University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest is a state-owned university in Budapest, Hungary.
Past and present of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest
The predecessor of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest (UVMB) was established as a department of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pest in 1787. The development of the national public veterinary services in the 19th century and the establishment of the provincial and district level veterinary offices resulted in a growing need for trained veterinary professionals, capable of demonstrating both theoretical and practical competence. This triggered an intensive development of the institution, including structural, educational and infrastructure development. From 1851 UVMB became an independent educational and research institution (initially called as Imperial-Royal Veterinary Institution of Pest, later Hungarian Royal Veterinary Institution [2]) specializing in training of veterinarians, providing diagnostic and health care services and providing support for the work of the governmental veterinary offices. The opening of the current main campus of UVMB in the heart of Budapest also dates back to this period (1881).[3]
Besides classical veterinary disciplines, UVMB also offers BSc and MSc in Biology and MSc in Zoology Research. In recent years Veterinary Public Health also become a prioritised field in the education and research, covering food hygiene, food safety risk analysis and food waste reduction.
Training in UVMB is available in three languages: English, German and Hungarian for students coming from about 60 countries of the world.
UVMB has been accredited by the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE).
Educational and research units
Current educational and research units of UVMB:
Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Laboratory Animal Science Department
Center for Animal Welfare
Centre for Bioinformatics
Department and Clinic of Equine Medicine
Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine
Department and Clinic of Surgery and Ophthalmology
Department of Anatomy and Histology
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Department of Animal Hygiene, Herd Health and Mobile Clinic
Department of Applied Food Science
Department of Biostatistics
Department of Botany
Department of Chemistry
Department of Clinical Pathology and Oncology
Department of Digital Food Science
Department of Ecology
Department of Exotic Animal and Wildlife Medicine
Department of Food Hygiene
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Department of Obstetrics and Food Animal Medicine Clinic
Department of Parasitology and Zoology
Department of Pathology
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Physical Education
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry
Department of Veterinary Forensics and Economics
Digital Food Chain Education, Research, Development and Innovation Institute
