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|Introduction= The [http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/ Faculty of Veterinary Science] at the University of Melbourne was the first veterinary school in Australia. The Faculty has a long history of excellence in all areas of veterinary science including research, teaching, clinical practice and support of the profession.  

|Introduction= The [http://www.vet.unimelb.edu.au/ Faculty of Veterinary Science] at the University of Melbourne was the first veterinary school in Australia. The Faculty has a long history of excellence in all areas of veterinary science including research, teaching, clinical practice and support of the profession. Our veterinary program is accredited by the Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Inc., and internationally by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (UK). Accreditation is important as graduation from an accredited veterinary school is required by registration bodies before new graduates can be issued a licence to practise as a veterinarian.

|History=*1887: Veterinary Surgeons Act passed in December.

*1888: WIlliam Tyson Kendall, the founder of the veterinary profession in Australia, opens the Veterinary College in Fitzroy as a private veterinary college.

*1909: Act of Victorian Parliament (no.2174) enabled the establishment of the Veterinary School and Veterinary Research Institute at the University of Melbourne—the first university veterinary school in Australia. The first Bachelor of Veterinary Science degrees were awarded that year.

*1928: Veterinary School closes. Veterinary Research Institute remains open until 1991, as the key diagnostic laboratory in Victoria.

*1963: School of Veterinary Science re-opens, in response to requests from Victoria's small animal industries to the State Government for more locally-trained veterinarians.

*1967: PhD in Veterinary Science first offered.

|Education=The Faculty of Veterinary Science is taking an innovative new approach to veterinary education with the introduction of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program to Australia. The University of Melbourne begins teaching this exciting new veterinary program in 2011

|Education=The Faculty of Veterinary Science is taking an innovative new approach to veterinary education with the introduction of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program to Australia. The University of Melbourne begins teaching this exciting new veterinary program in 2011