Integrated (single-cycle) qualification
Studiengang Tiermedizin (Staatsexamen)
Veterinary Medicine (state examination programme)
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · Fachbereich 10 Veterinärmedizin · Giessen, Hesse, Germany
- Official award
- Staatsexamen und Approbation als Tierärztin/Tierarzt
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for Germany
- Format
- On campus5.5 years (eleven semesters)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Eleven-semester state-regulated veterinary course following the national veterinary licensing ordinance (TAppV); about 210 students start each winter semester and a rotation year is part of the clinical training.
Role the program prepares for: Licensed veterinarian (Tierärztin / Tierarzt).
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Fachbereich 10 Veterinärmedizin
- Awarding body
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Qualification and professional pathway
Pathway is classified only from a statement on an official page. An award title such as DVM, BVSc, BSc or MSc does not decide it, and no degree, accreditation or listing by itself grants permission to practise anywhere.
- Degree level
- Integrated (single-cycle) qualificationA single-cycle qualification entered from secondary school that the national system treats as master’s-level. It is not forced into the bachelor’s or master’s lists: the official level and entry route are shown instead.
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicinePrograms the source describes as the academic and clinical qualification toward becoming a veterinarian in the stated jurisdiction. Registration or licensing normally requires further steps, and a qualification from one country does not guarantee registration in another.
- Why we classify it this way
- The faculty states the course ends after eleven semesters with the state examination and licensure as a veterinarian.“Der Studiengang schließt nach elf Semestern mit dem Staatsexamen und der Approbation als Tierärztin oder Tierarzt ab.”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | Regelstudienzeit: 5,5 Jahre (eleven semesters) | – | Admission restricted; application via the JLU application platform and hochschulstart.deSource |
Accreditation, evaluation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Program accreditation, evaluation status, professional-body recognition, eligibility toward registration, institutional recognition, directory listings and memberships are different things; none of them is automatic permission to practise, and recognition in one country does not guarantee registration in another.
Verified in official recordEAEVE / ESEVT (ECOVE)Program evaluation statusFull statusEU
Scope: ESEVT status of the Giessen veterinary education establishment: Accreditation, granted January 2022, end of granted status January 2029 (SOP 2021B), as printed in the 28 September 2026 EAEVE list. Establishment-level evaluation.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- 5.5 years (eleven semesters)
- Clinical components
- Rotation year (Rotationsjahr) with a rotation plan across the participating clinics and institutes
- Clinical placement
- Placements (Praktika) can be completed in Germany or abroad
- Intakes
- Wintersemester (winter semester only)
- Campus
- Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, GiessenFrankfurter Str. 94, 35392 Giessen
Teaching language
- Taught in
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- The pages fetched do not state the language of instruction.
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Admission restricted; selection criteria and deadlines published on the JLU application platform; leftover places allocated by lottery
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether clinical or laboratory charges, equipment and protective clothing, travel, placement expenses and insurance are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, animal or veterinary experience requirement.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 19 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 19 October 2026)