The Department of Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences (BMVS) is an integral part of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Graduate School of Virginia Tech. The graduate program was initiated in 1986. In contrast to many departments and colleges on this campus, there is a single multidisciplinary graduate program for our college which is recognized by the Graduate School as a graduate department.The goal of our program is to provide the students with a sound background in the basic and clinical sciences and to cultivate the ability to apply rigorous scientific thinking to advanced biomedical and veterinary sciences.A basic philosophy of graduate education in biomedical and veterinary sciences is flexibility.