Glass building with a fountain in front.
Centre for Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (VHC) at Campus Ultuna in Uppsala, Sweden. Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt.

About us

Page reviewed:  31/03/2025

The Department of Clinical Sciences conducts undergraduate education, research and postgraduate education in the scientific areas of veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing. The department has 13 subject areas. We contribute to the continuous development of knowledge about animal health and diseases at both individual and population levels. The information we provide must be scientifically based. 

The department's activities mainly concern our common Swedish domesticated animal species (pets) with a focus on anesthesiology, diagnostic imaging, veterinary nursing, epidemiology, laboratory animal science, surgery, clinical pathology, medicine and animal reproduction.

Head of Department Bodil Ström Holst

Our mission statement

We are engaged in education and research within the fields of clinical and comparative veterinary medicine, and in veteri­nary nursing. Hence, we will contribute to the continuous development of knowledge concerning animal health and disease, at both the individual as well as the population lev­els. The information we disseminate to others must be scien­tifically based.

The Department of Clinical Sciences shall be perceived as an attrac­tive workplace with stimulating and challenging work tasks, where everyone takes responsibility for a positive working environment, with everyone being provided good opportunities for personal growth and development, with competitive setting of salaries.