School of Engineering, Architecture, and Natural Sciences
RPC-SO-10-No.144-2025
Veterinary Medicine
The Veterinary Medicine program prepares well-rounded professionals capable of developing solutions that contribute to the health and well-being of animals, in accordance with the ethical and scientific standards required by public health and by the national and international market.
Mode of study
In-person
Duration
4.5 years
Why study Veterinary Medicine at ECOTEC?
Ranked among Ecuador's top private universities, ECOTEC integrates international academic quality standards (QS Stars, Times Higher Education, Innovatec) with a holistic education vision. We stand as a benchmark among Ecuadorian universities committed to innovation, sustainability, and global employability.
Degree awarded: Veterinarian
THE FUTURE OF
VETERINARY MEDICINE
Academic and Scientific Council
Supported by top-level professionals throughout the Costa region, providing legitimacy and excellence to our academic training.
Cutting-edge technology for real-world learning
Experience unique learning environments with the Marshall simulator and the exclusive K9 Diesel simulator, the only one in Ecuador, as well as specialized veterinary simulation, biology, biochemistry, and animal morphology laboratories.
Global connections for your future
We have more than 20 active agreements for internships and national and international collaboration.
Admission Requirements
Color copy of the national identity card or citizenship card, or passport for international applicants.
Copy of high school transcript or academic record.
Updated digital photograph.
Graduate Profile
Carry out processes of analysis and interpretation of information in diverse contexts, promoting the assessment of data to make well-founded judgments, while maintaining a reflective and respectful approach toward different viewpoints for the purpose of contributing effective solutions to complex problems.
Effectively lead work teams, assuming commitments that contribute to the improvement and development of an organization, promoting collaborative leadership to strengthen cohesion and achieve common objectives, with an ethical and responsible attitude in joint decision-making for conflict resolution.
Generate original ideas in diverse contexts, promoting the association of concepts and the identification of relationships among factors to address challenges innovatively, while maintaining an open and flexible attitude toward change with a critical approach to implementing original and creative solutions.
Develop a logical and structured sequence of research processes autonomously and creatively to generate new knowledge and apply and strengthen existing knowledge, collecting and analyzing data clearly and coherently, while maintaining a critical and ethical approach throughout all stages of the research process.
Analyze the structures and functions of the animal organism, as well as their relationship with pathological processes, to identify critical factors in internal medicine and components associated with those pathologies, implementing clinical and surgical protocols grounded in scientific evidence and maintaining a critical and reflective attitude that allows the design of continuous improvement programs to optimize results in veterinary medical practice.
Prepare detailed clinical diagnoses through semiology and the interpretation of diagnostic tests, integrating knowledge of tropical diseases, proposing complex differential diagnoses with a multidisciplinary approach, applying advanced criteria for disease analysis, and promoting informed decision-making based on clinical data and scientific evidence.
Develop strategies for the management and conservation of wildlife and captive fauna, applying ecological knowledge and specialized techniques, designing conservation projects based on scientific results, and promoting a critical and reflective attitude toward the continuous improvement of biodiversity conservation efforts.
Collect animal health data using epidemiological and biostatistical tools, interpret scientific information to propose evidence-based animal health policies and strategies, and foster an ethical and reflective attitude in decision-making to improve veterinary public health and animal welfare.