Integrated (single-cycle) qualification
Tiermedizin (Tierärztliche Prüfung)
Veterinary Medicine (state examination programme)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Tierärztliche Fakultät · Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Official award
- Tierärztliche Prüfung (Approbation als Tierarzt/Tierärztin)
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for Germany
- Format
- On campusFive years and six months including examination periods
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
State-regulated veterinary course following the national veterinary licensing ordinance (TAppV): 4.5 years of scientific-theoretical study plus a 1,170-hour practical part, with a total standard duration of five and a half years.
Role the program prepares for: Licensed veterinarian (Tierarzt / Tierärztin) in Germany.
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Tierärztliche Fakultät
- Awarding body
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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
- After the course graduates can apply for licensure that allows independent practice as a veterinarian in Germany.“Mit dieser Approbation dürfen Sie den Beruf als Tierarzt oder Tierärztin in Deutschland selbstständig und eigenverantwortlich ausüben.”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | fünf Jahre und sechs Monate | – | Hochschulzugang; admission via hochschulstart.de, direct applications to the faculty are not possibleSource |
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 Munich veterinary education establishment: Accreditation, granted June 2022, end of granted status June 2029 (SOP 2020C), 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
- Five years and six months including examination periods
- Clinical components
- In the ninth and tenth semester students are taught in groups (focus clinics, Schwerpunktklinik)
- Clinical placement
- Various placements to be completed in the lecture-free periods; practical study part of 1,170 hours1,170 hours practical study part
- Intakes
- Wintersemester (winter semester only)
- Campus
- Tierärztliche Fakultät, VeterinärstraßeVeterinärstr. 13 / Königinstr. 8, 80539 München
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
- Students from outside the German-speaking area must provide language proof at application and enrolment; the pages fetched do not name the language of instruction explicitly.
- Published language requirements
- Students from outside the German-speaking area must provide a language proof at application and enrolment
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Application via hochschulstart.de (Abiturbesten- and additional aptitude quota, university selection procedure, lottery, rural-veterinarian quota)
- Tests explicitly required
- TMS (Test für Medizinische Studiengänge) is taken into account in the university selection procedure
- 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)