Ss.Cyril and Methodius University - Skopje, Faculty of veterinary medicine- Skopje

With founding of the Faculty in 1991, a study curriculum was adopted, which greatly resembled to other curricula from the faculties of former Yugoslavia, but adapted to local possibilities and staff and facilities capacities. With separation from the Agriculture Faculty a revision of the curriculum was made, some courses were dropped out, and some new were introduced. This study curriculum had 5 years (10 semesters) with total number of 4710 lessons, i.e. 2580 lessons theoretical (54,78%) and 2130 lessons practical teaching (45,22%). In the academic year 2003/2004 a working group on FVM-S was formed, with task of making new study curriculum and reorganization of the teaching process in FVM-S. As basis for its work, the group used proposal-curriculum which was made within activities of the Tempus project "Improvement of the veterinary education in Republic of Macedonia" (Joint European Project No CD-JEP-15017-2000). The working group made fundamental analysis of many curricula of accredited European faculties, as well as much new knowledge in the field of biomedicine, which were not included in the old curriculum. Additionally, during the process of evaluation, the Faculty was visited by the previsitation committee of The European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education (EAEVE), where FVM-S is full member. The committee gave useful and worthful advices about the deficiencies of the education process, which should be corrected. The most of suggestions which concerned the curriculum were reviewed and implemented in the new curriculum which was in force from academic year 2006/2007. Taking into account acquired experiences and suggestions received, but also specificities of the veterinary profession in Macedonia, the Faculty prepared contemporary study curriculum according the principles and requirements of the Bologna Declaration with introducing the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) which obtained easily recognition of the diploma and wide mobility of the professors/students within European education area.The study on FVM-S with adopted changes and additions of the study curriculum has duration of 5.5 years (11 semesters), and all made changes are reflection of following the actual conditions in the veterinary profession in the country and in European Union, in the world veterinary science, and also in the social conditions, especially in the agriculture and in economy in total.