University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science

This article is about the University of Pretoria faculty. For other faculties of veterinary science, see list of schools of veterinary medicine.

University of Pretoria
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Former names
Transvaal University College (1908–1930)[1]
TypePublic
Veterinary school
Established1920
Students767
Undergraduates535
Postgraduates232
Location
Pretoria
,
Gauteng
,
South Africa

25°39′02″S 28°10′57″E / 25.6506196°S 28.1824736°E / -25.6506196; 28.1824736
CampusOnderstepoort
ColoursBlue, gold and red      
NicknameTuks or Tukkies[2]
AffiliationsUniversity of Pretoria
MascotOom Gert[3]
Websitewww.up.ac.za/faculty-of-veterinary-science

The Faculty of Veterinary Science is a faculty of the University of Pretoria. Founded in 1920, it is the second oldest veterinary faculty in Africa.[4] With the exception of the faculties in Khartoum (Sudan, 1938), and Cairo (Egypt, 1946), all the other African faculties were established after 1960. It is the only one of its kind in South Africa and is one of 33 veterinary faculties in Africa.

Since 1997, the university as a whole has produced more research outputs every year than any other institution of higher learning in South Africa, as measured by the Department of Education's accreditation benchmark.[5]

The Faculty offers an undergraduate veterinary degree programme and a veterinary nursing diploma programme as well as a variety of postgraduate degree programmes.

Graduates of the Faculty enjoy national and international recognition and the BVSc degree of the University of Pretoria currently enjoys recognition for registration by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) in the UK, the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council (AVBC) in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania as well as by the relevant authorities in Malaysia.[6]

  1. ^ [1] History of the University of Pretoria. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  2. ^ [2] Archived 2009-11-01 at the Wayback Machine History of the University of Pretoria. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Oom Gert. Retrieved 31 August 2009". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  4. ^ [3] Archived 2012-01-17 at the Wayback Machine About Veterinary Science Retrieved 9 November 2011
  5. ^ "UP in a Nutshell 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  6. ^ "About Veterinary Science > University of Pretoria". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.