Master’s degree
Master of Veterinary Medicine
Massey University · School of Veterinary Science · No campus · institution based in New Zealand
- Official award
- Master of Veterinary MedicineMVM
- Pathway
- Science and researchStated for New Zealand
- Format
- Online1 year full-time (120 credits)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
An online postgraduate degree for qualified veterinarians that combines taught courses with research or professional practice. It does not qualify anyone to practise.
Role the program prepares for: Practising veterinarians extending knowledge and evidence-based clinical reasoning in general practice.
- Subject
- Veterinary clinical sciences
- Department
- School of Veterinary Science
- Awarding body
- Massey University
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
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Many are academic or research degrees that do not qualify graduates to practise as veterinarians.
- Official level
- NZQF 9As stated in the source. A framework level does not make different national awards equivalent.
- Pathway
- Veterinary science and researchAcademic and research programs (veterinary science, biomedical sciences, public health, epidemiology, pathology and similar). They do not by themselves qualify graduates to practise as veterinarians.
- Why we classify it this way
- A postgraduate degree for people who are already qualified veterinarians; it builds knowledge in general veterinary practice and is not an entry qualification.“are already a qualified veterinarian”Source
- Prior degree required
- Yes
- International applicants and graduates
- Open to international students studying online from outside New Zealand.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prior veterinary degree (advanced standing) | 1 year full-time (120 credits); part-time available | 120 | Massey BVSc, or a veterinary qualification registrable by the New Zealand Veterinary Council or judged equivalent; B grade averageSource |
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.
No accreditation, recognition or registration-pathway record for this program has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- OnlineAcademic instruction is online. Check the details for campus visits, laboratory work, attendance-based exams and mandatory clinical or workplace placements, which can still apply.
- Online instruction
- Online classroom instruction
- Mandatory campus attendance
- Not published
- Mandatory clinical or workplace placement
- No placement is described on the page.
- Placement arrangement
- No placement published
- Must already work in a veterinary setting
- Not published
- Placement site approval
- Not published
- Required professional status or prior education
- Applicants must hold a Massey BVSc or an equivalent veterinary qualification.
- Live attendance
- Live attendance not published
- International enrolment
- Yes
- Study mode
- Full-time, Part-time
- Duration
- 1 year full-time (120 credits)
- Credits
- 120 Massey creditsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Campus attendance
- Distance and online
- Thesis or dissertation
- The MVM is 120 credits in total, made up of 15 and 30-credit taught courses and 45 or 60 credits of research or professional practice.
- Intakes
- Not published
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Published language requirements
- Massey University English language standards
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Massey BVSc or an equivalent registrable veterinary qualification, B grade average
- Prior degree
- Veterinary degree
- Documents
- Official academic transcripts for study at other universities
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, intakes, animal or veterinary experience requirement, accreditation or recognition record.
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)