The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, commonly referred to as Penn Vet, is the veterinary school of the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...

. Penn Vet is one of only two Ivy League veterinary schools in the United States. Established in 1884, Penn Vet is the only veterinary school developed in association with a medical school, and is one of only four private veterinary schools in the nation. Penn Vet's two campuses, located in

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and

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offer students learning opportunities in campanion animal medicine at the Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital and large animal medicine at

New Bolton Center New Bolton Center is the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's 700 acre campus in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. It is home to one of the busiest large animal teaching veterinary clinics in the nation. Since 1958, it has been ...

. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Vet is a partner in its biomedical research and teaching centers. Students can learn first-hand how veterinary medicine and research impacts human lives, as well as those of animals. Over 7,000

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s have graduated from the school, the only

veterinary school Veterinary education is the tertiary education of veterinarians. To become a veterinarian, one must first complete a degree in veterinary medicine Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM, V.M.D., BVS, BVSc, BVMS, BVM etc.). In the United States and C ...

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. The school awards the Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris (VMD) degree rather than a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM). It also offers a VMD-PhD program among other dual degrees. Since 1935, Penn Vet has offered courses for advanced work in veterinary pathology leading to master and doctoral degrees in conjunction with and cooperation by

Penn Med The Perelman School of Medicine (commonly known as Penn Med) is the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private, Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia. Founded in 1765, the Perelman School of Medicine is the olde ...

Notable alumni

Ralph L. Brinster Ralph Lawrence Brinster (born March 10, 1932) is an American geneticist, National Medal of Science laureate, and Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, School of V ...

, first veterinarian to win the National Medal of Science *

Augustus Nathaniel Lushington August Nathaniel Lushington (born August 1, 1869 - 1939) became the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1897. He practiced about two years in Philadelp ...

, first African American veterinarian * David Wolfgang, former State Veterinarian of Pennsylvania * Evan L. Stubbs, detected the first case of

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in the United States

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pennsylvania, University of, School of Veterinary Medicine

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Universities and colleges established in 1884 Veterinary schools in the United States 1884 establishments in Pennsylvania

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