Purdue Veterinary Medicine

Contacts

Website: http://www.vet.purdue.edu/
Phone: (765) 494-7607
Admissions e-mail: vetadmissions@purdue.edu

Program Information

• Degree offered: D.V.M. (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)
• Joint degree options (with the Graduate School):
  • MS/DVM: 4-5 years
  • PhD/DVM: 6-7 years
• Number of applications in 2010-11:
  • Residents: 111
  • Non-Residents: 557
• Students enrolled in 2010-11:
  • Residents: 43
  • Non-Residents: 27

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Required Courses:
  • Inorganic chemistry with lab - two semesters
  • Organic chemistry with lab - two semesters
  • Biochemistry - one semester
  • Biology with lab (diversity, developmental, cell structure) - two semesters
  • Genetics with lab - one semester
  • Microbiology (general or medical) with lab - one semester
  • Nutrition (animal) - one semester
  • Physics with lab - two semesters
  • Calculus - one semester
  • Statistics - one semester
  • Communication (interpersonal, persuasion, or speech) - one semester
  • Careers in Veterinary Medicine (if available) - one semester
  • Humanities (Foreign languages, cognitive sciences, and social sciences) - three semesters

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GPA

• Required courses must be completed with a “C” grade (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) or better in each course and applicants must maintain a competitive cumulative grade point average
• Non-resident applicants must have a cumulative GPA (including all course repeats) of no less than 3.00 to receive consideration

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Supporting Documents

• No supplemental application

Interview

• December: Invitations to applicants for interview
• Late January: Applicant interviews

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Timeline

• October 1: Deadline for all application materials to be submitted (including transcripts, GRE scores, and references)
• Oct-Dec: Review process
• December: Invitations to applications for interview
• Late Jan: Applicant interviews
• February: Notification of offers of admission or alternate status
• April 15: National deadline for applicants to respond to offers of admission

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Tuition 2010-2011

• Residents: $31,720 USD
• Non-Residents: $56,668 USD

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