Career Options
Doctoral studies
In general, the prerequisite for embarking on doctoral studies is a successfully completed university degree. The doctoral course of study will be completed with the written dissertation and an oral exam (disputation). Having been conferred a doctorate, you are allowed to bear the title “Dr. med. vet.”.
Career options
Veterinaries are responsible for keeping animals healthy. They treat sick animals and are also concerned with protecting humans against animal plagues and infections. This involves the quality control of food from animal sources.
They are active in veterinary institutions and consumer ministries with the task of preventing and/or combating animal epidemics, the protection of animals and the examination of animals for slaughter and meat.
Fields of activity:
- Veterinary practice
- Livestock practice (cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, productive poultry)
- Equine practice/ clinic
- Small animal practice/ clinic
- Mixed practice (small animals and livestock)
- Specialist practice ( e.g. birds, reptiles)
- Public veterinary area
- Veterinary inspection office, national investigation office and other similar organisations (tasks include animal disease control, supervision of animal protection, drug monitoring)
- Industry and free economy
- Pharmaceutical enterprises, animal feeding, food
- Research and teaching research (universities, institutions outside the university, the pharmaceutical industry)
- Journalism and public relations (editorial staff, public relations for associations, industry)
- Consulting firms (animal breeding, animal feeding, animal husbandry)
- Laboratory animal science