Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover

• Name: Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover (TiHo),
• International work: academic study, teaching and continuing education, research, knowledge and technology transfer, organizational development, and services.

TiHo clinics and institutes offer postgraduate training leading to Diplomate qualifications. Options include:

• the Clinic for Poultry through the European College of Poultry Veterinary Science,
• the Clinic for Small Animals in anesthesia and analgesia, neurology, internal medicine, dermatology, dentistry, diagnostic imaging, ophthalmology, surgery, emergency and critical care, sports medicine and rehabilitation, and cardiology,
• the Clinic for Horses in surgery, equine internal medicine, anesthesia and analgesia, and equine dentistry,
• the Institute for Food Quality and Food Safety through the European College of Veterinary Public Health,
• the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research through the European College of Zoological Medicine in Wildlife Population Health,
• the Department of Fish Diseases and Fish Farming through the European College of Aquatic Animal Health.

TiHo researchers induced cell death in three-dimensional mini-tumors and found that this process may activate the immune system and strengthen its response.

• TiHo's official English name is University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover,
• the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research remains part of TiHo, continues its projects, and operates at sites in Büsum and Hannover.

The International Academic Office organizes excursions and cultural evening events for international students and guests.

• members of the European Association of Establishments for Veterinary Education evaluate veterinary education at TiHo,
• the Institute for Biometry, Epidemiology and Information Processing is a World Health Organization collaborating center for research and training on the connections between human, animal, and environmental health,
• TiHo introduced Wildtier SOS, an AI-assisted app that provides first-aid guidance for wild animals.

Campus Bischofsholer Damm houses the clinics for cattle and small cloven-hoofed animals, several research institutes, and the Department of General Radiology and Medical Physics.

Campus Bünteweg includes TiHo-Tower, the University Library, the Institute for Biometry, Epidemiology and Information Processing, the Institute of Immunology, and the training unit for veterinary technical assistants.

The PhD commission reviews the application and proposed research project for the Animal and Zoonotic Infections PhD program. Smapse specialists will guide you through every stage of the admissions process.

A special admissions committee recruits students from among applicants who have submitted all the necessary documents in time and successfully passed the entrance exams. Every year, local residents and visitors from different countries of the whole world apply for the Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover students' places. We are talking about one of the most stringent universities in the world, since five people simultaneously apply for each student’s place.

Tuition fees at Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover

Each academic year in the institution is traditionally divided into classical semesters. Education is conducted on a fee basis. But each student can save a little by getting a scholarship subject to good academic performance. The cost of education in high school is $ 500 for each semester. 

• Gesellschaft der Freunde der TiHo awards scholarships to support work on PhD dissertations,
• the Brigitte and Prof. Dr. Reiner Müller-Peddinghaus Foundation supports basic research at TiHo through doctoral prizes and scholarships,
• the TiHo Young Researcher Support program offers doctoral scholarships to outstanding early-career researchers working toward a Dr. med. vet., Dr. rer. nat., or PhD at TiHo and conducting innovative research projects.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision