School Description

Michigan State University’s campus is bordered by the city of East Lansing, which offers sidewalk cafes, restaurants, shops, and convenient mass transit. The campus is traversed by the Red Cedar River and has many miles of bike paths and walkways. This park-like setting provides an ideal venue in which MSU’s 49,000 students may enjoy outdoor concerts and plays, canoeing, and cross-country skiing. MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine, in addition to a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree program, also offers certificate and bachelor's degree programs in veterinary nursing, as well as advanced degree programs.

Veterinary medicine science courses have been taught at Michigan State University since the institution’s founding in 1855. The College of Veterinary Medicine was formally established as a four-year, degree-granting program in 1910. The College, a fully accredited veterinary medical College, has long been a leader in efforts to increase diversity and inclusiveness in the profession. The College’s organizational structure includes the Departments of Small and Large Animal Clinical Sciences, the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, and three basic science departments jointly administered by Michigan State University’s four medical schools. The health colleges include Allopathic Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, and Nursing. The abundance and variety of animal agriculture and companion animals in Michigan provide the College with one of the largest clinical and diagnostic caseloads in the country. Educational and research opportunities are considerably enhanced by this large caseload.

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The College of Veterinary Medicine is fortunate to have an outstanding faculty, all of whom hold the doctor of veterinary medicine degree and/or the doctor of philosophy degree. Many of the specialty boards recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association are represented on the faculty. Many of these faculty members are leaders in their fields, both nationally and internationally. In addition to the faculty holding doctor of philosophy degrees, all associate deans in our College hold doctor of philosophy degrees.

Today, the College includes four biomedical science departments—microbiology and molecular genetics, pathobiology and diagnostic investigation, pharmacology and toxicology, and physiology; two clinical departments—Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Small Animal Clinical Sciences; and two service units—the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Veterinary Medical Center.

The MSU College of Veterinary Medicine is committed to enhancing the diversity, equity, and inclusion of the College and the veterinary profession. The College has attained national recognition for its leadership in programs for the encouragement of underrepresented groups at the preprofessional, professional, and advanced studies levels, as well as for increased diversity in its faculty.

Program Mission, Vision and Values

• Mission: Learn. Discover. Heal. Protect.
• Vision: The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine: TOGETHER WE WILL be the destination for teaching, innovation, care and service.
• Values: Diversity, Innovation, Integrity, Compassion, and Collaboration