美国和加拿大的兽医医学学位普遍为本科级别,申请者必须在大学阶段累积数年的学习经历。北美以外的许多兽医学校使用“兽医科学学院”(Faculty of Veterinary Science)的名称,而不是“兽医医学学院”(College of Veterinary Medicine)或“兽医医学院”(School of Veterinary Medicine),中国、日本和韩国的一些兽医学校(例如中国广西大学授予兽医博士学位的动物科学技术学院和东京农业技术大学的兽医学系使用“系”(Department)一词。 [1] )兽医学校(Veterinary school)不同于动物科学系(department of animal science),后者提供兽医预科课程,教授生物医学科学(并授予理学学士学位或同等学历),并提供微生物学、病毒学和分子生物学等学科的研究生兽医教育。
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有志成为兽医的人可以获得几种不同类型的学位,这些学位因国家而异,涉及本科或研究生教育。[1] 在美国,学校授予兽医师(Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree,DVM)学位。[2] 此外,孟加拉国、加拿大、埃塞俄比亚、匈牙利、伊朗、马来西亚、尼日利亚、巴基斯坦、菲律宾、韩国、泰国、多巴哥和特立尼达拉岛也颁发了这个学位。[1] 其他国家亦设立了等同于北美DVM学位的兽医专业资格认证。在英国以及采纳本科教育制度的其他国家,完成五至六年的学习后,所获得的学士学位与北美的兽医师(DVM)学位具有同等效力。 在美国,学生在完成四年制本科学习之后,可以继续攻读为期四年的兽医学位课程,如兽医科学学士(Bachelor of Veterinary Science, BVSc)、兽医学学士(Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, BVM)或兽医学与外科学学士(Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, BVMS)。从高中毕业开始算起,共需八年。在爱尔兰,兽医学都柏林大学颁授兽医学学士(Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine,MVB)学位。[3] 在爱丁堡大学,学士学位是 BVM & S (兽医学和外科学士学位) ,格拉斯哥大学,学士学位是兽医学和外科学士学位(BVMS)。[4] 一些兽医学校提供一个学位,允许接受者在本国从事兽医学,但不允许个人在国外参加执照考试,例如,阿富汗的兽医学校只提供理学士(BS)学位。[5] 虽然埃塞俄比亚颁发兽医学博士学位,但在美国和西欧并不被承认。[6]
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