Integrated Master in Veterinary Medicine

About the course

A 6-year (330 ECTS) integrated master’s in veterinary medicine, taught in English, on the Egas Moniz campus at Monte de Caparica near Lisbon.

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.
• EU applicants need exams that match the Portuguese national entrance exams for this course. You ask for your own exams to replace the Portuguese exams using the Article 20-A form. Your exams must have been taken within the four years before you apply. DGE Portugal, or a Portuguese public secondary school, must convert your Leaving Cert to the Portuguese 0-200 scale. Ask admissions which Leaving Cert subjects will be accepted.
• The university does not publish an English-language requirement.

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. Get equivalenceAsk DGE Portugal or a Portuguese public secondary school to recognise your Leaving Cert and convert your grades to the 0-200 scale.
2. Prepare documentsYou need your ID, a medical declaration (prerequisite Group A), your official Leaving Cert results with a Hague Apostille, the equivalence document, the Article 20-A exam substitution form, and certified Portuguese translations.
3. Apply onlineApply through the Institutional Contest on the Egas Moniz online portal (seconline.egasmoniz.edu.pt). The last published deadline was 9 October 2025.
4. EnrolIf you get a place, enrol and set up the monthly tuition payments (EUR 1,011.15 x 12).

Costs

• The programme page lists tuition of EUR 1,011.15 a month for 12 months, about EUR 12,134 a year. It does not say which academic year this fee is for. Egas Moniz is a private institution, so there is no separate lower fee for EU students. The programme page does not state application or registration fees.

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