This predominantly online dual degree program allows students to combine their veterinary studies with a Master of Public Health, providing the credentials to work at the interface of human wellness and animal health. The degree is designed so you can earn your MPH degree in the same four years as your DVM degree, if you choose, by utilizing transfer credits from your veterinary curriculum, relevant field work, and public health coursework.
DVMs are involved with all aspects of public health, and those with the MPH degree are in demand. MPH-trained veterinarians work in environmental health, shelter environments, global health, infectious disease, epidemiology, disease investigation, disease control, homeland security, food safety and security, and a myriad of other fields. DVM/MPH professionals are qualified and uniquely prepared to integrate knowledge from both the veterinary and public health disciplines. Graduates from this program complete coursework and applied practical training culminating in the globally respected Master of Public Health credential from the University of Minnesota’s decades-long legacy of veterinary public health training.
The MPH Veterinary Public Health program is designed for students who are enrolled in an AVMA-accredited veterinary school. If you are a practicing veterinarian, please consider the Executive Program in Public Health.
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Application Deadline
Summer Admission: May 1
Fall Admission: August 1
Spring Admission: December 1
Contact Us
Major Coordinator
Sarah Summerbell
612-626-1948
peter415@umn.edu
Program Directors
Jeff Bender
bende002@umn.edu
Student Profiles
From DVM to the CDC
A conversation about a livestock virus led Megin Nichols ’08 to pursue veterinary medicine and public health. Now she helps track some of the nation’s most significant disease threats at the CDC. Read more.
Operating at the intersection of human and animal health
While pursuing her Master of Public Health after earning a veterinary degree, Kristen Clark’s capstone project created her first of several One Health jobs that have since made an impact across multiple states. Read more.
