Combined Programs
- DVM/MPH
- DVM/MS
- DVM/PhD
Early Admissions Program for Pre-Veterinary Scholars recruits exceptional candidates for admission to the CVM. Focused mentoring allows for career focus, experiences, clinical and research training to produce the future leaders in veterinary medicine. High school seniors scoring a 29 or higher on the ACT , or equivalent SAT, are considered for this program. Evaluation of qualified applicants will include unweighted high school GPA, extracurricular activities, veterinary experiences, and letters of reference. Students will be selected for interviews based on these criteria. Interviews occur on the KSU CVM campus. Students accepted into the program must maintain a 3.3 Science GPA and complete all other activities required by KSU CVM Early Admission Pre-Veterinary Scholars Program.
Curriculum
- The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program at the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine is a four-year program with three years of preclinical classroom and laboratory instruction followed by one year of clinical training in the Veterinary Health Center. Students have many opportunities to hone their veterinary skills through mentorships, internships and externships. Graduates of the doctoral program in Veterinary Medicine will: demonstrate competency in knowledge, skill, values, attitudes, aptitude and behaviors in the practice of medicine and surgery applicable to a broad range of species in the context of ever-changing societal expectations and life-long learning.
Clinicals begin
- Clinical skills training begins the first semester and is a required course each semester until students enter clinical rotations.
- Anesthesia and Surgery courses and labs of small and large animals occur during the 3rd year.
- KSU CVM provides a broad classroom and clinical education for students. Clinical rotations during the 4th year include Ophthalmology, Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Equine Medicine and Surgery, Small Animal Emergency, Food Animal Local Practice, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Clinical Anesthesiology, Diagnostic Medicine and Dentistry. Elective rotations in 4th year allow students specialization. Students graduate with the excellent skills and broad knowledge to facilitate practice on a wide variety of patients and in multiple areas of interest.
- Watch virtual tours of clinics, student spaces and the Veterinary Health Center!
- All students are encouraged to spend time in the clinics. First year students are provided a fourth year mentor to facilitate.
Highlights
- An excellent elective course offered to 4th year students is the Shelter Medicine Mobile Surgery Unit 2 week rotation. Students travel to area Animal Shelters and Humane Societies to spay and neuter dogs and cats and address medical issues at the facilities. Each student on the rotation will average 50 surgical procedures.
- Certificate programs: Food Animal Certificate, Exotics, Shelter Medicine Certificate, Equine and Veterinary Medicine Sustainability Certificate. Other certificate options in production.
- The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility: A $6.1 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is funding five graduate students from the KSU College of Veterinary Medicine through the NBAF Scientist Training Program Fellowship. Students receive tuition, stipends and funds for supplies and travel.
- Multiple construction projects have been completed and are being planned to enhance educational experiences and student life. Recently completed projects include a new $5.1 million anatomy lab and Student Success Center for 1st year students, a spacious Student Success Center for 2nd and 3rd year students, a state-of-the-art Clinical Skills Lab, a 24/7 access in-house gym, a beautiful Equine Performance Testing Center, a modernized Large Animal Receiving, and a spacious lecture hall. The Hill’s Pet Health and Nutrition Center is open and receiving patients. The surgery suite within the Veterinary Health Center is the next project planned.
- Beef Cattle Institute: The purpose of the Beef Cattle Institute is to create a collaborative environment at KSU to tackle today and tomorrow’s issues facing the beef cattle industry through education, research and outreach. Biosecurity Research Institute is the home of comprehensive infectious disease research to address threats to plant, animal and human health, including food-borne pathogens.
- KSU College of Veterinary Medicine boasts an Exotic and Zoo Animal Service that provides excellent, professional care of exotic pets and zoo animals. Dr. James Carpenter, named one of the 15 Most Influential Veterinarians in 2016, leads this extraordinary service.
- The Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory is dedicated to serving clients in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, disease diagnosis, field investigation, expert consultation, health surveillance, and regulatory testing. We possess testing capabilities in the areas of pathology, microbiology, clinical pathology, virology, molecular diagnostics and many more. The KSU Rabies Laboratory is the largest in the nation providing both animal and human testing services. Our mission also includes training veterinary students and residents pursuing board certification in multiple disciplines. The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases develops innovative countermeasures against high-priority foreign, emerging and zoonotic diseases that threaten human and animal health.
- The Veterinary Health Center at Kansas State University is a full service veterinary hospital providing routine, specialty and emergency care. Our mission is to provide superior veterinary medical education, quality patient care and exceptional customer service in a caring environment.
- Students attending KSU CVM enjoy the hospitality of Manhattan, KS with national rankings by Princeton Review including No. 3 for Town-Gown relations, No. 4 for best quality of life and one of the top 10 college towns in the nation. In 2018, The KSU College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked No. 4 by College Magazine.

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