Faculty of Veterinary Science

Guide to courses

Australia's first Veterinary College was established in Melbourne by William Tyson Kendall in 1888. The building still stands in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. When the College closed in 1908 its task was taken on by the University of Melbourne and, in 1909, the Faculty of Veterinary Science was established. Kendall's contribution to veterinary education is acknowledged with W T Kendall Hall, the residential facility for students at the Veterinary Clinical Centre at Werribee.

The Faculty conducts undergraduate and higher degree courses and research. It produces about 60 new Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) graduates and 10 to 15 graduates in higher degrees a year.

The first and second years of the BVSc course are taught at the Faculty's Veterinary Preclinical Centre on a site called the Veterinary Precinct at the corner of Flemington Road and Park Drive, Parkville. The third and fourth years are taught in the Veterinary Clinical Centre at Werribee located 33 km from the main University campus.

The faculty provides veterinary services through its veterinary clinic and hospital at Werribee and through consultative arrangements with livestock industries. Students in all years use the clinical facilities at Werribee, and have ready access to sheep and cattle farms in the western part of the State, a large population of horses and a growing urban community. The veterinary profession and various community animal organisations assist with teaching and providing practical experience for students during the course.

• 1. Objectives of the Faculty
• 2. Departments and centres of the Faculty
• 3. Careers for veterinary science graduates
• 4. Courses offered
• 5. Bachelor of Veterinary Science
• 6. Bachelor of Animal Science
• 7. General course information (BVSc and BAnimSc)

Areas of Study

• Veterinary science subjects

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