Integrated (single-cycle) qualification
Veterinärmedizin (Staatsexamen)
Veterinary Medicine (state examination programme)
Universität Leipzig · Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät · Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
- Official award
- Staatsexamen (Tierärztliche Prüfung)
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for Germany
- Format
- On campus11 Semester (Regelstudienzeit)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Eleven-semester German-taught state-examination course in veterinary medicine regulated by the national veterinary licensing ordinance (TAppV), with a clinical-practical fifth year in the faculty animal clinics and a teaching farm. About 140 first-year students are welcomed for winter semester 2026/27.
Role the program prepares for: Veterinarian able to practise independently across the full breadth of the profession.
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät
- Awarding body
- Universität Leipzig
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 study programme educates scientifically and practically qualified veterinarians who can practise independently.“Im Studium der Veterinärmedizin werden wissenschaftlich und praktisch befähigte Tierärztinnen/Tierärzte ausgebildet”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | 11 Semester (Regelstudienzeit) | – | Allgemeine Hochschulreife or Fachgebundene Hochschulreife; nationally admission-restrictedSource |
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 Leipzig veterinary education establishment: Accreditation, granted April 2025, end of granted status April 2032 (SOP 2023), as printed in the 28 September 2026 EAEVE list. Establishment-level evaluation.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 11 Semester (Regelstudienzeit)
- Clinical components
- Clinical-practical year (fifth study year): one intramural semester in the faculty animal clinics and the teaching and research farm Oberholz, plus a project paper
- Laboratory work
- Over 90 learning stations in the practical training and learning centre PAUL; animal simulators
- Clinical placement
- Compulsory practical placements under TAppV: 150 h in a curative practice/clinic, 75 h hygiene control and food inspection, 100 h slaughter animal and meat inspection, 75 h public veterinary service, 700 h (16 weeks) in a curative practice/clinic70 h teaching farm (pre-clinical) plus 150 + 75 + 100 + 75 + 700 h
- Thesis or dissertation
- Project work (Projektarbeit) as a first scientific paper
- Intakes
- Wintersemester
- Campus
- Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät campus
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Published language requirements
- No special language skills required if the qualification was obtained in Germany (language of instruction German); see § 13 of the matriculation regulations for others
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Allgemeine Hochschulreife or Fachgebundene Hochschulreife
- Documents
- Proof of a medical-terminology course (or Latinum/Graecum) before the pre-clinical examination
- 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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semesterbeitrag (student body, Studentenwerk, Semester-Deutschlandticket, mobility fund and others)Other compulsory charge · mandatory | €332.30per semester, Wintersemester 2026/27 | Semesterbeitrag | 19 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, 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)