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Veterinary nursing in AIT

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  • 16-01-2012 10:04pm
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    Gman21
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    Hi just wondering did anyone do the Vet Nursing course in ait? Is it a good course and what are the job opportunities once you have completed the course? I am very interested in doing this course but I would like to hear from a few people that did it.

    Also once qualified can you work as a farm vet or do you need to have a veterinary medicine degree?

    Thanks


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    Whistlejacket
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    You must have a degree in veterinary medicine if you want to be a vet. UCD are the only Irish university that offer veterinary medicine. If you want to apply to UCD for graduate entry to veterinary medicine you will need to have a level 8 degree already and meet their entry requirements - contact UCD for more details. The other way is to get the points in the Leaving cert which has the attraction of a lot more places available each year than graduate entry.

    The only level 8 degree in veterinary nursing is offered by UCD but that course doesn't have any graduates yet so it's impossible to say how many of them would be interested/successful in getting onto the veterinary medicine graduate entry route.

    There are also a lot of Irish students studying veterinary at the moment in Szent Istvan university in Budapest, Hungary and a few other Eastern European universities. Some of these students started veterinary nursing courses here before moving abroad but most people get in based on their entrance exam in biology and chemistry. You can find more details here: http://www.studyhungary.hu/upload/docs/Allatorvosi.pdf There are also a few threads on Boards about it.

    Just bear in mind that the course in Budapest takes 6 years and the fees are 11k per annum on top of accommodation, flights etc., so it's a big commitment. You also need to consider that there is a shortage of jobs for veterinary graduates in Ireland at the moment, as the numbers qualifying have risen in recent years. That said, Szent Istevan university is very good and the students I've met there have a great time.

    Veterinary medicine is a vocational career which has always been very popular, so supply and demand decrees that places are not easy to come by. That said, if it's what you really want to do, go for it.


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