Externships

Subject to Change – not all experiences available across all timeframes

• Large Animal Surgery
• Large Animal Emergency and Critical Care
• Small Animal Anesthesia
• Small Animal Emergency
• Small Animal Internal Medicine
• Small Animal Oncology
• Small Animal Ophthalmology
• Small Animal Orthopedic Surgery
• Small Animal Nutrition
• Laboratory Animal Clerkship
• Practice Management
• Avian Histopathology*
• Avian Medicine*
• Large & Production Animal Farm Practice/Field Services (Located in Tifton, GA)
• Anatomic Pathology*
• Wildlife Population Health (SCWDS)*

*requires faculty approval (UGA Permission of Instructor Rotation)

The UGA CVM rotation schedule is set up in three-week blocks. Most of our rotations require attendance during all three weeks of the block to be considered for acceptance. All in-hospital rotations require visiting externs to begin on the FIRST day of a UGA block. We are unable to accommodate externs during UGA Blocks 9, 10, 11, or 12 (roughly October through early January).

We begin accepting visiting student applications in the fall semester preceding the academic year in question (accepting applications for 2027-2028 in fall 2026, for example).

Please reference our 2027-2028 Visiting Extern Block Calendar below for a complete rotation schedule. Applications must be received in their entirety and approved a minimum of 60 days before your anticipated start date.

To apply, please complete our information gathering survey.

Once your survey is received, you will be sent an email confirming or denying your schedule and rotation requests within five business days. If your application is accepted, the process for submitting your supplemental information will be outlined.

Students visiting from AVMA Accredited Veterinary programs (with full-service teaching hospitals) are permitted to visit for up to six weeks without paying a fee. If your institution is an AVMA Accredited Veterinary Program but does not have a full-service teaching hospital you will be charged out-of-state tuition per week for this externship (est. @$1350.00 per week). Due to space limitations we are typically unable to accommodate requests for observation only externship experiences.

• Proof of personal health insurance coverage
• Proof of student professional liability insurance coverage (PLIT)
• Proof of appropriate rabies immunoprophylaxis
• Immunization records
• A signed waiver of acknowledgment of risk liability (to be provided by UGA)
• Signature on the application form acknowledging good academic and professional standing from the associate dean of academic affairs (or equivalent) at your home institution.
• A copy of your passport & visa information (if international)
• Visiting externs will be required to purchase a $30 UGA Id/Prox access badge.