Specialisation offers

The Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Bern offers structured continuing education programmes. Open positions can be found on the job portal of the University of Bern (Working at the University of Bern).

Internships

An internship is a one-year, species-specific training programme offered in one of the three clinics of the Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Bern. This provides an opportunity for veterinary graduates to gain practical experience after completing their veterinary degree. These programmes allow newly qualified veterinarians to further develop their clinical skills and medical knowledge in a supervised environment through guidance and mentoring.

A key foundation for further specialisation is a rotating general internship. During this programme, interns are introduced to all major areas of veterinary medicine through short rotations. For further enquiries, please contact the respective clinic management. Specialised internships (one year in a single area of veterinary medicine) are also offered. If you have any additional questions, please contact the head of the relevant unit directly.

Residency / Fachtierarzt

The Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Bern offers structured continuing education programmes lasting from 2 to 5 years. In Bern, these programmes, called residencies, are carried out in 18 different specialist areas of clinical and paraclinical veterinary medicine.

These are official, nationally or internationally established specialisation programmes that aim to achieve the highest globally recognised professional qualification in veterinary medicine (European Qualification Framework Level 8). International programmes are certified by either the European Board for Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS) or the American Board of Veterinary Specialties (ABVS). In certain specialist areas, FVH (Fachtierarzt/-tierärztin) specialisation programmes are also carried out, which offer broad, in-depth further training focused on one animal group. The FVH title as a specialist is standardised throughout Switzerland and recognised in other countries.

These structured specialisation programmes are based on the guidelines of the relevant umbrella organisation (EBVS, ABVS or GST) and are completed with a selective examination. Various objectives must be demonstrated for admission to the examination, such as (para-)clinical experience (case collection) and the publication of one or more research projects.

Further information on the EBVS
Further information on the ABVS
Further information on the GST