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Veterinary Schools in Germany

5 researched institutions with a campus here, offering 12 veterinary programs. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every program.

By state

5 schools

How results are ordered: alphabetically by institution, or by most recently checked when you choose that sort. There is no price ranking, because tuition in different currencies, fee categories and bases (per year, per credit, whole program) is not comparable. Adjacent subjects such as pre-veterinary or animal science appear only when you choose a subject. A value we could not verify is shown as “not published”, never as “no”. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change accreditation information, verification or order. Online programs are not counted as physically located in a state or city, and an institution’s location does not tell you whether it enrols students from your country.

About veterinary education in Germany

How veterinary education is organised

Veterinary medicine can be studied at five German institutions: LMU Munich, Giessen, Leipzig, FU Berlin and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. The course and its structure are set nationwide by the veterinary licensing ordinance (TAppV), with a standard study time of five years and six months (eleven semesters) and a state examination.

Source: vetmed.lmu.de/studiendekanat/de/studium/studienintere

Qualification structures

Names and levels are local to Germany. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

Tierärztliche Prüfung (Staatsexamen) / Approbation als Tierärztin oder Tierarzt
Single-cycle, state-regulated veterinary course of eleven semesters with a pre-clinical examination (Vorphysikum and Physikum), 20 subject examinations and a practical year; ends with licensure on application to the competent state authority. Source
Dr. med. vet. (research doctorate)
Doctorate taken after the state examination at the veterinary faculties, supervised by a faculty member; several faculties also run structured PhD programmes. Source

Bodies that matter, and what each one does

Accreditation, validation, education authority and registration are different roles. Do not read a listing by one body as evidence from another.

EAEVE / ESEVT (ECOVE)
Evaluates veterinary education establishments in Europe; all five German establishments are listed with the ESEVT status Accreditation.
Stiftung für Hochschulzulassung (hochschulstart.de)
Central allocation of first-semester places in the nationally admission-restricted veterinary course for EU/EEA and German-qualified applicants.

Route to registration

Current rules as described by the official source; always check the authority directly.

After the state examination graduates can apply for the Approbation as a veterinarian with the competent authority of the federal state where the third part of the examination was taken (in Bavaria: Regierung von Oberbayern), per the LMU faculty page. Source

No degree on this site automatically permits anyone to practise as a veterinarian, and nothing here is visa, work-permit or credit-transfer advice.

Languages and admissions

Teaching languages. The courses are taught in German; applicants with foreign qualifications must prove German proficiency (e.g. DSH-2, TestDaF level 4, Goethe C1 at Hannover). English-taught options exist only in some research programmes (e.g. the Hannover PhD programme pages are in English).

Admissions. Places are allocated through hochschulstart.de (Abiturbestenquote, university selection procedure, additional aptitude quota); the TMS test is voluntary at Hannover and counts at FU Berlin and LMU. Non-EU applicants without German qualification apply separately (Hannover: via uni-assist within a 5 percent quota). Start is in the winter semester only. Source

Official study information

Country information last reviewed 19 October 2026. 2 sources consulted.