UVM Kosice

I think my husband initially phoned them but the e-mail address we have been using to converse with them is: Study department <[email protected]>;
We were very impressed with the university, it is a fairly small campus and the staff were very friendly and eager to show us round. We also were able to meet up with one of the students who posts on here and she was extemely helpful and kind to give up her time and answered a lot of our questions.

But why Zoology? I've done anatomy and physiology, microbiology, immunology, genetics etc. Some of these in more detail than the vets I work with have!

Hi, I'm a first year and my previous degree was Zoology. Clearly, there is some kind of shake up going on this year with the application process, but I definitly feel that I was well equipped to enter the post-grad course. If it does come down to an interview situation, I would just say make a good case for yourself, be clear about what you have done, and that you are willing to make up any ground that you've missed through independent study. Although to be honest nothing has come up so far where I've felt I was at a disadvantage, because of my past degree.

Don't stress about it. I think all the changes that are happening are simply because they don't want to be pushing capacity limits the way they were this year, trying to cram us all into classroom & dormrooms!

Hi, I'm a first year and my previous degree was Zoology. (etc..)

Send photo copies/scanned versions with your application. However somepoint in the future they are going need to be Apostilled in London and there are rumours that they are also going make all the current students do this well

so what do you do with them? do I have to find someone in my own country then (norway) if so that would cost me a heck of a lot of money... or! would i need to travel to UK to where I actually did all my degrees and do whatever with them? thats silly esp when not told anything about. Understand your frustration though when stressed with states, as you said what to expect slovakia in a nutshell

Its not your degree they want, its your school results, so yeh Norway. Maybe ask a Norwegian in final year because what has to be done changes for each country. Least you've got a few years to do it and people will know more by then

How come they don't want the degree?

When you say school results, A level? or GCSE?

Dear Sophie,

I'm so sorry that we are answering so late.
In academic year 2013/2014 the UVMP in Košice opens General veterinary medicine programme:

The course is designed for secondary school leavers or for the applicants with the Bachelor degree in Veterinary Sciences or Animal Sciences.


You can apply straight to the University by sending all the required documents by email to: [email protected]


or by regular mail to:


University of veterinary medicine and pharmacy in Kosice
Office for foreign and postgraduate studies
Komenského 73
041 81 Košice
Slovak republic



Except your completed application form we require:


- Secondary school leaving certificate (must be translated into Slovak language and apostilled)
- Academic transcript from the university (with all passed subjects and grades)
- Diploma
- Confirmation about your payment for the application fee – 50 EUR (bank details can be found enclosed)
- Two photos
- Curriculum Vitae


Applicants with the bachelor degree in Veterinary Sciences or Animal Sciences can be admitted on the basis of recognition of subjects and the credits. Credits will be based on the undergraduate study - ECTS. Part of the admission procedure is an interview in English language. After the recognizing of the subjects and credits and successfully done interview the applicant will be classified into the relevant year of study.
We are looking forward to hearing from you. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any further questions.




Best regards


Mgr. Denisa Stefanakova

BTW. Just sent off my application, without the apostille on my A-Level certs, and instead a note requesting to include it in a follow up instead. I really didn't want to wait another month+ before sending this thing off.

STRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why not just post all this on their site??

if only done people science I reckon you have to do the 6 year course, when i asked them if wanted my degree certificate from my MSc in psychology they said no as not relevant just my animal degrees... but I would ask them now so dont get a massive shock when hear back in few months