Seats to public universities are limited and even more narrowed down for universities that offer animal science and veterinary medicine. Currently, there are only 4 public universities offering this course – Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, and Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin. UPM only offers 80 seats while UMK has 50 seats. With that said, more and more students are venturing overseas to carry on their education in this discipline.
Despite the high demand for veterinary and animal scientists as well as educational funding from government, the number of seats offered in public universities is quite limited in the country. In 2009, Malaysia reported a shortage of 1,600 veterinarians.
To aggravate the situation, graduates of unaccredited courses from foreign universities could not practice as licensed veterinary doctors and are forced to take other jobs.
To practice veterinary medicine in Malaysia, a student must take a JPA-accredited course. Among the foreign universities JPA granted recognition are Bogor Agricultural University (BAU) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) of Indonesia.
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