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Animal health, food safety, environmental sustainability

Training, Research and local services for animal health and the sustainability of supply chains.

We are building the future through knowledge

  • One Health
  • Animal health
  • Veterinary clinic
  • Diagnostics
  • Animal welfare
  • Livestock production
  • Livestock farms
  • Food safety
  • Zoonoses
  • Epidemiology
  • Veterinary medicines
  • Reproduction
  • Animal nutrition
  • Blue Growth
  • Aquaculture
  • International cooperation

News

Are you interested in global sustainability? Join the UnaVEx – Virtual Exchange for Sustainability

Between November and December 2026, join the online international exchange programme to discuss and act on today’s global sustainability challenges. Apply until 1 November.

Have you heard of the Field Work call for applications?

Would you like to gain experience in development cooperation in countries of the Global South? Get ready to apply – you can now propose a position of your own choosing.

Do you travel around Bologna and district?

You can purchase a subsidised annual pass for TPER buses until 15 December 2026, subject to the availability of funds.

The call for Great-ER is open!

Take part in the free, 12-month advanced incubation programme, designed to support the development of deep tech research-based business projects. Apply by 23 September.

Events

Meeting
Chef plating

8 November 2026

Food safety: what research teaches us and the challenges ahead

In 2026, DISTAL was once again invited to take part in Agorà Festival, a prestigious cultural event in Cesena

Meeting
Young veterinarians taking care of a horse

13 November 2026

PhD Program In Veterinary Sciences - 42° Cycle: Welcome Meeting and students presentations

Like every year, DIMEVET will welcome the new PhD students of the 42nd cycle, who will introduce themselves with a short presentation

Conference

20 – 21 November 2026

“The Individual’s Voice at the End of Life: Between Advance Directives and Assisted Suicide” “Femicide and Trans*icide: The Roots of Gender-Based Violence”

Two days of lectures from the Master’s Programme in Forensic Psychiatry, open to all students and medical residents at the University of Bologna

Meeting

23 November 2026

Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Growing ideas and generating impact

Event Within the Framework of:
Student Entreprenurial Cycle 2026-2027

About us

We promote quality in teaching, research and the Third Mission through the One Health approach, in the fields of animal health, veterinary public health, food safety and sustainability.

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89.2%

Graduates in employment three years after graduation

1,227

Research outputs from 2022, 2023 and 2024

34

Competitive research projects from 2022 to 2024

Calls for applications, tenders and competitions

Opportunities for growth, training and professional collaborations offered by the department.

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