The Programme of Postgraduate Studies awards a Postgraduate Diploma of Specialisation (MSc) in the following three sub-specialisations:
1. Farm Animal Breeding and Medicine
1a. Ruminant Breeding and Medicine
1b. Swine and Avian Breeding and Medicine
2. Companion Animal Medicine
3. Companion Animal Surgery (download the subject guide)
The duration of the Programme of Postgraduate Studies in the above sub-specialties is four (4) semesters.
The specialization “Companion Animal Surgery” operates from the academic year 2008-09. The aim of the programme is:
1. To provide education and clinical training in surgery of companion animals and
2. To provide knowledge in the fields of basic and applied research.
The duration of the training is 2-years (4 semesters) and involves theoretical teaching and clinical training, mainly in companion animal surgery and secondarily in related specialties. The clinical training takes places daily from 08.15-15.00 for 46-48 weeks per year and involves the treatment of surgical cases of first and second opinion, both emergency and electives, that are admitted in the Unit of Surgery-Obstetrics of the Clinic of Companion Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The theoretical teaching involves lectures and seminars in the fields of soft tissues surgery, orthopaedics, obstetrics and reproductive medicine, dentistry-maxillofacial surgery, ophthalmology but also anaesthesiology-intensive care therapy, diagnostic imaging and biostatistics and research methodology. In the context of clinical training the postgraduate students are doing out of hour duties on working days and holidays, in Surgeryand Intensive Care. The theoretical teaching is offered by members of academic staff of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the AUTH and/or members of academic staff from other University Schools and Faculties. Postgraduate students are required to prepare and defend a thesis by the end of the programme.
The specialization “Companion Animal Medicine” operates from the academic year 2010-11. The aim of the programme is:
1. To provide education and clinical training in companion animal medicine and
2. To provide knowledge in the fields of basic and applied research.
The duration of the training is 2-years (4 semesters) and involves theoretical teaching and clinical training, in companion animal medicine. The clinical training takes places daily from 08.15-15.00 for 46-48 weeks per year and involves diagnosis and treatment of medical cases of first and second opinion, both emergency and electives that are admitted in the Unit of Medicine of the Clinic of Companion Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The theoretical teaching involves lectures and seminars in the fields of cardiopulmonary medicine, endocrinology and metabolic disorders, clinical and diagnostic haematology, oncology, clinical biochemistry, urology, gastroenterology, dermatology, neurology, infectious diseases, diagnostic imaging, biostatistics and research methodology. In the context of clinical training the postgraduate students are doing out of hour duties on working days and holidays. The theoretical teaching is offered by members of academic staff of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the AUTH and/or members of academic staff from other University Schools and Faculties. Postgraduate students are required to prepare and defend a thesis by the end of the programme.
The specialization “Companion Animal Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care” operates from the academic year 2018-19. The aim of the programme is:
1. To provide education and clinical training in companion animalanaesthesiology and intensive care and
2. To provide knowledge in the fields of basic and applied research.
The duration of the training is 2-years (4 semesters) and involves theoretical teaching (lectures and seminars) and clinical training, in companion animal anaesthesiology and intensive care, analgesia, emergency medicine, diagnostic imaging, biostatistics and research methodology. The clinical training takes places daily from 08.15-15.00 for 46-48 weeks per year and involves anaesthetic management of clinical cases of first and second opinion that are admitted in the Unit of Medicine of the Clinic of Companion Animals of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and also intensive care management of clinical cases. In the context of clinical training the postgraduate students are doing out of hour duties on working days and holidays. The theoretical teaching is offered by members of academic staff of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the AUTH and/or members of academic staff from other University Schools and Faculties. Postgraduate students are required to prepare and defend a thesis by the end of the programme.
Each year applications are invited from veterinary graduates to undertake a 2-year postgraduate programme in the above specialties. Applications can be found in the School website.