Aspiring veterinarians and biomedical scientists choose NC State College of Veterinary Medicine because they know they will receive a world-class education and access to exceptional opportunities they can’t get anywhere else.

With cutting-edge educational practices, critical thinking and outcomes-based curriculum as our cornerstones, our professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine education is second to none.

We are driving new methods that provide experiential learning and individualized career paths to improve the educational experience for each student. Our faculty and clinicians are globally recognized as experts in their fields.

• Our Academy of Educators program creates opportunities for educators in veterinary medicine to talk and collaborate, encourages more innovative teaching approaches and, in partnership with the college’s Education Support Service, reinforces clinical and classroom education, including curricular and instructional design.
• Diversity, equity and inclusion are vital to the success of our college, and we invest in people, programs and resources to build a culture that values all people and their ideas and embraces the meaningful participation of everyone.
• We offer three dual degree programs that allow DVM students to also pursue a Master’s in Business Administration, a Master’s in Public Health with a Global Health Emphasis and a Ph.D. in Comparative Biomedical Sciences. DVM students also can earn a certificate in global health.
• The Teaching Animal Unit on the 80-acre working farm right outside our doors provides an incredible hands-on learning experience for our students.
• Students pursue individualized training for specific career paths through our extensive elective and selective
• We focus on the whole student and long-term personal and professional success, providing support in financial literacy, career exploration and wellness resources.
• A newly Endowed Deanship, two Distinguished Chairs (including the largest in NC State history) and 10 Distinguished Professorships allow us to recruit the best educators in their fields.

Our industry partnerships, clinical trials and groundbreaking research have an immeasurable impact.

• The World Health Organization designated the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine as a collaborating center. Students, faculty and staff assist the WHO in its efforts to combat foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) worldwide.
• Our global health program is partnering with the Institut Pasteur Dakar in Senegal to research infectious diseases in West Africa.
• We’re also partnering with UNC-Chapel Hill in a groundbreaking clinical trial in regenerative medicine that will help people with lung disease.
• In a major breakthrough for the swine industry, researchers on our campus have developed an algorithm and new methods to help pig farmers better predict, prepare for and contain disease outbreaks and improve animal welfare, production medicine and environmental standards.
• Our students are helping save red wolves, the most critically endangered canine species in the world, through a partnership with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan.
• We offer one of the top training programs in the world for clinician scientists, with our graduates becoming college deans, military generals and FDA senior leaders.

The top-rated NC State Veterinary Hospital is one of the largest facilities in the nation. Board-certified specialists in more than 30 disciplines provide world-class, compassionate care every day.

• Our clinic provides comprehensive care for all diseases including hemodialysis, hemoperfusion, plasmapheresis and bone marrow transplantation.
• We offer state-of-the-art equine and canine sports medicine and rehabilitation
• Our Translational Research in Pain faculty are world leaders in innovative pain relief solutions for animals and humans.
• Our hospital serves as a Spinal Cord Injury center for dogs.
• In addition to training DVM students, our hospital hosts one of the leading and largest training programs for veterinary specialty house officers in the world.
• We created one of the nation’s first veterinary clinical ethics committees to help when we have difficult decisions to make.
• The NC State Veterinary Hospital believes in supporting the entire animal family during stressful and difficult times, and we have dedicated Family and Community Resources, including licensed clinical social workers, to assist our clients.
• Our college hosts the only Veterinary Gerontology Program in the world.
• We’re also home to a cutting-edge Vector Borne Disease Diagnostic lab.