Veterinary students study natural sciences jointly with medical and dentistry students.
Subjects Introduction to the Swiss health system, physics, general physiology, chemistry, biochemistry, zoology, anatomy, botany, ecology. The first preclinical examination takes place at the end of the first year of study and is a prerequisite to be admitted to the 2nd year of study . It is held twice a year, in July and in September .Each of the 4 written examinations takes 4 hours and consists of multiple-choice questions, short essay questions or a combination of both. For each of the four exams a mark from 1 to 6 ist given. The exam is failed if two marks are below 4 or if the average of all marks is below 4.