Majors

Veterinary Medicine

	Bachelor's Degree
Major	Veterinary Medicine 獸醫學
Degree / Award Title	Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine 獸醫學學士
Offering Academic Unit	Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences
Normal Period of Study	6 years
Maximum Period of Study	9 years
Credit Units Required for Graduation	243 credit units

Note: The following curriculum information is subject to periodic review and changes.

GE Requirements (31 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2025/26

		Credit Units
GE University Requirements	GE1401 University English	3
	GE2401 English for Science	3
	GE1501 Chinese Civilisation - History and Philosophy	3
	GE1601 Whole-Person Development	1
GE Distributional Requirements	Take at least 1 course from each of the three distributional areas: Area 1: Arts and Humanities Area 2: Study of Societies, Social and Business Organisations Area 3: Science and Technology Visit the GE website for more course information.	12
College-specified Courses	CHEM1300 Principles of General Chemistry	3
	CHEM1200 Discovery in Biology Or CHEM2007B Principles of Organic Chemistry	3
	PHY1400 Introductory Physics for Biologists	3

College / School Requirements (0 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2025/26

Not required.

Major Requirements (212 credit units)Catalogue Term : Semester A 2025/26

1. Core Courses (212 credit units)

Year 1

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
VM2001	One Health	3
VM2003	Livestock Husbandry	3
VM2100	Statistics for Evidence-based Biological and Veterinary Sciences	3
VM2102	Animal Behaviour and Handling	3

Year 2

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
BMS2202	Diversity of Life and Evolution	3
BMS2803	Biology of Cells	3
BMS2804	Veterinary Microbiology	3
BMS2805	Biochemistry for Veterinary Science	3
BMS2806	Genes, Inheritance and Genetic Disorders	3
PHY2400	Advanced Physics for Biologists	3
VM2103	Animal Nutrition and Welfare	3
VM2104	Introduction to Food Safety	3
VM2106	Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health	3
VM3004	Evidence Based Veterinary Medicine	3

Year 3

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
VM3010	Veterinary Practice & Professional Studies 1	3
VM3012	Animal Body	18
VM3100	Function and Dysfunction	18
VM3101	General Pathology	3

Year 4

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
VM4000	Host, Agent and Defence	18
VM4001	Clinical Pharmacology/ Toxicology	3
VM4010	Veterinary Practice & Professional Studies 2	3
VM4110	Small Animal Clinical Studies 1	8
VM4111	Companion Animal Surgery	6
VM4112	Anaesthesia, Analgesia and Fluid Therapy	4
VM4113	Clinical Pathology	2

Year 5

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
VM3003	Food Safety and Regulation	2
VM4011	Veterinary Practice & Professional Studies 3	3
VM4103	Conservation, Zoo and Exotic Animal Medicine	3
VM4104	Transboundary Animal Diseases	2
VM4114	Small Animal Clinical Studies 2	5
VM4115	Equine Medicine and Surgery	6
VM4116	Production Animal Clinical Studies	8
VM4202	Aquatic Veterinary Medicine	2
VM4301	Clinical Rotations: Part I	5
VM4401	Research Project	6

Year 6

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
VM4302	Clinical Rotations: Part II	21
VM4303	Clinical Rotations: Part III	21

2. Extra-mural Studies (EMS)

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Units
VM1001	Pre-EMS Animal Handling Skills	0
VM1002	Animal Husbandry Extra-mural Studies	0
VM1004	Pre-clinical Extra-mural Studies	0
VM1005	Clinical Extra-mural Studies	0