Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Earn a Master Degree in Preventive Veterinary Medicine Propel Your Career with the Original Master's Degree in Veterinary Public Health. For 50 years, our graduates have found work in academia, government, non-profits, industry, and anywhere an understanding of disease transmission and prevention is valuable. A Master in Preventative Veterinary Medicine degree will give you a One Health understanding and can lead to American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM) board eligibility. Complete this master's degree in one to three years. The program is open to veterinarians and other professionals in One Health. Many students continue with a Ph.D. after the completion of their MPVM. Our curriculum includes comprehensive training in epidemiology and statistics to empower you to design your own research and interventions in the real world. Core courses and electives include Leadership, Information Management, Infectious Disease, Modeling, Spatial Epidemiology, and more. ACVPM-board eligible students receive training to support certification in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.

Consideration for program admission requires: completion of our current enrollment in a 1) A professional medical degree (e.g. a DVM degree or equivalent or a MD degree or equivalent) or extensive professional experience in a health or medical field. A minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4-point scale (or equivalent for foreign students) is required. The program requires that the student submit international transcripts that have been evaluated to a 4.0 scale in English.

Applicants whose most recent terminal degree was not delivered in an English language curriculum must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the Academic Modules of the International

English Language Testing System (IELTS), regardless of their language of instruction.

\u2022 Minimum acceptable TOEFL score is 85 and minimum acceptable IELTS score is 7.0.

\u2022 All students are required to take an English language course (UWP 225 or UWP 226) unless:

They have a TOEFL test score (iBT) of 105 or higher or IELTS test score of 7.5 or higher,

OR

They have both 24 or higher on the writing portion and 23 or higher on the speaking portion of the TOEFL iBT test (Students with IELTS scores should contact the International Academic English program).

Admission Deadlines
General: Jan 15
Space Available: Jun 1