About This Department

About the College of Veterinary Medicine

The CVM is fully accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education and is currently ranked 5th among the nation’s 30 colleges of veterinary medicine in the U.S. News and World Report survey. With the graduation of its first class in 1985, the College is one of the younger veterinary programs in the country. Despite its relative youth, it has gained international recognition on the strength of its teaching, research, engagement and patient care.
Located on 180 acres near downtown Raleigh, the College of Veterinary Medicine encompasses 20 buildings on the main Centennial Biomedical Campus. The college’s mission is carried out in three departments: Clinical Sciences, Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Population Health & Pathobiology. In addition to the four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, the college is the home of the NC State Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate training program, an umbrella program that provides interdisciplinary training for master’s and doctoral students across the entire NC State campus.

With 166 faculty members, the College provides instruction and guidance to over 400 DVM students, 80 graduate students and 100+ house officers. More than 35,000 patients are diagnosed and treated annually by clinicians in the NC State Veterinary Hospital, a major referral center for veterinarians throughout the Southeast. The College’s research enterprise is housed in three modern buildings on the CVM campus including the new Biomedical Partnership Center (BPC), a 40,000-square foot building that opened in 2017. The BPC houses CVM faculty in research laboratories shared with faculty from the College of Engineering, including the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, as well as industry partners working in related biomedical research fields.

Since its inception, the College has remained a leader in One Health, with a strong role in translational and comparative research. The College has excellent collaborative relationships with the nearby Duke University and University of North Carolina Schools of Medicine and has maintained 30 years of shared federal funding for research emphasis areas including gastrointestinal and ocular biology and disease, immunology, infectious disease, cancer and stem cell biology. Through these efforts the College prepares the next generation of biomedical researchers and veterinarians, conducts bench and clinical research to solve human and animal health problems, addresses critical ecosystem and public health issues and promotes a clearer understanding and appreciation of the ramifications related to the growing human-animal bond that is at the center of these concerns.

Our Values

We strive for excellence in veterinary care, research, and education to benefit animal, human, and environmental health. We recognize that our success in these missions is based on the engagement and contributions of all members of our college community. Our Values reflect the importance of our relationships with one another and with our work. We are One CVM. For more information, please visit the College home page.