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The Career of Veterinary Medicine was born in response to the needs of the livestock sector of the country, the demands of local governments and the aspirations of the youth and the Honduran and Olancho population in particular. It is promoted as an alternative to combat poverty, having trained to date 151 professionals aware of their leading role in veterinary care for the health of livestock herds, companion animals and wild animals, helping to ensure public health of the Honduran people, as well as generating jobs, promoting better quality livestock products for marketing and generating more foreign exchange to the country. It also constitutes a contribution in areas where the country has a competitive potential such as the dairy, meat, aquaculture and poultry industry, among others, acting with social and environmental responsibility.

Mission

To train professionals in the field of animal health, ensuring the control and eradication of zoonotic diseases that affect animal and human populations, as well as to develop comprehensive skills and a sense of innovation in the food sector, enabling them to respond to the challenges of society.

Vision

The Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Medicine will be recognized as an academic offer of excellence, committed to the interests of the Honduran and Latin American community, as a research option and foresight of animal health and human welfare, implementation of programs and projects of impact on the food sector, promoting intellectual, scientific, technological and financial cooperation, specialized higher education system, national and international.

The Veterinary Doctor graduated from the National University of Agriculture is able to:

• Solve problems in their professional field, identifying and developing solution options.
• Undertake and innovate professional projects with leadership.
• Conduct scientific and participatory research in their professional field.
• Express ideas, arguments and messages in a clear, coherent and precise manner, using the appropriate language according to the context in which he/she operates.
• Use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) efficiently.
• Working in teams proactively

Likewise, the graduate also develops Specific Competencies, which contribute to their "professional knowledge," therefore the Veterinary Doctor graduated from the National University of Agriculture is a professional with ethical, critical, scientific and humanistic spirit that, considering the social needs, improves the quality of life of man and animals through knowledge and clinical and zootechnical skills to ensure animal health of domestic and wild species and public health, using clean, sustainable and renewable technologies; intervening in the control and protection of food, prevention of human health and the environment, acting with a responsible business mentality and management and leadership skills to solve environmental problems, based on scientific research and technology transfer.

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