VetNEST Summer School 2025
- 12 Countries
- 22 Students received a CEEPUS scholarship
Strong financial and administrative support
Albania
Austria
Bosnia Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Croatia
Hungary
North Macedonia
Poland
Serbia
Slovenia
Slovakia
Kosovo
A Closer Look from the Events
VetNEST Summer School 2025
VetNEST (Veterinary Network of European Student and Staff Transfer) is an association of veterinary universities from nine countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
This summer, we host our 6th VetNEST Summer School “Animal Welfare, Veterinary Ethics, and Law and Communication Skills” from July 6th to 11th, 2025, at the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest.
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Guest Lecturers
Dr.
Szilvia Vetter
Animal Protection, LawAnimal abuse and legal aspects: Criminal and criminological aspects of animal welfare.
Szilvia Vetter is the head of the Center for Animal Welfare of the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest as a research fellow, developer and lecturer of a new mandatory multidisciplinary course for veterinary students in their fourth year called “Comparative Animal Protection”. She is a voting member of the National Animal Protection Council representing the University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest…
Dr.
Hedvig Koska
Animal Protection PedagogyCriminology and sustainable animal protection.
Hedvig Dóra Koska DVM is an economist and veterinarian, currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Criminology and a PhD focused on sustainable animal protection. She serves as a professional leader at the Ministry of Justice within the Government Commissioner’s Secretariat for the Development and Implementation of the Animal Protection Action Plan and works as a faculty veterinarian at the University of Veterinary Medicine…
Dr.
Viktor Jurkovich
Animal Welfare
Dr. Viktor Jurkovich was born in Orosháza, and after his high school studies, he was admitted to the University of Veterinary Medicine in Budapest in 1993. He graduated in 1998, and immediately after receiving his diploma, from 1 January 1999, he became a member of the University’s Department of Animal Hygiene, Livestock Hygiene and Veterinary Ethology, first as a PhD student and later as a departmental staff member. He obtained his PhD degree in 2007, habilitated in 2014,…
Dr.
Anna Szilasi
Animal Protection, Law
I received my veterinary degree in 2014 from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the then Szent István University. That year I started working as a departmental veterinarian at the Department of Pathology. After that, under the supervision of Dr. Gyula Balka, I worked as a PhD student from September 2015, then as a departmental veterinarian from 2018, then as an assistant professor, and from 2022 as an assistant professor at the Department of Pathology of the University of Veterinary Medicine,…
Classes and Workshop
During the teaching units, the focus is on dialogue between students with different cultural backgrounds in order to promote reflective, critical and interdisciplinary thinking. The summer school is intended to help them better recognize, manage and communicate potential challenges in their future working lives.
Practice makes perfect
Trip to the Farm
Hands on experience
VetNEST in livestock practicum
The focus of the interdisciplinary VetNEST Summer School is on the areas of animal welfare, veterinary ethics, law and communication. In addition to theory on the various subject areas, the one-week program also includes practical units on the VetFarm, a teaching and research farm of the Vetmeduni am Kremesberg, as well as group work and discussions. Animal welfare parameters in cattle are evaluated and discussed on site in order to meet the increasingly important demands of animal welfare in agriculture as a veterinarian.
VetNEST (Veterinary Network of European Student and Staff Transfer) was founded in 1993 and is an association of veterinary universities from nine countries in Central and Eastern Europe.
Note: The VetNEST Summer School is an elective subject with 3 ECTS credits that can be counted towards the students’ curriculum. The costs of the Summer School teaching and meals are covered by a CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) scholarship.
Fun Activities
How to apply?
Requirements for application document:
- background information about the student
- name
- university
- semester
- any specific specialization/interests before and/or during study
- statement of interest/motivation to participate at the VetNEST summer school 2024
- expectations on the VetNEST summer school 2024 and its specific topics on animal welfare, ethics, law and communication skills
Our Schedule
Take a look at our time table with all the scheduled lectures and topics.
The Perfect Location
From July 6 to 11, 2025, the VetNEST Summer School “Animal Welfare, Veterinary Ethics, and Law and Communication Skills” will take place at the University of Veterinary Medicine
University in Budapest, Hungary, will offer international students numerous lectures and practical teaching units.
