Overview
The Department of Anatomy and Embryology was the first department established with the establishment of the faculty of veterinary medicine in 1986 as a department of anatomy and histology. In 1991 the Department of Anatomy and Histology was divided into two departments; the department of Anatomy and Embryology and the Department of Histology and Cytology. Nine master theses were achieved in the department. Six Ph.D. theses were conducted in the department. Two assistant lecturers have completed their Ph.D. theses in China.
The department has one dissection room, five rooms for specimens preservation, six staff offices, embryology lab, teaching classroom, a room for preparation of the animals for dissection and the anatomy and embryology museum.
The anatomy and embryology museum measured 220 m2 surface area. It contains 13 cupboards ( 5 for plastic models, 8 for animal skeletons, one for joints of domestic animals, and the rest containing 84 jars containing fixed specimens. It contains about 50 pictures of the anatomy of different animals' organs. Its contents used for teaching of both under and post graduate students in the department and other department in the faculty. The department staff members are six professors, two lecturers, and three assistant lecturers.
Mission
The department of Anatomy and Embryology seeks to contribute to preparing cognitively and skillfully qualified veterinarians through the development of teaching and learning methods and scientific research as well as keep up the scientific and technological updating in addition to the development of the program and courses of the department in accordance to the plane of the college and university to serve the community and meet its requirements.
Vision
The department of anatomy and embryology looks toward establishing a prominent position among the departments of the college and the corresponding colleges locally and regionally based on their contribution to the development of teaching and learning, scientific research, and community services.
Goals
- Raising the efficiency of the teaching and educational process and developing it in the department.
- Developing the graduate system and supporting scientific research.
- Contribute to community service and work toward community satisfaction.
- Improving the institutional capacity of the department.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, grants the student Bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medicine.
Education system
1- Learning language along all academic years is English, but in Arabic for University requirements.
2- Bachelor degree period is 6 years.
3- Education system inside the faulty is Credit hours system. Each academic year is divided into two semesters.
4- Student per each semester takes theoretical and practical courses, mentioned in the academic plan of education program.
5- For each course, number of hours are mentioned in education plan.
6- Student is shifted from one year to next year, in case of success in all courses, failure or absence (with or without an excuse) minimum in two courses only.
7- Student who failed in more than two courses, must re-take courses failed in and undergo the exam in the next year.
8- As for senior students who failed in more than two courses, they will take the exam in the 2nd round in September. If they failed in 2nd round exam, Statement Z will be applied on them.
9- In case the student passed in re-taken course, he/she will acquire highest “accepted” grade, if the student is absent with an accepted excuse, he/she will acquire actual grade.
The faculty offers its graduates different degrees to acquire:
- Diploma degree
- Master’s degree
- PhD degree
Terms of applying:
- Student applies a request to faculty’s Dean, who shifts him\her to department’s council in charge, as to state research’s topic and program, Finally all documents will be presented to faculty’s council for needed action.
- Research topic is stated before applying at least with two years. Committee is in charge to edit research’s title.
- Faculty’s council is in charge with stopping student’s registration for a period of time, in case of applying an accepted excuse, deprives him\her from education or research completion. This period will not be included with period mentioned in (16) (17) terms.
- Student’s registration is stopped in case:
Supervisor’s report about the student is unsatisfying.
Estimated period is ended and student did not apply the research yet.
If the committee refuses discussing research paper twice.
- Student applies 10 copies of research paper, after being accepted, as to be distributed among committee’s members and faculty’s library.
- The committee is in charge to exchange research paper with other universities.