Admission - veterinary Medical Sciences Dual Degrees

BSc/DVM Dual Degree Program

Preveterinary medical students who do not hold a first degree and wish to obtain a bachelor degree in the course of their studies may be eligible to do so. Evaluation of prior educational background will determine eligibility and appropriate placement within the BSc/DVM program.

Students interested in the BSc/DVM degree must submit an application to both the Office of the University Registrar and the Preveterinary Medical Program in their first term of enrolment.

Students who directly enter the third year of the Preveterinary Medical Program (eg. with Advanced Levels or CAPE ) cannot earn the BSc degree without spending additional semester(s) in the preveterinary medical sciences.

DVM/MSc and DVM/MPH Dual Degree Programs

Dual degree programs provide veterinary medical students with the opportunity of studying Public Health or an MSc in research with areas of concentration in Anatomy, Marine Medicine, Microbiology, Morphological and clinical pathology, Parasitology, Pharmacology or Wildlife Medicine while pursuing their veterinary medical education.

When a candidate applies for one of these dual degree programs, he or she must first be accepted into the veterinary medical sciences. Upon acceptance, the application is reviewed by the appropriate faculty and administrators in the graduate studies division to determine if the candidate demonstrates the potential for success in meeting the academic and time demands of a dual degree program.

Application:

Applications for the School of Veterinary Medicine are available on this website. Applications may also be requested by calling an admission counselor, writing to the SGUSVM Admissions, care of University Support Services, LLC, One East Main Street, Bay Shore, NY 11706, or via email at sguinfo@sgu.edu.

All documents must be in English or must have a certified English translation attached and must be originals or certified copies. In addition to the completed application, the following are required:

  • Application fee: $50.00 US for veterinary and preveterinary medical sciences.
    • Payment method:
      • Check or money order: Make payable to St. George’s University. Checks must be drawn on a US bank.
      • Credit Card: Complete credit card form and submit with application.
  • Graduate Studies addendum
  • Passport-sized photograph with your name and social security number, if applicable, printed on the back.
  • Financial Information
  • Undergraduate coursework: Official degree bearing transcripts must be submitted by the undergraduate institution. For those applying before completion of the undergraduate program, current transcripts may be sent. Accepted students must then submit official degree bearing transcripts.
  • Other academic work: Official transcripts of graduate course work, other coursework or academic certificates from all other institutions attended must be submitted.

Standardized Examination Scores: Official scores on either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the MCAT must be sent to the University by the testing agency. Our GRE code is 7153, and our MCAT code is 904.

  • Official TOEFL scores must be submitted if English is not your principal language.
  • Two letters of recommendation (preferably from science professors) or a preveterinary medical committee evaluation.
  • Essays: A personal statement with a maximum of 1500 words, additional essay addressing an issue as stated on the application itself and the appropriate essay for the appropriate master degree sought in the dual degree program. (Name and social security number, if applicable, must appear on each numbered page.)

Admission Process


The Office of Admission will acknowledge receipt of the candidate’s application within two weeks of its arrival.

A candidate is informed of any more required supporting documents missing at that time. A candidate will receive notice when the application file is complete. Within a month after receipt of the complete application and supporting documentation, the application will be reviewed to determine whether an interview will be granted.

The Office of Admission encourages candidates who have been approved for an interview to request interviews in Grenada and will schedule one upon the applicant’s request. The University recognizes that financial considerations may prevent many candidates who reside at great distances from Grenada from choosing this option. Interviews, therefore, may be conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East, the Caribbean or other locations that best serve the diverse applicant pool.

Candidates are advised that being granted an interview is no guarantee of acceptance; the interview itself plays a significant part in the decision by the Committee on Admission.

A student’s acceptance into the School of Veterinary Medicine is granted upon the presumption by the Committee on Admission that: (1) All courses currently being taken by the applicant will be completed prior to registration.(2) All statements made by the applicant during the admission process, whether oral, written, or in submission of academic documentation, are true and correct. If it is subsequently discovered that false or inaccurate information was submitted, the University may nullify a candidate’s acceptance or, if the student is registered, dismiss the student. The Health Care form must be completed before registration.

Within three weeks of acceptance notification, a student must submit a signed Acknowledgment of Admission along with a non-refundable tuition deposit in order to reserve a seat in the class.

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