Veterinary Medicine (integrated bachelor’s and master’s studies)

About the course

A six-year integrated bachelor’s and master’s programme taught in English and accredited by EAEVE, leading to a master’s-level veterinary degree. In the sixth year you choose a track in production animal medicine, equine medicine, small animal medicine or food safety.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. You must have completed secondary education, and your certificate is evaluated by the Estonian ENIC/NARIC Centre (this can take up to 30 days from when your paper documents arrive). Students finishing school in the year they apply should still apply by the deadline and tell the university when they expect to graduate.
• Selection is by ranking out of 50 points, not school grades: the online ISAT (International Student Admission Test) is a 3-hour test of critical and quantitative reasoning, worth up to 40 points (score out of 200 x 0.2). A motivation letter of up to 2,500 characters is worth up to 10 points and breaks ties. You can sit the ISAT only once in any 12-month period.
• English at B2 level is required. You do not need a test if you completed secondary education taught in English in an EU/EEA country and lived there while studying, so Irish Leaving Cert students taught in English are normally exempt. Otherwise the minimum scores are IELTS Academic 5.5, TOEFL iBT 61, Cambridge English 160 or PTE Academic 51.

Working in Ireland afterwards

Veterinary degrees from EU member states listed in Annex V (point 5.4.2) of Directive 2005/36/EC are recognised qualifications you can register with at the Veterinary Council of Ireland, which in effect means automatic recognition. You still need to apply to the VCI to register before you can practise. Check the VCI’s list of recognised qualifications to confirm your specific degree is on it.

How to apply

1. Book the ISATRegister for the online ISAT. For 2026 entry, registration closed on 13 April 2026 and the test had to be taken by May 2026. You can sit it only once in 12 months, so plan for spring 2027.
2. Write your motivation letterUp to 2,500 characters including spaces: your motivation, academic strengths and weaknesses, previous studies, work experience with animals and career plans. It is worth up to 10 points.
3. Apply on DreamApplyUpload certified copies of your school certificate and transcript (certified by the school, a notary or with an Apostille), your passport pages, the motivation letter and your ISAT results. The EU/EEA deadline for 2026 was 1 June.
4. Accept your offer and payFinal decisions were issued by 26 June in 2026. Accept your place, send any pre-notified late documents (by 15 July in 2026) and pay the first fee instalment by 15 October.

Costs

• EUR 9,800 per year for 2026/27 on this English-taught programme; accommodation is extra. Fees are paid in two instalments (by 15 October for autumn and 1 March for spring). Veterinary Medicine applicants do not pay the university’s EUR 100 application fee. You also pay ACER directly to sit the ISAT aptitude test (fee not stated by the university). The 2027/28 fee has not been published yet.

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