• Written by Michael Noah
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Veterinary is among the noblest but also one of the most challenging professions out there. People who aim to become a veterinarian are passionate, love animals and find peace in treating them. It requires a lot of skill not only to treat patients but to handle complex situations, build client relationships, run a veterinary practice, handle burnout and a lot more. Only a good veterinary school can prepare you for the challenges of being a veterinarian.

To help you find and explore the best veterinary school,We have curated a list of top ranking vet universities in the world.

List of 100 Best Veterinary Universities In The World.

Sl.No.	University	Location	Website
1.	University of California - Davis	California, United States	Visit
2.	Sao Paulo State University	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Visit
3.	Cornell University	New York State, United States	Visit
4.	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	Uppsala, Sweden	Visit
5.	Utrecht University	Utrecht, Netherlands	Visit
6.	University of London	England, United Kingdom	Visit
7.	Royal Veterinary College University of London	England, United Kingdom	Visit
8.	University of Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo, Brazil	Visit
9.	University of Bristol	England, United Kingdom	Visit
10.	Ghent University	Ghent, Belgium	Visit
11.	University of Edinburgh	Scotland, United Kingdom	Visit
12.	University of Georgia	Georgia, United States	Visit
13.	Wageningen University	Wageningen, Netherlands	Visit
14.	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	Minnesota, United States	Visit
15.	University of Guelph	Ontario, Canada	Visit
16.	University of Florida	Florida, United States	Visit
17.	University of Zurich	Zurich, Switzerland	Visit
18.	University of Pretoria	Pretoria, South Africa	Visit
19.	Colorado State University - Fort Collins	Colorado, United States	Visit
20.	University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark	Visit
21.	Massey University	Palmerston North, New Zealand	Visit
22.	Iowa State University	Iowa, United States	Visit
23.	Texas A&M University - College Station	Texas, United States	Visit
24.	University of Queensland	St Lucia, Australia	Visit
25.	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	North Carolina, United States	Visit
26.	University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna	Vienna, Austria	Visit
27.	University of Sydney	Sydney, Australia	Visit
28.	University of Liverpool	England, United Kingdom	Visit
29.	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Wisconsin, United States	Visit
30.	University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign	Illinois, United States	Visit
31.	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland, United States	Visit
32.	Kansas State University	Kansas, United States	Visit
33.	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	Aas, Norway	Visit
34.	Ohio State University	Ohio, United States	Visit
35.	Addis Ababa University	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Visit
36.	Federal University of Minas Gerais	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Visit
37.	Michigan State University	Michigan, United States	Visit
38.	University of Melbourne	Melbourne, Australia	Visit
39.	University College Dublin	Dublin, Ireland	Visit
40.	University of Glasgow	Scotland, United Kingdom	Visit
41.	University of Oxford	England, United Kingdom	Visit
42.	University of Helsinki	Helsinki, Finland	Visit
43.	Autonomous University of Barcelona	Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain	Visit
44.	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	Faisalabad, Pakistan	Visit
45.	Imperial College London	England, United Kingdom	Visit
46.	Technical University of Denmark	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark	Visit
47.	Bangladesh Agricultural University	Mymensingh, Bangladesh	Visit
48.	University of Liege	Liege, Belgium	Visit
49.	Tehran University of Medical Sciences	Tehran, Iran Flag Iran	Visit
50.	Murdoch University	Murdoch, Australia	Visit
51.	Complutense University of Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Visit
52.	University of Bern	Bern, Switzerland	Visit
53.	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia, United States	Visit
54.	Washington State University	Washington, United States	Visit
55.	Purdue University	Indiana, United States	Visit
56.	University of Arizona	Arizona, United States	Visit
57.	Free University of Berlin	Brandenburg, Germany	Visit
58.	Mahidol University	Nakhon Pathom, Thailand	Visit
59.	Indian Veterinary Research Institute	Uttar Pradesh, India	Visit
60.	University of Arkansas	Arkansas, United States	Visit
61.	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	Nebraska, United States	Visit
62.	University of Pennsylvania	United States | Pennsylvania	Visit
63.	University of Milan	Lombardia, Italy	Visit
64.	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Visit
65.	University of Ibadan	Ibadan, Nigeria	Visit
66.	University of British Columbia	British Columbia, Canada	Visit
67.	University of Munich	Bavaria, Germany	Visit
68.	Islamic Azad University, Shirvan	Shirvan, Iran Flag Iran	Visit
69.	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Jerusalem, Israel	Visit
70.	University of Bari	Puglia, Italy	Visit
71.	University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad	Karnataka, India	Visit
72.	University of Tennessee - Knoxville	Tennessee, United States	Visit
73.	University of Nottingham	England, United Kingdom	Visit
74.	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico City, Mexico	Visit
75.	Normal Superior School	Ile-de-France, France	Visit
76.	University of Tehran	Tehran, Iran	Visit
77.	University of Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island, Canada	Visit
78.	University of Nairobi	Nairobi, Kenya	Visit
79.	Putra Malaysia University	Serdang, Malaysia	Visit
80.	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki, Greece	Visit
81.	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Morogoro, Tanzania	Visit
82.	Ahmadu Bello University	Zaria, Nigeria	Visit
83.	Institute of Tropical Medicine	Antwerp, Belgium	Visit
84.	University of Cambridge	England, United Kingdom	Visit
85.	State University of Londrina	Londrina, Brazil	Visit
86.	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana, United States	Visit
87.	University of the West Indies, Mona	Mona, Jamaica	Visit
88.	University of Kentucky	Kentucky, United States	Visit
89.	University of California - Berkeley	California, United States	Visit
90.	Federal University of Santa Maria	Santa Maria, Brazil	Visit
91.	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma, United States	Visit
92.	Auburn University	Alabama, United States	Visit
93.	Harvard University	Massachusetts, United States	Visit
94.	University of Bologna	Emilia-Romagna, Italy	Visit
95.	University of Warwick	England, United Kingdom	Visit
96.	Cairo University	Giza, Egypt	Visit
97.	Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro	Seropedica, Brazil	Visit
98.	University of Calgary	Alberta, Canada	Visit
99.	Federico II University of Naples	Campania, Italy	Visit
100.	University of Cordoba	Cordoba, Spain	Visit

What Should You Look For While Choosing The Best Vet School?

Fees of the curriculum

When choosing your veterinary school, among other things you must consider and compare the curriculum fee. You will see a huge difference in numbers when it comes to out-of-state tuition versus in-state tuition. Also, you will also need to include your living expenses. That would give you a complete picture of the total investment required.

Location

Location can be a big factor because of many reasons. Do you want to stay close to your family? What kind of weather suits you? What kind of opportunities awaits you? The answer to all these valid questions is the location of your veterinary university. Also, consider the cost of flying in and out of the city for holidays. And if you are somebody who loves traveling and exploring then location is a must criteria to add to your list.

Hands-on Training

You must look at veterinary universities that emphasize hands-on experience because many DVM graduates pursue postgraduate programs and seek additional veterinary training after their completion of graduation because they don’t feel prepared for full-time employment. The reason behind this is lack of hands-on experience.

Research thoroughly on the program before you enroll. You can get some hints from the veterinary school’s website. But to get a better understanding, reach out to the current students and the alumins. Share your queries about the programs and career opportunities post-completion of the program.

Opportunities to explore your interests

You will be starting off with general veterinary medicine, going forward in the program you might develop an interest in equestrian veterinary medicine or some other specialization. At that certain point, your veterinary school should support you to focus and explore in those arenas and not pose any limitations.

World-Class Facilities

Technology is an integral part of veterinary medicine and it’s rapidly evolving. To keep up with the technological advances in veterinary medicine your vet university must have modern facilities, equipments and should be quick in adopting new technologies. Again, you can get some ideas from the veterinary school’s website but the best option is to take a tour. If you can, try to tour your prospective best veterinary school, which will help you draw a complete picture.

Off-Campus Training Opportunities

Sometimes spending time at Veterinary university teaching hospitals is not enough. Practising at a private veterinary clinic can be very different from what you might have experienced in vet school. Make sure to check how much time you can spend off campus to train at other sites during your clinical years.

A few other things you can look at while choosing your best veterinary school are the class size, the average class size in veterinary universities has gone up from 50 to 100. The smaller the class the better for you. Second, does the veterinary school have a teaching hospital? Many of them do, and few don’t. So make sure to add it as a criterion to your list.