Medicine Programme

VETERINARY
AND ZOOTECHNICS CARTAGENA

SNIES 21474

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TITLE OBTAINED: Veterinary Doctor in Animal Husbandry
LEVEL OF EDUCATION: University Professional
DURATION: 10 semesters
MODALITY: Face-to-face
SNIES Code: 21463
QUALIFIED REGISTRATION: Resolution No. 015516 of August 04, 2022, granted by MINEDUCACION
TOTAL CREDITS: 180
NUMBER OF CREDITS I SEMESTER: 12
CREDIT VALUE YEAR 2024: $326.000
TUITION FEE FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER 2024: $3.912.000*
HEADQUARTERS: Pie del Cerro Calle 31 # 18B - 17, Cartagena
CONTACT: Derwin Ramón Calatayud Márquez, Director
TELEPHONE: (60 5) 656 85 62 - (60 1) 668 47 00, Extension: 401
E-MAIL: [email protected]

Applicant Profile

Become a professional in veterinary medicine and zootechnics with a foundation in basic medical sciences, preventive medicine and animal production systems, transform your environment and contribute to building a better future.

You will have access to our veterinary clinic, laboratories, amphitheatre and to our national and international agreements for internships, semesters abroad and research projects.

Profile of our Graduates

It is based on the fundamentals of basic medical sciences, preventive medicine and animal production systems. The professional graduate of the programme of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry of the U.D.C.A., through their capacity to integrate the elements of health and production, on an environmentally sustainable and sustainable basis, will be able to argue, interpret and communicate orally or in writing, scientific and technological documents related or collateral to their fields of action.

Mission

The Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics degree is an undergraduate academic programme, which trains integral professionals through scientific, industrial, humanistic and environmental knowledge, with the aim of promoting animal health, in terms of the production of agricultural goods and services in a sustainable and sustainable way, to improve the quality of life of mankind with an emphasis on marginal and less favoured rural communities.

Vision

The Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics Programme (MVZ) of the Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A., will be recognised for the training of professionals with scientific and technological capacity to participate with high ethical rigour in the solution of social problems related to agricultural production, with emphasis on the prevention of disease and tropical agricultural production systems.

Our Clinic

VETERINARY

The University Veterinary Clinic is an Academic Unit attached to the Faculty of Livestock Sciences, which has been providing services to the community for more than 25 years, based on the experience, training and suitability of its team of veterinary doctors, zootechnical veterinarians and zootechnicians; professionals with extensive experience and a sense of belonging to their patients.

Research Group

CIENCIA ANIMAL

The research group aims to generate knowledge in areas relevant to the country in areas related to animal health and production, population medicine, zoonosis and conservation medicine. In order to achieve this objective, the group develops research projects within five research lines, which are: Animal Production, Population Medicine, Zoonosis and Conservation Medicine: Animal Production, Population Medicine, Conservation Medicine, Zoonosis and Animal Health. The projects carried out in the field of conservation medicine have allowed the conservation of native species such as the savannah skipper fish and the Pacarana.