Study Programme | Postgraduate Poultry Health Sciences

1st YEAR
(credits: 10; total student workload: 300h)

  • Basic Avian Sciences: Embryology, Anatomy, Physiology, Immunology, Breeding & Genetics
  • Poultry Production, Management, Husbandry & Biosecurity
  • Gut Health & Nutrition 

2nd YEAR
(credits: 10; total student workload: 300h)

  • Scientific Methods & Reasoning
  • Treatment & Prevention
  • Diseases of Poultry

3rd YEAR
(credits: 10; total student workload: 300h)

  • Poultry Behaviour & Welfare
  • Food Safety
  • Externship

Poultry Health Sciences brochure

Learn more about the Postgraduate course Poultry Health Sciences by downloading our brochure.

Class Timetables

Courses are organized as instructor-led and facilitated e-learning in the period October – April. Students will be able to study and review course materials during their own time. Note that a limited number classes may require attendance at online live lectures given by a professor given at a set time.

Practical exercises of the postgraduate Poultry Health Sciences are offered at a set time in enterprises in situ though, within periods of one week twice per academic year (first and second year of the programme) or once per academic year (third year of the programme). Attendance at practical exercises is compulsory for all students.

Enrolment for the Postgraduate course in Poultry Health Sciences includes compulsory mobility for students to follow the practical trainings and to take the exams.

Exam Timetables

Periodic evaluation in the first-term examination period will be organised onsite (programme Europe: Merelbeke (Belgium); programme Asia: Bangkok (Thailand); programme Latin America: Sao Paolo (Brasil)) in the period May 1st – June 30th.

Periodic evaluation in the second-term examination period will be organized in the period August 1st – September 15th in Merelbeke (Belgium) for all programmes.