Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Course code: MC-DVETMED
March
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available
Access Melbourne is available
March
AUD $85,984 (2026 indicative first year fee)
IELTS 7.0: with writing 7.0 and no other band less than 6.0
Course structure
Overview
Study from five streams of learning
Our DVM curriculum has been developed around five learning domains, which are infused in every subject and are based around the attributes of a veterinary scientist:
- The scientific basis of clinical practice
- Ethics and animal welfare
- Biosecurity and population health
- Clinical skills
- Personal and professional development
Follow your clinical interests
Stand out from the crowd upon graduation. Take part in our Tracks program that prepares you best for your chosen career path. You can build professional networks in a particular area of clinical interest and gain complementary industry-ready skills and knowledge. Three tracks are available:
- Small animal track (pets like cats and dogs, plus exotics like rabbits, ferrets and guinea pigs)
- Production animal track (livestock and mixed rural practice)
- Equine track (horses)
Build skills for your veterinary career
You will gain the skills to communicate and empathise with pet owners in a professional setting, first in mock consultations and clinical skills classes, then with real clients.
External placements and first class facilities
Throughout your degree you will have access to practical and clinical training at Greencross Veterinary Hospital at our Werribee campus and other placements. Greencross Veterinary Hospital includes a general practice clinic and a dedicated Emergency and Critical Care ward. Its facilities include state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging capabilities and on-site diagnostic pathology laboratories as well as our new clinical skills centre.
A lecture-free year of practice-based learning
You will spend your fourth and final year fully immersed in the veterinary profession, working with animals and owners under expert supervision in the University of Melbourne’s veterinary hospital and external placements.
You will gain at least 40 weeks’ experience at a broad range of clinical settings and gain the medical and surgical experience to be confident in your ability as a veterinarian from the day you graduate.
Find out more by viewing the course guide for DVM students or visiting our frequently asked questions.
Sample course plan
View some sample course plans to help you select subjects that will meet the requirements for this coursework.
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
To complete the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, students must participate in all aspects of the course.
Year 1
100 pts
Year 2
100 pts
- Vet Bioscience: Integument and Immunity – core – VETS90128 – 12.5 pts
- Vet Bioscience: Locomotion – core – VETS90129 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Virology – core – VETS90130 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Parasitology A – core – VETS90131 – 6.25 pts
- Animal Production Systems: Epidemiology – core – VETS90133 – 12.5 pts
- Veterinary Professional Practice 1 – core – VETS90132 – 6.25 pts
- Vet Bioscience: Nervous System – core – VETS90134 – 6.25 pts
- Vet Bioscience: Reproduction – core – VETS90135 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Public Health – core – VETS90136 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology – core – VETS90137 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Parasitology B – core – VETS90138 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Professional Practice 2 – core – VETS90139 – 6.25 pts
- Animal Production Systems: Applications – core – VETS90140 – 12.5 pts
Year 3
100 pts
- Veterinary Professional Practice 3 – core – VETS90141 – 12.5 pts
- Dogs and Cats A – core – VETS90142 – 12.5 pts
- Horses A – core – VETS90144 – 6.25 pts
- Poultry and Aviary Birds – core – VETS90145 – 6.25 pts
- Ruminants and Camelids A – core – VETS90143 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Research Project A – core – VETS90078 – 6.25 pts
- Dogs and Cats B – core – VETS90147 – 12.5 pts
- Horses B – core – VETS90149 – 6.25 pts
- Ruminants and Camelids B – core – VETS90148 – 12.5 pts
- Wildlife, Aquaculture, Exotics and Pigs – core – VETS90150 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Professional Practice 4 – core – VETS90146 – 6.25 pts
- Veterinary Research Project B – core – VETS90079 – 6.25 pts
Year 4
100 pts
- Veterinary Professional Practice 5 – core – VETS90096 – 100 pts