Are you passionate about animal health, nutrition, behaviour, and welfare? And do you want to work with pets, service animals, exotic animals, sports animals, therapy animals, and sustainable livestock management? Then study Dyrevidenskab (Animal Science) at AU Viborg. The programme is available only in Danish, but here you can find the English description of its content.
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In Dyrevidenskab, the focus is on keeping healthy animals healthy. You will learn about animal anatomy, physiology, nutrition, breeding, housing, health, and welfare. The programme also aims to strengthen your interdisciplinary skills such as written and oral communication, project work, and collaboration.
The Bachelor’s degree in Dyrevidenskab takes three years, after which you can, for example, continue on the two-year Master’s programme in Animal Science. The teaching on the bachelor’s programme is practice-oriented, and you will work with healthy animals from day one. The programme integrates basic scientific elements such as biochemistry, statistics, and microbiology into the individual courses. The language of instruction on this programme is Danish.
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With a degree in Dyrevidenskab, you could get a job as a project manager or advisor in industry and interest organisations, work in public administration, the financial sector, the biotech industry, or with an NGO, as well as work in teaching, communication, sales, and research.
