Animal Sciences

Animal Sciences involves studying and applying the basic principles of nutrition, reproduction, and genetics to the production and management of animals: horses, dairy and beef cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, and other domesticated species.

• Freshman Admission: Applicants who have not attended a college or university upon completion of secondary school AND who have met all requirements including English proficiency as noted below.
• Transfer Admission : Applicants who have attended a college or university upon completion of secondary school AND met all requirements including English proficiency as noted below.
• Non-degree Admission: Applicants who are exchange or visiting students.

• Conditional Admission: Applicants who meet UK’s academic requirements for admission but do not meet the minimum language proficiency requirement or the departmental specific requirements (such as certain SAT/ACT math scores for Engineering and Nursing).
  • Students who are offered conditional admission because of English may either resubmit a higher TOEFL/IELTS score or enroll in UK's Center for English as a Second Language program. The duration of these courses will depend on placement test results and individual student progress. Upon successful completion of the English language course(s), the student will move seamlessly into a degree program at UK. This means no TOEFL/IELTS scores will be required if students complete CESL.
  • Students who require a higher math score for Engineering may submit a higher score or switch their intended major to a program that does not have specific requirements.
  • No additional application is required for Conditional Admission.

• Agribusiness & Finance
• Allied Animal Industries
• Animal Production
• Animal Promotion & Public Relations
• College & University 
• Dairy Food & Meat Science Industry

• Extension & Education
• Government Agencies
• Research & Laboratories
• Veterinary Medicine*
• Zoos, Clinics, and Animal Preserves

*Note that students completing the pre-professional option have fulfilled the necessary requirements for most veterinary colleges.

Did you know?

Our college is home to the University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, one of the busiest diagnostic laboratories in North America with over 50,000 case submissions each year. There, our faculty and students research a variety of issues in animal-related infectious diseases, toxicology, musculoskeletal injuries, therapeutics, and more.

In-State Tuition

Thanks to special agreements through the Academic Common Market, residents from the following states may enroll in the University of Kentucky Animal Sciences program at in-state tuition rates: 

• Delaware*
• West Virginia*

*Only applicable to the Animal Industry - Equine emphasis area 

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