Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

History The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was the first institution to prepare veterinarians in Portugal. It was created by the King D. Manuel in 1830 with the decree issued in the Gazeta de Lisboa issued on the 7th April. Its first name was Real Escola de Veterinaria - Royal School of Veterinary. The veterinary school was fused with the agronomic studies from 1852 to 1910, when it was established as the School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1918 the school was integrated in the university teaching model and named Escola Superior de Medicina Veterinaria - High School of Veterinary Medicine. In 1930 along with four more schools, ESMV founds the Technical University of Lisbon - Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa. Finally in the 1st of August 1989 the school adopts its present name Faculdade de Medicina Veterinaria (FMV) - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Mission and objectives The mission of FMV, according with their Statutory Decree (6 February 2003) is to work for the quality and...