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Department of Veterinary Medicine
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Overview
Welcome to the United Arab Emirates University’s Department of Veterinary Medicine. We are home to UAE's only veterinary medicine professional program. The Department celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of Emirati veterinarians in June 2019 and the second cohort completed the program in June 2020. In March 2021, the Department moved to a new campus at Falaj Hazza with 8 state-of-the-art laboratories as well as new faculty and staff offices and associated facilities.
The UAEU Department of Veterinary Medicine provides world-class, hands-on education and training to the future veterinarians. The Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine program is five years long, after which, graduates will be qualified veterinarians. The student will receive veterinary basic sciences education and intensive clinical training arranged by animal species and specialized discipline.
The faculty members in the department are dedicated teachers and innovative researchers, all holding veterinary and/or PhD degrees and having research experience, who participate in all phases of the veterinary medicine professional curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine degree. The Department is acknowledged nationally for the uniqueness of the veterinary program and its research aimed at addressing priority needs of the UAE under the themes of One Health, Food Security and Sustaining Biodiversity.
The Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine program is provisionally accredited by the UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA) and the Department of Veterinary Medicine has been a Provisional Member of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) since 2018, anticipating full membership in the future. The Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine program is also a candidate member of International Veterinary Students Association (IVSA).
Professor Arve Lee Willingham
Chair, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Mission
The mission of the Department of Veterinary Medicine is to promote, improve, and meet the veterinary, animal and public health needs of the United Arab Emirates.
Academic Programs
Facilities
The Department of Veterinary Medicine at Falaj Hazza has sufficiently equipped laboratory facilities to impart technical and practical training to the undergraduate students.
Building # 1 at Falaj Hazza campus is planned to develop into an ultra-modern veterinary laboratories complex (phase1) and veterinary teaching hospital (phase 2).
The following are the established laboratories at the Falaj Hazza campus.
- Veterinary Anatomy Laboratory
- Veterinary Histopathology Laboratory
- Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology Laboratory
- Veterinary Immunology and Virology Laboratory
- Veterinary Parasitology Laboratory
- Veterinary Pathology/Clinical Pathology Laboratory
For further queries, please contact Dr. Adnan Al Darwich, Laboratory specialist, adnan.d@uaeu.ac.ae or Dr. Layaly Hamdan, laboratory specialist, layaly.h@uaeu.ac.ae
Publications
Please click here to view the Google Scholar Profile for the College of Food & Agriculture. Please note that the publications listed on Google Scholar are categorized by faculty and not by their current place of employment. Therefore, some publications listed on this website may not have been done whilst the faculty member was employed at the United Arab Emirates University.
Faculty
Note: If calling from outside the UAEU organization, dial (+971 3 713) before the extension.
| Name | Position | Ext. | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Professor & Chair |
4590 |
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Professor |
6566 |
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Associate Professor |
4573 |
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Associate Professor |
4556 |
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Associate Professor |
6573 |
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Associate Professor |
6576 |
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Associate Professor |
4598 |
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Instructor |
6595 |
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Instructor |
4572 |
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Instructor |
4594 |
Staff
Note: If calling from outside the UAEU organization, dial (+971 3 713) before the extension.
| Name | Position | Ext. | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dr. Adnan AlDarwich |
Lab Specialist |
6559 |
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Dr. Layaly Hamdan |
Lab Specialist |
6578 |
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Ms. Muneera Al Qahtani |
Senior Administrator |
4595 |
General Enquiries
Thank you for your interest in the Department of Veterinary Medicine. We welcome your query and encourage you to contact us using the information below:
United Arab Emirates University,
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
P.O. Box: 15551, Al Ain, UAE
Phone: +971 3 713 4590
Email: awillingham@uaeu.ac.ae
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