The student will acquire the following competences:

BASIC COMPETENCIES
Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of research skills and methods related to that field.
Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial process of research or creation.
Ability to contribute to the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
Ability to perform critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and with society in general about their fields of knowledge in the modes and languages commonly used in their international scientific community.
Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society.

PERSONAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES
To develop in contexts where limited specific information is available.
To find the key questions to solve a complex problem.
To design, create, develop and undertake novel and innovative projects in their field of knowledge.
To work both in a team and autonomously in an international or multidisciplinary context.
To integrate knowledge, face complexity and formulate judgments based on limited information.
Intellectual criticism and defense of solutions.

OTHER COMPETENCIES
To identify and comply with the ethical obligations of research in the field of Veterinary Sciences, especially those related to the use of experimental animals, clinical trials, handling of biological material, food safety, animal welfare and respect for the environment.