The UCPH School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (UCPH Vetschool) is part of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at

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(UCPH) in

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, Denmark. Based at the university's Frederiksberg Campus in

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and the Taastrup Campus in the suburb of

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, the school originates in the

Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University ( da, Kongelige Veterinær- og Landbohøjskole, abbr. KVL) was a veterinary and agricultural science university in Denmark. It was founded in 1856 and operated until 2007, when it became a part of t ...

which was merged into UCPH in 2007. It is the only institution that trains veterinarians in Denmark. The programme is taught in two veterinary teaching hospitals, one at the Frederiksberg Campus and one for large animals in Taastrup.

History

In January 2007, the

was merged into the University of Copenhagen and was renamed as the Faculty of Life Sciences. This was later split up, with the veterinary part merging with the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences to form the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the rest merging into the

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Departments

* Department of Large Animal Sciences * Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Science * Department of Veterinary Disease Biology

Programmes

As of 2015, UCPH Vetschool offers the following programmes: * Veterinary medicine (Vet) Bachelor and Master * Animal Science, Bachelor (SCIENCE registration) * Animal Science, Master * Biology-Biotechnology, Master (SCIENCE registration)

Post-graduate master programmes

* Master of Veterinary Public Health * Master of Companion Animal Clinical Science * Master of Laboratory Animal Science

Summer School and individual courses

* One Health International Summer School

Animal hospitals

The Vet School includes two animal hospitals where veterinarians are trained. They are the only veterinary

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s in Denmark. The University Teaching Hospital for Companion Animals at the Frederiksberg Campus is both a regular clinic where clients bring their companion animals for treatment and an advanced animal hospital for its own patients as well as patients referred from private vets. Its building is from 2011 and was designed by

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. The University Teaching Hospital for Large Animals is situated at the Taastrup Campus in

outside Copenhagen. It is a specialized in horses and receiving patients from all across Denmark. It also runs a mobile unit for outpatients as well as a teaching unit. The referral hospital receives a wide range of patients from the ”rare case” to plain castrations.

Collaborations

The Vetschool collaborates with private companies as well as government offices. Cooperation on education is formalized through the advisory boards for the different programs. Examples of formalized collaborations include Lifepharm, Videncenter for dyrevelfærd and SHARE.

References

External links

* University of Copenhagen Veterinary schools in Denmark {{Denmark-university-stub