Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University offers a foot-in-the-door opportunity for UVM students. Students in their sophomore year will be able to apply directly to Tufts, and, if accepted, will be guaranteed admission to Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine after completing their B.S. degree at UVM.  See Tufts Early Acceptance information.

Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is located in a beautiful New England setting in North Grafton, Massachusetts, west of Boston. The 585-acre campus includes the Tufts-New England Veterinary Medical Center's Hospital for Large Animals, the Foster Hospital for Small Animals, the Cornelius Thibeault Equine Outpatient Clinic, the Issam Fares Equine Sports Medicine Program, the Harrington Oncology Program, the Amelia Peabody Pavilion, the Jean Mayer Administration Building, the Franklin M. Loew Veterinary Medical Education Center, the Bernice Barbour Wildlife Medicine Building, the David Mcgrath Veterinary Teaching Laboratory, and a 250-acre working farm. The school also maintains the Tufts Ambulatory Farm Clinic in Woodstock, Connecticut and the Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service in Walpole, Massachusetts.
 
Tufts is a student-centered school with an innovative flexible curriculum offering both electives and selectives in addition to a balanced core experience. They have developed five signature programs that push the traditional boundaries of veterinary medicine: International Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Medicine, Equine Sports Medicine, Veterinary Biotechnology, and Ethics and Values in Veterinary Medicine.

 - adapted from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University Web Homepage