Each year a new class is selected. These students begin their professional studies in the Fall. The prescribed curriculum instructs students in both the basic biomedical sciences and clinical specialties.
Graduates are then prepared to enter a wide variety of professional veterinary medical careers.
Courses required in the professional veterinary curriculum cannot be used to satisfy elective admission requirements. It is recommended that individuals who choose to pursue the pre-professional curriculum at other institutions include one year of physical education is a Tuskegee University requirement for graduation. Individuals who do not present credits in physical education in their application may be admitted to the School of Veterinary Medicine but this requirement must be fulfilled prior to attaining third-year status. The Tuskegee University pre-veterinary curriculum is administered by the Agricultural Sciences Division of the School of Agriculture and Home Economics. Studends accepted from this program may be eligible to receive the Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Science from the School of Agriculture and Home Economics after completing the first two years of the pre-veterinary curriculum.