Your professional home, from day one.
Community, learning and support.
All included at no cost
$FREE
The next generation of veterinary professionals shapes the future of the profession. AVA is committed to making sure every student has access to the community, knowledge and support you need to grow with confidence — before you graduate.
What’s included?
Learning and knowledge
- SIG benefits and resources including publications and webinars
- All live webinars
- Library of all on-demand webinars
- Conference and CPD events - Significant Student discounts
- Guidelines, policies and fact sheets – (e.g Prescribing guidelines)
- Australian Veterinary Journal (AVJ)
-
EBSCO Veterinary Source Database
- Emergency and disaster response resources and communications
- National news
Career and professional development
- Return to work program modules
- Leadership opportunities and holding office
- Career connect job board
Wellbeing and workplace support
- Free Student Indemnity Insurance
- 24/7 Telephone counselling service
- Mental health app and wellbeing resources
- HR advisory service - helpline and portal with tools and templates
- AVA Benevolent fund support
- THRIVE wellbeing programs and events
Community and belonging
- Join any Special Interest Group
- AVA Member Hub- Member directory and online social network
- Division, Branch and social networking events
- Policy and advocacy input
Who this is for
STUDENT
FREE
For veterinary students building their future. Start your journey today.
You want to find your place in the profession
- Access every SIG community, AVA Member Hub, division and branch events and national news. From day one, you're part of the profession — not waiting at the door.
You want to keep learning as you go
- SIG digital publications, live and on-demand webinars, guidelines and fact sheets, the Australian Veterinary Journal and emergency and disaster resources — all included so your learning doesn't stop at the lecture theatre.
You want to know support is there when you need it
- Free student indemnity insurance, 24/7 counselling, mental health resources, the AVA Benevolent Fund, THRIVE wellbeing programs and the HR advisory helpline — because study is hard enough without going it alone.
Questions?
Read our FAQ’s
Everything you need to know about AVA student membership. Still unsure about something?
Student membership is available at no cost to anyone who is enrolled in a Veterinary Science degree program at an Australian university, or in the Australian Veterinary Examination (AVE). We may ask you to verify your enrolment or AVE candidacy at any time, including when you join. If you are unable to verify your eligibility when asked, we may convert your membership to another tier or end it.
When you graduate with a registrable degree in veterinary science, or pass the AVE, you become a veterinarian member upon payment of the applicable subscription. No new application is needed; your membership simply continues. We will contact you before then to support your transition, including any early career discounts that apply to you.
Student members hold all privileges and liabilities of membership except voting and holding office. Student members do not have access to veterinarian-only tools and programs.
Your student email address, your university and your expected graduation year. AVE candidates provide their AVE/AVBC candidate ID instead. We use your student email to verify your enrolment, because student membership is reserved for veterinary students, and we may check your eligibility at any time. Membership activates immediately; you have access to everything from the moment your application is confirmed.
Yes, and there is no catch. Student membership is included at no cost because the next generation of veterinary professionals shapes the future of the profession, and we want you part of it from day one. There are no joining fees, no SIG fees and no hidden costs.
All of them, if you like, at no cost. SIGs are where the profession’s communities live, from small animal and equine practice to conservation biology and beyond. Join the ones that match your interests and follow their webinars, resources and discussions. Contact us to add SIG to your membership at no charge.
AVA student members have access to free professional indemnity and public liability insurance through Guild Insurance. It covers unpaid activities you undertake as a student veterinarian that relate directly to your approved course of study, which matters most during your rotation and placement year. AVE candidates receive a certificate of cover to support clinical placement applications. Apply here: it takes about five minutes. Cover is subject to the policy terms, conditions and exclusions.
Your student membership runs until you graduate, and then your membership grows with you rather than ending. New graduates receive 70% off All Access membership for the first three years in practice (only $266) and 45% off in years four and five ($488), so everything you have built here, your SIGs, your community and your support, continues without interruption. We will be in touch before you graduate to make the transition seamless.