Nicosia University of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus

University of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus

University of Nicosia – School of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus

Objectives: University of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus

• Provide students with a strong foundation in the basic sciences and many opportunities to apply their knowledge.
• Train graduates to acquire the necessary skills and competencies to evaluate patients, make diagnoses, treat a wide range of conditions, preserve the quality of life, and alleviate pain in the animals under their care.
• Produce competent and caring graduates with decision-making skills, clinical skills, manual dexterity, and solid communication skills.
• Encourage critical thinking, research, evidence-based decision making, and lifelong learning.
• Offer students primary care learning opportunities to better prepare veterinary graduates for entry-level practice and provision of affordable care
• Nurture interest in animal welfare, ethics, and public policy, One Health and international veterinary medicine.
• Enhance student competencies in non-technical skills such as communications, financial literacy, and business management.
• Help students to gain a broad understanding of diversity and cultural competencies.
• Provide students with inter-professional learning opportunities, by bringing together students from different fields and encouraging them to work together to reach a common goal: improve patient health outcomes.
• Deliver student-centered teaching that facilitates active learning and understanding.

Key Features: University of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus

• EU-accredited veterinary degree allowing veterinary practice pathways worldwide
• Early exposure to animal care during the first year
• Training at antibiotic-free farms and quantitative genetics training
• Global faculty expertise in small and large animal medicine
• Curriculum aligned with Day One Skills and Competences as required by RCVS, AVMA, EAEVE, and the World Organization for Animal Health
• Advanced facilities including Anatomy and Clinical Skills Laboratories
• Devoted student success team: Personal tutor, Career Advisors to facilitate your journey from Student to Veterinarian

The new School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus has developed a new, exciting and innovative curriculum covering the whole five years of the course. The program includes a strong basic science theme, which underpins everything required in clinical veterinary medicine. Graduates will acquire the knowledge and skills for life-long learning, enabling them to continue their professional development throughout their careers in whatever avenue of veterinary medicine they choose to follow.

The development of practical skills, involving animals and communication skills with owners, begins early in the course and will progress throughout the first four years of the course, leading to a clinically immersed final year where students will engage in veterinary practice under direct supervision of veterinarians in all disciplines and at all levels of care.

The course will be given by members of staff who are experts in their field and many will have an active research program, which will help keep their teaching relevant and current. There will be an emphasis on evidence-based medicine and One Health as well as the development of diagnostic skills through critical thinking and clinical problem-solving and the development of practical clinical skills in dedicated laboratory setting before their application in practice.

HOW TO APPLY: Nicosia University of Veterinary Medicine in Cyprus
The applicants are required to complete the on-line application form.