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Veterinary Medical Education

DVM

In September 2008, the University of Calgary will welcome students into the newly-created Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM).The program will initially accept 30 students.

The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program will cover the full range of species and disciplines of veterinary medical education. However, in addition to this core, the program will focus on areas important to Alberta and Western Canada. Therefore, in the students' senior years they will complete a series of core clinical rotations and participate in further opportunities in Production Animal Health, Public and Ecosystem Health, Equine Health or Investigative Medicine (comparative medicine).

The University of Calgary DVM program will employ a unique curriculum and will deliver the clinical elements of the program through a Distributed Veterinary Teaching Hospital, engaging practicing veterinarians in the education process. Major portions of the program will be delivered at the Health Sciences Centre and in a newly constructed Clinical Skills Building in north-west Calgary (Spyhill area).

Program Details

Please refer to http://www.vet.ucalgary.ca for details on the four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program.

Admission Process

The admission requirements are posted on the Faculty's website www.vet.ucalgary.ca.. Applicants will be required to complete at least two full years of (university course work, including ten required courses. Details of the full admission process will be posted by the summer of 2007. The DVM program is currently open only to residents of Alberta and 30 students will be admitted per year (see following definition of an Alberta resident).

For admission to Veterinary Medicine, the Province of Alberta determines residency as follows:

(a) the Residence of an applicant remains that of his/her parent(s) unless a new Residence has been established in accordance with clause (b);

(b) the Residence of an applicant shall be considered to be Alberta, if the applicant has last resided in Alberta for a period of twelve consecutive months (without including any period during which the applicant was attending a college or university) prior to enrolment;

(c) a Canadian citizen who is resident outside of Canada and intends to re-establish residence in Canada shall be considered a resident of the province or territory of Canada where he/she last resided for a period of twelve consecutive months before leaving Canada; and

(d) a person who is a permanent resident as defined in the Immigration Act (Canada) shall be considered to be a resident of another province or territory of Canada pursuant to clause (b).

Dates and Deadlines

Deadlines for application to the faculty will be early 2008.