How do I become a vet?

Veterinary school consists of 5½ years of perseverance, plus some preparation....

What you need:

• passed matura
• passed aptitude test ("Numerus Clausus")

What else can help:

• good knowledge of German (lectures are mostly in German)
  
• Interest in natural sciences
  
• Fun in learning
  
• Willingness to persevere
  
• Initiative
  
• Commitment
  
• Social skills
  
• an Emotional Support Animal ;)

How the study program is structured:

• Natural science basics (chemistry, physics, radiation physics, general radiology)
  
• Morphological basics I (anatomy, histology/cytology, embryology, comparative morphology)
  
• Functional basics I (pathology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular genetics, physiology, cell and molecular biology)
  
• Animal welfare, animal ethology and animal husbandry
  
• Practical skills I (general surgery, hospital hygiene/safety aspects, teamwork/communication, handling of different animal species, clinical case demonstrations)
  
• Scientific work (literature research, evidence-based medicine)
  
• Elective (digitalization or sustainability)

• Organ block: musculoskeletal system
  
• Organ block: blood, immune organs, laboratory medicine, 
  
• Organ block: respiration, cardiovascular system
  
• Organ block skin
  
• Functional Basics II (general pharmacology/toxicology, general animal nutrition, biology, physiology/nutritional physiology, animal breeding)
  
• Immunology and general infection biology
  
• Bacteriology
  
• Practical Skills II (general surgery, clinic days/practicum days/para-clinic days, communication, propaedeutics, night and emergency deeinste, skills lab)
  
• Population and population medicine I

• Organ block: digestive tract, endocrinology and metabolism
  
• Organ block: kidney, salt, water balance
  
• Organ block: reproduction and mammary gland
  
• Organ block: nervous system, sensory organs
  
• Virology
  
• Epidemiology and biostatistics
  
• Food safety
  
• Practical Skills III (applied anatomy, professional skills, clinic days/practicum days/para-clinic days, communication basis 2, night and emergency services, propaedeutics, skills lab)
  
• Herd and population medicine II
  
• Parasitology
  
• Elective
  

4th year

• Clinical topics
  
• Leading Symptoms
  
• Elective focus (biomedical research, small animals, farm animals, pathobiology, equine, veterinary public health).
  
• Paraclinical topics
  
• Veterinary public health II, animal diseases, animal welfare
  
• Herd and population medicine III
  
• Practical skills IV (bacteriology internship, clinic days/practice days, communication III, emergency and night services, parasitology internship, pathology internship).
  
• Elective
  

5th year

• Rotations: Small animal, ruminant/pig, equine and pathology
  
• Master's thesis