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Dear students, we are happy to announce the call for applications for the CEEPUS – 11th SUMMER SCHOOL FOR MOUNTAIN ANIMAL BREEDING, which will take place in Stara Planina, Serbia, from 12th – 19th July 2024. The intensive course is designed for 2 students of veterinary medicine (fourth, fifth and sixth year of study). Please…

It is a pleasure to inform you about our 10th summer school of Food Safety which is organized by the Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology of the Veterinary University Brno, Czech Republic from 8th July till 19th July 2024. The course welcomes undergraduate and doctoral students of veterinary faculties and other faculties that are focused on the…

Dr. Ronaldo C. da Costa is a Full Professor and Service Head of Neurology and Neurosurgery at The Ohio State University. He is co-editor of the Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology (Dewey and da Costa, 2016) and Guest Editor of a Veterinary Clinics on Spinal Diseases published in 2010. He is also the…

Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great pleasure and honour to organise the 12th YGVA (Young Generation of Veterinary Anatomists) meeting in Zagreb, Croatia. The meeting will be held between 17th and 19th of July at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia. As always meeting will be divided on oral sessions, posters…

It is our pleasure to invite you and your network to attend our final conference of the NETPOULSAFE project, a Horizon 2020 project funded to share good practices for better biosecurity practices in poultry farming accross 7 EU countries. Would you please mind to share this invitation with students involved in the related courses and members of your…

On December 6, 2023 in the parking lot of the Ambulatory clinic, the Dean’s collegium, led by the dean, prof. Marko Samardžija, got a new bus intended for transporting students to field classes. The bus is ISUZU, TURQUISE, Q-BUS31-2 and has 31+1 seats. The new bus, which has enriched the fleet of available vehicles of…

This year’s fourth VetNEST summer school: Summer School Animal Welfare, Veterinary Ethics and Law and Communication Skills, which was held from July 10th to 14th, 2023, was organized for the first time at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zagreb. The Summer School was attended by 26 students from veterinary higher education…

Lipizzan Tour 2023, Summer school, organized by VetNEST CEEPUS Vienna, Austria, was held from 9th to 11th August 2023. 15 students and 2 accompanying staff members from the Veterinary Faculties of Ljubljana and Zagreb visited Lipizzan studs’ farms at Piber and Heldenberg and enjoyed the Spanish riding school with wonderful Lipizzaner horses. They spent the…

Jet again this year, the International Summer School of Aquaculture (Summer School in Aquaculture) was organized through collaborative efforts by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Sarajevo and Zagreb as part of the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies, CEEPUS within the VetNEST (Veterinary Network of European Student and Staff Transfer) network. The…

After the evaluation of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine conducted by the expert team of the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE) from April 17th to April 21st this year, at the meeting of the European Committee on Veterinary Education (ECOVE) held on June 7th, 2023, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of…

Dear students and employees! Please be informed that, from 15 to 17 May 2023, Career Days will be taking place on the Faculty’s premises. Career Days are an event organised by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Office for Career Development, Academic and Psychological Counselling. We would like to warmly invite you all to visit this…

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 10th International Congress Veterinary Science and Profession from 5th-7th October, 2023  at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb. We are happy to present a panel of distinguished invited international speakers covering six sessions – Farm Animals, Horses, Small Animals, Exotic and Wild Animals,…

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb is one of the 20 higher education institutions in the Republic of Croatia participating in the pilot study of the Croatian Academic and Research Network – CARNET within the “e-Universities” project. The purpose of the pilot research is to establish a learning community, exchange examples of good practice…

For this year’s Festival of science, the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Zagreb opens its doors on Friday the 28th of April 2023 from 9am-4pm. With the organization of numerous clinics and departments, Open Doors Day of the Veterinary Faculty brings many interesting and educational subjects adapted for all ages and any groups of…

Our dear Tonija Kekez successfully launched her first photo exhibition titled ”Essence of Horses” on April 21, 2023. With the help of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the exhibition was held on the first floor of the administrative building of the faculty, at Heinzelova Street 55. The artist carefully intertwined art and nature and created…

On April 21, 2023, at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, certificates were awarded to colleagues who successfully completed the INTERNSHIP PROGRAM at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb under the guidance of prof. PhD Nikša Lemo, EBVS® European Specialist of Veterinary Dermatology. Congratulations to our colleagues Anja Raić, DVM, Elizabeta Pongrac, DVM and Luka…

The international sled dog race “Lekkarod”, a World Cup event and the largest stage race for sled dogs in Europe, was held from the 8th to the 21st of March, 2023 in the Savoy Alps in France. The sled dog race consisted of 7 stages of 40 km in 4 different locations along the Alps….

This project has increased the number of students interested in veterinary practice with farm animals and horses, as well as increased the number of available farm animal and horse patients on which the students can apply their acquired knowledge and practical skills. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zagreb accepted the invitation…

The Veterinary Faculty of the University of Zagreb participated in Career Day in Velika Gorica High School organized by the Gorica youth club. Velika Gorica High School offers several different programs including a general high school program and a science and math based high school program. The aim of the organizers was to introduce the…

The Veterinary Faculty has opened a new student locker room! On the 28th of February, 2023 at 10:00 am in the presence of the Dean’s college, representatives of the student body and the student faculty associations, the Dean Prof. Marko Samardžija, PhD. officially opened a new locker room exclusively for students, and handed them the…