Master’s degree
Master Veterinärmedizin
Master of Veterinary Medicine
Universität Bern · Vetsuisse-Fakultät (Bern site) · Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Official award
- Master of Veterinary Medicine, Universität Bern
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for Switzerland
- Format
- On campus5 Semester
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Five-semester, 150 ECTS German-taught master with a choice of one of five specialisations, clinical placements in semesters 9-11 and a master project; followed by the federal examination.
- 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
- Master’s degreeA postgraduate degree. Many are academic or research degrees that do not qualify graduates to practise as veterinarians.
- 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 master, graduates can sit the federal examination whose federal certificate entitles them to practise as veterinarians in Switzerland.“Erst das durch diese Prüfung erlangte Eidgenössische Fähigkeitszeugnis berechtigt dazu, als Tierärztin oder Tierarzt zu praktizieren”Source
- Prior degree required
- Yes
- Further professional requirements
- After the master, graduates may take the federal examination; the Federal Certificate (Eidgenössisches Fähigkeitszeugnis) obtained through it entitles them to practise as veterinarians in Switzerland.Source
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| After a bachelor’s degree | 5 Semester | 150 | Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (Vetsuisse curriculum); entry from elsewhere via the EinstufungsreglementSource |
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.
Stated by the schoolEAEVE / ESEVT (ECOVE)Program evaluation statusFull statusEU
Scope: School statement on the Vetsuisse faculty's two sites: accreditation had been suspended in autumn 2024 after deficiencies (food hygiene, biosafety) and was restored at the ECOVE meeting of 28 September (year not printed in the extracted text).
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 5 Semester
- Credits
- 150 ECTSCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Clinical components
- Clinical placements (Praktika) in semesters 9-11
- Thesis or dissertation
- Each student carries out a master project including a written thesis
- 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
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)