For students pursuing both pathology training leading to ACVP eligibility and research training leading to the PhD, this plan temporally separates these goals. A dual degree program is offered by the Purdue University SVM and the Graduate School. This program is designed to provide research training to highly qualified and strongly motivated students to pursue academic and research careers in the biomedical sciences. These students typically are able to meet the requirements of both the PhD degree and the DVM degree in six to seven years. To be eligible for Graduate School, the veterinary student must hold a bacca-laureate degree, or equivalent credits, and possess an outstanding undergraduate record.
Students have a wide choice of research training opportunities.
They may also elect one of the numerous disciplines and interdisciplinary areas in which Purdue has expertise. Examples of such interdisciplinary areas include bioengineering, medicinal chemistry, molecular biology, and neurosciences. A research training program is tailored to the background and career goals of the student. Veterinary students typically enter the PhD program during the summer after the first or second year of veterinary school. They select a major professor and an advisory committee.