Master’s degree
MS in Biomedical Sciences, emphasis Veterinary Sciences (online)
University of Missouri · College of Veterinary Medicine · No campus · institution based in United States
- Official award
- Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences with an emphasis in Veterinary SciencesMS
- Pathway
- Science and researchStated for United States
- Format
- OnlineFinish the program in three to four years (one or two courses at a time)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Fully online master degree for veterinarians and veterinary technologists, with thesis and non-thesis options; explicitly not a route to DVM admission.
- Subject
- Veterinary science
- Department
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
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 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
- The page says the degree leads to academic, research and industry roles and is not a route into a DVM program.“The MS in Biomedical Sciences degree is NOT intended as a means to prepare for admission to a DVM program”Source
- Prior degree required
- Yes
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
- No
- In-person assessment
- Exams are proctored online.
- Mandatory clinical or workplace placement
- No placement: the page describes coursework with a thesis or project and states no campus visits are required.
- 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
- Veterinarian (AVMA-accredited college graduate) or veterinary technologist with an accredited technician program and a BS
- Live attendance
- No live sessions
- International enrolment
- Not published
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Finish the program in three to four years (one or two courses at a time)
- Credits
- 30 US credit hoursCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Thesis or dissertation
- Thesis (original laboratory research) or non-thesis (publishable-paper project) option.
- Intakes
- Not published
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.
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Veterinarians (graduates of an AVMA-accredited college) or veterinary technologists (2- or 4-year AVMA-accredited technician program with a BS in veterinary technology or another biological science).
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, 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)