve problems in new situations, in wide multidisciplinary contexts, in the field of veterinary sciences.
• The ability to integrate knowledge, handle complex issues, develop solutions and make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on the implications and ethical and social responsibilities that result from those solutions and judgments.
• The ability to communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and reasoning that underlie them, in a clear and objective manner.
• Develop skills to enable them to autonomous lifelong learning.

Study Plan

The study plan for the Integrated Master in Veterinary Medicine is as follows:

1st Year

• 1st Semester:
  • Descriptive Anatomy (10 ECTS)
  • Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (10 ECTS)
  • Histology and Embryology (9 ECTS)
  • Bioethics and the Veterinary Profession (1 ECTS)
• 2nd Semester:
  • Topographic and Imaging Anatomy (5 ECTS)
  • Physiology (10 ECTS)
  • Animal Behavior, Welfare and Handling (5 ECTS)
  • Biostatistics and Scientific Research Principles (4 ECTS)
  • Zootechny, Agriculture and Environment (6 ECTS)

2nd Year

• 3rd Semester:
  • Pathophysiology (7 ECTS)
  • Microbiology (8 ECTS)
  • Parasitology (8 ECTS)
  • Genetics and Animal Breeding (7 ECTS)
• 4th Semester:
  • Anatomical Pathology I (6 ECTS)
  • Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy (9 ECTS)
  • Immunology (5 ECTS)
  • Nutrition and Feeding (10 ECTS)

3rd Year

• 5th Semester:
  • Anatomical Pathology II (6 ECTS)
  • Medical Propedeutics and Clinics (12 ECTS)
  • Toxicology and Forensic Veterinary Medicine (5 ECTS)
  • Animal Production (5 ECTS)
  • Unidade Curricular Opcional (2 ECTS)
• 6th Semester:
  • Surgical Propaedeutics and Anesthesiology (11 ECTS)
  • Economics, Management and Entrepreneurship (4 ECTS)
  • Safety and Technology of Animal-Origin Products (11 ECTS)
  • Personal and Social Skills (2 ECTS)
  • Unidade Curricular Opcional (2 ECTS)

4th Year

• 7th and 8th Semester:
  • Epidemiology, Infectiology, and Preventive Medicine (15 ECTS)
  • Surgery (10 ECTS)
  • Medicine (15 ECTS)
  • Reproduction and Obstetrics (10 ECTS)
  • Medicine of Exotic Pets, Conservation and Bioterium Species (6 ECTS)
  • Unidade Curricular Opcional (2 ECTS)
  • Unidade Curricular Opcional (2 ECTS)

5th Year

• 9th and 10th Semester:
  • Veterinary Public Health (12 ECTS)
  • Farm Animal Clinics and Herd Health (12 ECTS)
  • Equine Clinics (10 ECTS)
  • Small Animal Clinics (18 ECTS)
  • Professional Ethics, Bioethics and Soft-Skills (2 ECTS)
  • Clinical-Hospital Management (2 ECTS)
  • Unidade Curricular Opcional (2 ECTS)
  • Unidade Curricular Opcional (2 ECTS)

6th Year

• 11th Semester:
  • Project and Scientific Communication (1 ECTS)
  • Curricular Internship (29 ECTS)

Optional Units

The optional units will be determined annually by the faculty.