International Vet Exchange Program (IVEP) - Chulalongkorn University -

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Chulalongkorn University

Academic year 2024

Academic year 2023

Academic year 2022

Academic year 2019


 Since 2015, HU has been accepting about 4 undergraduate students from Chulalongkorn University (CU) for a month every year, mainly providing clinical training to CU students at our veterinary teaching hospital. CU is located in the center of Bangkok and is one of the leading universities in Thailand. Their veterinary education is also highly reputed. CU has a large veterinary teaching hospital and they are highly active in both primary care and referral cases. CU has a center for education of farm animals at Nakhom Pathom, about 40 km west of Bangkok, which effectively provides clinical training for various farm animals in addition to veterinary education, CU also promotes high quality research. Since 2014, we have been implementing an undergraduate student exchange program with credit transfer with Kasetsart University, Thailand, under the AIMS program “Collaboration of Veterinary Education between Japan and Thailand for Sound Evolution of Asia”. After the completion of the AIMS program, we have decided to continue the exchange program with Kasetsart University because both universities agreed on the positive outcomes of the program. Since HU is aiming at enhancing international compatibility of our veterinary education, academic exchanges between two Thai universities with different school traditions are meaningful for strengthening our global activities and contribute to further development of veterinary education in Asia. Therefore, in 2019, we started a mutual dispatch of undergraduate students with CU under the “International Vet Exchange Program - Achieving Global Standards of Excellence in Veterinary Education (IVEP)”. HU students dispatched to CU will participate in clinical rotations of companion animals and farm animals and research laboratory rotation. HU students will gain experience of primary care with which they have few opportunities in the clinical rotation at HU. HU students also learn handling of various farm animals and livestock production specific to tropical areas. This program aims at not only learning veterinary specialties but also fostering students’ international mindset through interaction with CU students at HU, with academic and support staff as well as students at CU, and through various activities including daily life during the stay in Thailand. Furthermore, as leading veterinary schools in their respective countries, we will accelerate academic staff exchange along with student exchange in order to establish a long-lasting collaboration that contributes to strengthening collaborative research and enhancing international compatibility of veterinary education in Asian countries.

 

 


The University of Edinburgh

Kasetsart University

Chulalongkorn University

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