Integrated (single-cycle) qualification
Tiermedizin (Tierärztliche Prüfung / Approbation)
Veterinary Medicine (state examination programme)
Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover · Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (whole institution) · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Official award
- Tierärztliche Prüfung (Staatsexamen) nach TAppV
- Pathway
- Veterinary medicineStated for Germany
- Format
- On campusFünf Jahre und sechs Monate (11 Semester)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Eleven-semester German-taught veterinary course regulated by the national veterinary licensing ordinance (TAppV), with a pre-clinical examination, 20 examinations and a practical year. About 250 first-year places are available each year.
- Subject
- Veterinary medicine
- Department
- Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (whole institution)
- Awarding body
- Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover
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 university describes the veterinary training that follows the national Approbation regulation for veterinarians.“Die tierärztliche Ausbildung ist geregelt in der Verordnung zur Approbation von Tierärztinnen und Tierärzten (TappV)”Source
- Prior degree required
- No
| Route | Duration | Credits | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry from secondary school | fünf Jahre und sechs Monate (11 Semester) | – | Hochschulzugangsberechtigung (Abitur or equivalent) under § 18 NHG; 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 Hannover veterinary education establishment: Accreditation, granted October 2024, end of granted status October 2031 (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
- Fünf Jahre und sechs Monate (11 Semester)
- Clinical components
- Practical Year (Praktisches Jahr) in the fifth year, including 700 hours (16 weeks) in a curative veterinary practice or clinic
- Clinical placement
- 150 hours in a curative practice or clinic, 75 hours hygiene control and food inspection, 100 hours slaughter animal and meat inspection, 75 hours public veterinary service, 700 hours in a curative practice or clinic150 + 75 + 100 + 75 + 700 hours as listed under the TAppV practical parts
- Intakes
- Wintersemester (winter semester only)
- Campus
- TiHo Hannover (Bünteweg)Bünteweg 2, 30559 Hannover
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German
- English
- Not taught in EnglishAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
- Differences by campus or pathway
- German-language proficiency evidence (e.g. DSH-2, TestDaF level 4, Goethe C1) is required for enrolment of applicants with foreign qualifications.
- Published language requirements
- German proficiency evidence (DSH-2, TestDaF level 4, Goethe C1) at enrolment at the latest
Admissions
- Animal or veterinary experience
- Not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Previous qualification
- Allgemeine Hochschulreife (Abitur), fachbezogener Hochschulzugang or Hochschulzugang aufgrund beruflicher Vorbildung under § 18 NHG
- International applicants
- Applicants from non-EU states and without a German qualification compete in a 5 percent quota and apply via uni-assist, not hochschulstart.de
- Tests explicitly required
- TMS (Test für medizinische Studiengänge) is voluntary; a TMSnat is planned to replace it; applying without a test result is possible
- 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 (semester contribution: Studentenwerk, administration, Deutschland-Semesterticket, AStA and others)Other compulsory charge · mandatory | €443.20per semester, Wintersemester 2026/2027 | Studierende und Promovierende | 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)