Vet Tech Institute

With a location in Pittsburgh, PA, animal lovers such as you have found rewarding careers nationwide as veterinary technicians a result of attending Vet Tech Institute. We have designed our program so that you can learn in a hands-on situation.

Vet Tech Institute provides

Individualized Career Placement

Knowing how important career placement is to our graduates, Vet Tech Institute uses a proactive, individualized approach to career placement. During their time at Vet Tech Institute, students find out how to prepare a resume, the basics of interviewing and how to negotiate a salary. All of our recent graduates are eligible to use our career placement services to help them find jobs in their chosen professions. We work very hard in placing our graduates into their first jobs and we take great pride in their success.

Financial Aid Options

One of the realities of attending any educational institution beyond high school is the need to pay for it. Vet Tech Institute understands that not all students can afford the entire cost of this education. Vet Tech Institute employes a seasoned and capable staff that have the expertise on financial aid and will assist you and your family on this subject.

Convenient Location with Available Housing

Vet Tech Institute is located in an excellent, newly-renovated building in the Cultural District of downtown Pittsburgh; nearby you will find Heinz Hall, the O'Reilly Theater, Benedum Center, PNC Park and the Steelers' Heinz Field. For students who come from out of town, Vet Tech Institute's admissions staff will assist them in finding housing.

Accreditation

Vet Tech Institute has received national accreditation from the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT) and has received full accreditation from the AVMA as a veterinary technician education program.

Veterinary Technician Programs

The Vet Tech Institute is for pet lovers. Perhaps it's their goofy personalities, or their loving eyes, but we can't help adoring animals. What about you?

It can take as little as 16 months to become qualified to work as a veterinary technician.

Here at Vet Tech Institute, we have as much love for our students are our animals. Our full commitment is to our students' success both in school and after graduation.

Veterinary technicians help care for all different animals from assisting in surgeries to monitoring sick of injured animals. While being supervised by a veterinarian, veterinary technicians take care of many things.

The tasks involved include: collection and analyzation of test specimens, taking x-rays to find problems, administering anesthesia, helping during surgery, giving injections and inserting IVs.

Upon completion of the program, you will know how to administer anesthesia and handle and restrain various types of animals, and will be familiar with office procedures, sterilization procedures, radiology, pharmacology and other procedures.

You will get much real-world experience from the externship in your last semester.

The Veterinary Technician program has received accreditation from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA) as an educational program for veterinary technicians.