The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment

The goals of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine are to train high quality veterinary students, with special emphasis on the specific needs of the country, so that they will be able to meet the present and future demands for their professional services. The Koret School also offers post-graduate and continuing education programs for local veterinarians and new immigrant veterinarians as well as being responsible for organizing the licensing examination of the Ministry of Agriculture for veterinarians. In addition, research in basic sciences and clinical veterinary medicine is conducted.  The Koret School has a special responsibility to provide practical, ethical and educational support   Now, more than ever, while veterinarians are called upon to solve so many heath and environmental problems in underdeveloped countries, the Koret School is committed to serving as the country’s major referral center for veterinarians and becoming the foremost center of veterinary medicine in the Middle East.

Graduates of the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine go on to conduct instructional and research activities, and care for pet animals, livestock, horses and poultry.  Other occupations open to Koret School graduates include the provision of regulatory veterinary services, hygiene in industrial food production, promotion of animal welfare, veterinary services for the police and army and veterinary care and management of wildlife.