Research doctorate (PhD)
Doktorate (Dr. med. vet., PhD)
Doctorates (Dr. med. vet. and PhD programmes)
Universität Zürich · Vetsuisse-Fakultät (Zurich site) · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Official award
- Dr. med. vet. and PhD programmes
- Pathway
- Not classified
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Besides the classical Dr. med. vet. dissertation, the Vetsuisse Faculty at Zurich supervises doctoral candidates in PhD programmes; candidates must stay matriculated until the certificate is issued.
- Subject
- Veterinary science
- Department
- Vetsuisse-Fakultät (Zurich site)
- Awarding body
- Universität Zürich
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
- Research doctorate (PhD)A research doctorate with a veterinary focus. It does not qualify anyone to practise as a veterinarian.
- 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
- Not published
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
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Vetsuisse-Fakultät Zürich
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
Research degree details
- Department
- Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Dekanat
- Finding a supervisor
- Doctoral positions are found by asking professors directly or via notices; the dissertation may be prepared at an external institution but must be submitted through a faculty professor.
- Research proposal
- Doctoral agreement (Doktoratsvereinbarung)
- Residency expectations
- Matriculation at UZH in the respective doctorate for the whole dissertation period
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, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, animal or veterinary experience requirement, clinical placement details, whether a prior degree is required, 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)