You will learn in dedicated and high-tech settings including teaching laboratories, JCU Veterinary and Emergency Centre and Hospital on campus, on-site animal yards, JCU working cattle station for livestock production, and JCU Teaching Resource Centre and Large and Small Animal Clinic on the Atherton Tablelands. With JCU’s tropical focus, you will gain specialist knowledge and skills in tropical and rural veterinary settings, plus experience in tropical animal husbandry and aquaculture. JCU Veterinary Science students recently gave a 96 per cent satisfaction rate to the course. This was the highest for Vet Science programs in Australia (National 2013 Course Experience Questionnaire), so you can expect a quality educational experience.

Veterinarians not only work in private veterinary clinics but their expertise is also vital in a range of fields including agriculture, quarantine and public health, as well as pharmacological and biomedical research. Government statistics forecast strong employment growth and earnings for veterinarians. Employment opportunities are diverse and include: Operating or working in private veterinary practice Zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, animal welfare organisations Government departments and agencies in quarantine and biosecurity Industries concerned with animal health such as animal nutrition, animal production (stock and breeding) and pharmaceuticals Research organisations and university teaching (with further study). Once you graduate, you will be eligible to register with veterinary registration boards to practise in any Australian state. In addition, JCU graduates are eligible to practise in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.