Requirements for degree completion:
To obtain the title of Master’s Degree in Veterinary Science, the graduate student will need to fulfill one hundred credits in the period of twenty-four months, being:
• Twenty-five credits in courses and/or complementary activities;
• Twenty-five credits related to approval in the Qualification Exam;
• Fifty credits related to approval in the Dissertation.

Credits
Each credit corresponds to fifteen hours of activity in courses (check the course details in “Courses Offerings”). Up to 25% of credits in disciplines can be obtained in others Programs at the University of Franca or in other programs recommended by CAPES, according to criteria defined by the internal Graduate Commission of the University of Franca.

Frequency and Use
The minimum average and frequency for approval in each course are respectively, seven (scale from zero to ten) and 75%.
In case of failure in a mandatory course, the graduate student must take it again until it is approved with a minimum grade of seven.
Failure in a non-mandatory course will not be considered in the grade school record and is not mandatory attending it for a second time.

Course Cancellation
The cancellation of one or more individualized courses will be allowed, since 25% of the activities foreseen for the respective course have not yet been completed, at the discretion of Graduate Commission of the University of Franca.

Registration in the Program
The graduate student must register in the program every six months, and thereafter for each courses in which they are completing requirements for the degree.

Program Enrollment
Exceptionally, it will be allowed to lock enrollment, provided that the graduate student has sufficient academic performance in all subjects of at least one semester of the course.

Deadlines
The Program must be concluded within 24 months, from the date of registration until the date of defense of the dissertation. Exceptionally, the Graduate Commission of the University of Franca may grant up to six months of extension of deadline for completion of post-graduation work.

Qualification Exam
After completing the credits and the research project, the student must request the Qualification Exam eighteen days in advance of the intended date for the Exam. The specific form (Qualification Request Form) must be filled by the student.
In case of failure, the candidate will be entitled to repeat, once again, the General Qualification Examination, within thirty days after notification of the failure.

Dissertation
The minimum term for the defense of the dissertation will be fifteen days, counted from the appointment of the Examining Board. After the defense, the graduate student must deliver the required number of corrected and bound volumes to the Secretariat of Graduate Affairs Office within thirty days.

The Secretariat of Graduate Affairs Office will be able to issue the Master’s Diploma, transcript and other documents after delivering the documents expressed in the previous paragraph.

For more information, please contact the Veterinary Science Graduate Program Office at (+55) 16-3711-8713 or via e-mail pgcienciaanimal@unifran.edu.br