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Hungary - Szent István University, Faculty of Veterinary Science (view source)
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==History== <!----Write below this line--->
==History== <!----Write below this line--->
In 1787, shortly after the foundation of the world’s first veterinary school (1762, Lyons) a “Chair for Animal Healing” was established at the Faculty of Medicine in the town of Pest (now an area of the city of Budapest) to provide students of medicine and surgery with basic knowledge of animal diseases and their management, an integral part of a general practitioner’s activity at that time.<br />
In the early 19<sup>th</sup> century, the rapid expansion of the traditional horse and cattle breeding on the Hungarian plains called for adequate institutional development. Accordingly, in 1851 the Chair for Animal Healing became independent from the Medical Faculty as the “Royal Institute of Veterinary Medicine”. In 1899, its status was changed to that of a Royal College with the right to issue the D.V.M. diploma (Doctor Veterinariae Medicinae). As an independent College, this school earned an international reputation in the first half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. From 1960 it obtained the status of an independent University.<br />
As a part of the countrywide reorganization of higher education in 2000 the University became the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Budapest of the newly founded Szent István University, which is also a state university. The program has been continually supervised and accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Board.<br />
In 1995 the veterinary school was internationally accredited by the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE). The follow-up visitation took place in 2004 with a positive outcome. The accreditation of the Budapest veterinary school was reinforced by the EAEVE and the FVE (Federation of Veterinarians of Europe).
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