Overview

The Faculty of Veterinary Science has an international research profile and is committed to research in a variety of preclinical, paraclinical and clinical disciplines. It has always encouraged strong research performance and continues to have outstanding success in attracting competitive research grants, with strong involvement in an increasing number of prestigious national Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs), industry-based research contracts, and producing research papers of high calibre in internationally recognized refereed journals

The Camperdown Campus has University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Sydney and other facilities for research primarily in small animals, including a clinical pathology laboratory. It also has excellent facilities for research in anatomy, animal science (genetics, nutrition, reproduction), physiology and pathology. The Camden Campus is also well-equipped for research.

The University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Camden, equipped with its own diagnostic laboratories, has been designed to service a wide range of companion and production animals. The Camden Farms provide enviable facilities for research in animal science and disease in production animals. The 1200 hectares of farmland encompass a dairy and research unit, a horse unit, sheep unit, pig and poultry units and associated laboratories.

The Faculty offers a number of research degrees including, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science in Veterinary Science, Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Master of Veterinary Science and Bachelor of Science (Veterinary). See Postgraduate Programs for more information.