• This five-year program equips you with the latest knowledge and skills to apply medical, diagnostic and therapeutic principles to all major animal groups. It was developed in consultation with industry and researchers.
• Work with animals from your first semester, learn about animal handling, husbandry and business management, and undertake pre-clinical vacation placements on working farms or with other enterprises.
• Study foundational biomedical disciplines, including pathology, infectious diseases and immunology, as well as diagnosis and treatment, medicines, surgical procedures and nutrition.
• Spend your final year in clinical training at UQ and in private practice, gaining skills in medicine, surgery, radiology and anaesthesia under the guidance of a registered veterinarian.

You will graduate qualified to work as a general veterinary practitioner for large or small animals in Australia and overseas.

Expect to find employment in a variety of roles, including:

• practising veterinary doctor in a private or public clinic
• consultant in the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology or animal disease control industries
• educator and/or researcher with universities and governments
• government department veterinarian dealing with biosecurity and/or efficient animal production.