College of Veterinary Medicine

Type	Public Veterinary Medicine School
Established	1976
Parent institution	University of Florida
Endowment	$1.73 billion (2018)[1]
Dean	Dana Zimmel, DVM
Students	516
Undergraduates	0
Location	Gainesville , Florida , United States
Website	vetmed.ufl.edu

The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine is the veterinary school of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The college only enrolls professional program D.V.M. students and graduate students pursuing M.S. or Ph.D. degrees. No undergraduates are enrolled in the college.

Founded in 1976, it is one of six academic colleges and schools that compose the university's Academic Health Center. The college is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.

In FY 2021, the college generated $43.1 million from state funding and tuition, $22.8 million in research awards; $40.8 million from clinical services, $5.2 million from foundation/philanthropic gifts and $8.9 million in other funding.

Academics

The College of Veterinary Medicine offers the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree on campus. As of 2021, the current DVM enrollment includes 455 students. Fifty one students attend the college on campus for the graduate programs for their masters or Doctor of Philosophy degrees. 465 students are enrolled in the college's online masters program.^[2]

Organization

The college is organized into these units:

• College Administration
• Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (LACS)
• Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology
• Department of Physiological Sciences
• Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (SACS)
• Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine (CDPM)
• UF Veterinary Hospitals

Animal hospitals

The UF Veterinary Hospitals include the UF Small Animal Hospital and the UF Large Animal Hospital in Gainesville, and UF Pet Emergency Treatment Services (PETS) and UF Veterinary Hospital at World Equestrian Center (opening spring 2022) in Ocala. The UF Veterinary Hospitals are a major animal referral center in the Southeast. An estimated 44,000 animals are seen and treated each year at the UF Veterinary Hospitals and through field visits.[1]

Ranking

In the 2019 U.S. News & World Report rankings, the college ranked 9th overall amongst all veterinary medicine colleges.^[3][4]

Facility images

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  Veterinary Academic Building
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  UF Large Animal Hospital
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  UF Small Animal Hospital
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  UF SAH Primary Care & Dentistry
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  UF Pet Emergency Treatment Services (Ocala, FL)