The profession of veterinary medicine encompasses areas of public health involved in safeguarding human health, zoonoses, food safety of animal products for human consumption, and medical diagnosis and treatments for all kinds of animals, animal health inspection and quarantine as well concern for animal welfare. In accordance with current worldwide trends towards veterinary education, on August 1, 2008, the Department of Veterinary Science in National Taiwan University has been promoted to the title of “School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM)”. Under the SVM, there will be three organizations including the Department and Graduate Institute of Veterinary Medicine (baccalaureate program since 1942, master’s program since 1968, and the PhD program since 1977), the Graduate Institute of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (master’s program since 2007) and the Graduate Institute of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology (master’s program since 2011).
