School of Veterinary Medicine is one of the Schools found in the University. It has shown phenomenal growth in just half a decade of its establishment. It has demonstrated tremendous capability in producing competent graduates in various undergraduate programs. Although the School has shown dramatic changes under the current administration of Medical and Health Sciences, it is still below the expected capacity.

Mission and Vision

§      The Mission of Wollega University, School of Veterinary Medicine is to develop a diverse academic community that advance scholarly activity. Also it provides the best learning environment to prepare students to become members and leaders of the worldwide animal health care through research and knowledge exchange. School of Veterinary Medicine extended to the public for the benefit of animal and human health to meet the changing needs of Ethiopia and the world.

§  To provide effective veterinary manpower and expertise, and take part in the improvement and upholding  of animal and human health, and wellbeing through veterinary education focusing on practical oriented training and undergoing applied research in the field of veterinary medicine and animal science.

 §  To manage the health and disease of animals as well as to ensure the safety of foods and it focuses extensively on the whole chain of food production from farm to table as well as on the high standard treatment of individual animals and in a herd or population bases.

Values

§ The veterinary school is committed to the highest standards of teaching, and research and holds the following professional and organizational values.

§      Respect professional ethics

§      Responsibility

§      Accountability

§      Stakeholder satisfaction

§  To create and maintain high quality veterinary training for students via developing favorable learning environment.

§   Strive to produce knowledge and meet the societal need and academic inquire by developing research strategy and activity participate in problem oriented and basic researches.

§  To promote the animal production and productivity, and community well being through provision of continuing education and services, and transfer of technology.

§    To involve in the training of market oriented veterinarians

Specifically, the mission of the School is:

v  To provide an education program leading to the attainment of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, Veterinary Laboratory Technology and Bachelor of veterinary Science. The educational programs were designed to ensure those students:

ü  Acquire a basic understanding of structure, function, and disease processes in a variety of animal species.

ü  Acquire skills in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of animal diseases.

ü  Develop problem-solving abilities.

ü  Acquire the ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues.

ü  Acquire the skills and attitudes necessary for continued growth and development.

v  To promote research on animal health and disease, and related activities.

v  To disseminate relevant information through publications, newsletters, Cooperative Extension Service facilities, and other suitable channels.

v  To provide an educational program for veterinary technologists.

v  To support the goals of Wollega University by extending teaching, research, and service where appropriate to university programs and activities outside the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Program Profile

Currently, the School of Veterinary Medicine at Wollega University has three programs. These include Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Veterinary Laboratory Technology (VLT). The School also proposes to launch graduate programmes in Veterinary Epidemiology, Animal health and production and public tropical and infectious disease.

Staff Profile

The School offers undergraduate level trainings for regular, winter and summer programs. At the moment, there are 20 staff members (2 PhD, 15 MSc and 3 DVM). In addition, to complement existing human resources, the program will recruit qualified academic and technical staff subsequently (Table 1).

Table1: Academic staff of School of Veterinary Medicine and level of qualification

* Study leave

 STUDENT PROFILE

The School has a total of about 667 students in three programs with three enrolments (Table 2). 

1.  Achievements

The School has graduated 60 students with BVSc and 37 with DVM. The School is one of the centers where there is active research and community service activities being undertaken. So far, there has been 59 research thesis were done by the students. Out of which some are published on international and national journals. Of the researches granted by the University, two researches were completed and presented to the University’s community. There are around 12 researches being authorized and on ongoing activities. 

Community service is another activity where much has been done by the School staff and students. This community service involves the community at large to mention an example is rabies vaccination and awareness creation activity in and around Nekemte town. In addition, School staff is assigned with senior students to the serve the community at veterinary open-air clinics (Guto Gidda and Digga) throughout the year.

Facility

      1.      Veterinary Microbiology and Veterinary public Health Laboratory

      2.      Veterinary Parasitological and Veterinary pathology Laboratory

      3.      Veterinary anatomy and Gynecology Laboratory

      4.      Veterinary ICT library