2024 MPVM students
Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine
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2025-2026 Application Deadlines

Priority Deadline to be considered for financial assistance: January 15, 2025
Final Deadline: June 1, 2025

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Meet Our Students

Our exceptional students are scientists, leaders, professors and practitioners from over 75 countries. They are working in a broad range of areas — from private practice to government organizations, livestock to wildlife health, and more — making positive impact all over the world.

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Program Overview

We prepare veterinarians and physicians to address animal, human, and ecological problems and to design and evaluate disease control or other or other health programs.

Dr. Ariel Loredo monitors conditions in burrows of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes for possible mange transmission.

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Congratulations Team MitoFluidics!

Under the guidance of Dr. Cecilia Giulivi, MPVM students from Department of Molecular Biosciences — Atena Tork (AvenueM), Rida Mullah (Bridges to Baccalaurate), and Jennifer Dang (AvenueM and Bridges to Baccalaurate) — won a 2024 Brink Award at the Sac State University-Wide Innovation Competition!  Read More.

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Prospective Students

Contact us if you'd like help preparing your application or have questions about visas, prior records and transcripts, documentation of English proficiency, and life at UC Davis

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Program Opportunities

The MPVM sits within an extensive network that provides opportunities for dual degrees, numerous internships and workshops, experiences in partnering agencies, career planning and more.

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