R3.33 - Degree of Doctor of Veterinary Science

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1. Candidates for the degree of doctor of Veterinary Science must be either bachelors of Veterinary Science of at least three years' standing or admitted by the faculty of Veterinary Science (“the faculty”) in accordance with Statute 11.1.6 to the status of a candidate eligible to proceed to assessment for the degree of doctor of Veterinary Science.
2. The faculty must not admit any person as a candidate for the degree unless he or she has in the opinion of the faculty already made substantial published contributions to Veterinary Science.
3. An intending candidate must submit a record of his or her published scientific work and the prescribed number of copies of all the work ¹ whether published or unpublished, which he or she wishes to submit for assessment. A candidate may not submit for assessment work in respect of which the candidate has already qualified for a degree in any university or, without the permission of the faculty, work which he or she has previously presented for any such degree.
   
   The faculty, if it approves the subject or subjects of the work submitted for assessment, must nominate examiners.
4. Every candidate in submitting his or her published work and such unpublished work as he or she deems appropriate must state generally in a preface and specifically in notes the sources from which information is derived, the extent to which the candidate has availed himself or herself of the work of others, and in general terms the portions of his or her work which he or she claims as original. When a candidate submits work carried out in collaboration with another person, the candidate must indicate his or her own share in the work.
5. Candidates who have provided evidence of research and ability satisfactory to the examiners and fulfilled the other prescribed conditions may be admitted to the degree of doctor of Veterinary Science.

1 Three copies must be submitted (see Statute 12.5).