Joint veterinary school of Virginia Tech and University of Maryland, established 1978.
The college offers a four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree, Master of Science and Ph.D. in Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, and a Master of Public Health in collaboration with Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. The DVM curriculum integrates basic and clinical sciences with team-based learning, allowing students to choose tracks in small animal, food animal, equine, mixed species, or public/corporate veterinary medicine. Students complete three years of classroom instruction and 12 months of clinical rotations.
The college operates the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (comprising Small Animal and Large Animal divisions) on the Blacksburg campus and the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Virginia. Research centers include the Center for Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine, Center for Animal Human Relationships (CENTAUR), Center for Reproductive Excellence Using Advanced Technology and Endocrinology (CREATE), Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies, and Veterinary Medical Informatics Laboratory. The college completed a $14.1 million Veterinary Medicine Instruction Addition in fall 2012.
The college admits students from Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia under state agreements. As of the Class of 2016, the DVM program expanded to 120 anticipated spots: 50 reserved for Virginia residents, 30 for Maryland residents, and remaining spots for at-large and West Virginia applicants. Students from both Virginia and Maryland are considered in-state for tuition purposes.
Over the past five years, the DVM program has maintained a 97% pass rate on the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE). In 2013–14, all 95 graduating students passed the exam. The college is one of 34 accredited veterinary schools in the United States.