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Wildlife Veterinary & Nursing Programs

Learn with Currumbin Wildlife Hospital

We treat more than 16,000 animals each year and offer a number of options for students to learn and shadow veterinary staff to further their studies. These placements are limited, please see below for more information.

Vet Student Placement

For Australian veterinary medicine students

Your chance to conduct a clinical placement at one of the world’s busiest wildlife hospitals. This program is for clinical-year veterinary students and is a minimum of 2 weeks.

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Two veterinary professionals in scrubs attend to an animal on a table in a clinical setting. Medical equipment and supplies are visible in the background.

Vet Nurse Placement

An exciting opportunity for students interested in enrolling in the Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing to gain industry experience in a working wildlife hospital.

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International Students

For international veterinary students

Spend a week or more with our dedicated veterinary team and learn about Australian Wildlife firsthand in one of the world’s busiest wildlife hospitals.

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Vet Courses

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.

We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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