Bachelor’s degree
Bachelor Veterinärmedizin
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine
Universität Bern · Vetsuisse-Fakultät (Bern site) · Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Official award
- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, Universität Bern
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus6 Semester
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Six-semester, 180 ECTS German-taught first cycle of the Vetsuisse integrated veterinary study at Bern, covering natural-science, biomedical and veterinary foundations.
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Vetsuisse-Fakultät (Bern site)
- Awarding body
- Universität Bern
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
- Bachelor’s degreeA first degree. A bachelor’s title does not by itself show whether a program leads to veterinarian, nurse or technician roles: the study pathway is shown separately.
- Pathway
- Pathway not classifiedNo source we could read states the professional purpose of this program. It is left unclassified rather than guessed from the award name.
- Prior degree required
- No
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | 6 Semester | 180 | Admission restricted (numerus clausus, aptitude test)Source |
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 joint Vetsuisse veterinary education establishment (sites Bern and Zurich): Accreditation, granted October 2024, end of granted status October 2031 (SOP 2021B; ECOVE decision September 2026), as printed in the 28 September 2026 EAEVE list. Establishment-level evaluation; the earlier list of 27 May 2026 still showed Pending Accreditation.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 6 Semester
- Credits
- 180 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Herbstsemester
- Campus
- Vetsuisse-Fakultät Bern
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Seats allocated on the result of an aptitude test; pre-registration via swissuniversities
- Tests explicitly required
- Eignungstest (aptitude test) held in July of the year of study start; also offered in French and Italian
- 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, animal or veterinary experience requirement, clinical placement details.
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)