VetMatch

The externship marketplace for veterinary education.

Connecting veterinary students with externship opportunities — and giving practices and academic programs the tools to manage placements efficiently. Purpose-built for the way veterinary education actually works.

Externship Search Applications Interview Scheduling Placement Tracking Practice Profiles

Externship Listings

SA
Small Animal Internal Medicine Externship
BluePearl Pet Hospital · Houston, TX · 4 weeks · Stipend
Open
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Equine Surgery & Medicine Rotation
Rood & Riddle · Lexington, KY · 2 weeks
Open
Cp
Clinical Pathology Externship
IDEXX Laboratories · Remote/On-site · 3rd–4th year
Applied

vet-match.com · WCAG 2.1 AA · PWA

Built for every stakeholder in veterinary externships

VetMatch serves students, practices, and academic programs — each with a dedicated interface designed for their specific role in the externship process.

For Students

Find and apply to externships in one place

VetMatch gives veterinary students a dedicated portal to discover opportunities, apply with a single profile, and track every application through each stage — with automated email updates at each step.

Discover opportunities: Browse by specialty, practice type, duration, year requirement, and stipend.

Application pipeline: Track status from Pending through Interview and Confirmed in your dashboard.

Interview scheduling: Select from employer-provided time slots and receive Zoom links automatically.

.edu verified: Registration requires an institutional email, ensuring all applicants are enrolled students.

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For Practices

Manage applicants and coordinate interviews

Veterinary practices maintain full clinic profiles, post detailed externship listings, and manage the entire applicant pipeline from one dashboard — with interview coordination and post-externship review collection built in.

Clinic profiles: Detailed practice pages visible to students browsing externship opportunities.

Applicant management: Review applicants, flag favorites, download resumes, and move candidates through stages.

Interview coordination: Propose time slots with automatic Zoom link generation for confirmed interviews.

Multi-clinic accounts: Corporate groups manage all locations under a single login.

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For Academic Programs

Track placements and support accreditation

Academic programs gain full visibility into student externship activity and placement records that satisfy accreditation documentation requirements — replacing manual spreadsheet coordination entirely.

Student eligibility filters: Define which students can access which externship types based on year and program.

Placement verification: Logs and records that demonstrate externship completion for accreditation.

Curated clinic access: Control which practices are visible and available to your students.

For Educators
Student Experience

For students: find and apply to externships in one place

VetMatch gives veterinary students a dedicated portal to discover externship and internship opportunities, apply with a single profile, track application status through every stage, and coordinate interviews — all with automated email updates at each step.

Discover opportunities: Browse postings filtered by specialty, practice type, duration, year requirement, and stipend.

Application pipeline: Track status from Pending through Reviewing, Interview, Offered, and Confirmed in your dashboard.

Interview scheduling: Select from employer-provided time slots; receive Zoom links for confirmed interviews automatically.

.edu verified: Registration requires an institutional email, ensuring all applicants are enrolled veterinary students.

Your Application Dashboard

SA
Small Animal Internal Medicine Externship
BluePearl Pet Hospital · Houston, TX
Interview
Eq
Equine Surgery & Medicine Rotation
Rood & Riddle · Lexington, KY
Reviewing
Cp
Clinical Pathology Externship
IDEXX Laboratories · Remote/On-site
Applied

Practice Dashboard

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Manage Applicants
Review, flag favorites, download resumes
Int
Interview Coordination
Propose slots · Auto Zoom link generation
Rv
Public Reviews
Moderated student feedback after completion
Grp
Multi-Clinic Accounts
Corporate groups · Single login for all sites
Practice & School Experience

For practices and academic programs

Veterinary practices maintain full clinic profiles, post detailed externship listings, and manage the entire applicant pipeline. Academic programs gain visibility into student activity and placement records that satisfy accreditation documentation requirements.

For practices: Clinic profiles, multi-site listings, applicant management, interview coordination, post-externship reviews, and private student feedback.

For academic programs: Student eligibility filters, placement verification logs, and curated clinic access — reducing manual coordination via email or spreadsheet.

Multi-clinic accounts: Corporate veterinary groups can manage all locations under a single login, with seamless mid-session clinic switching.

Built to meet modern standards

VetMatch is a progressive web app accessible from any modern browser. No installation required for students or practices.

WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility

VetMatch is built to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards, ensuring the platform is usable by all students and clinic staff regardless of ability.

Progressive Web App

Available as a PWA — students and practices can install VetMatch on any device from the browser, with offline support for key features.

Secure by Design

Resumes are stored securely and never made publicly accessible. Student data is isolated per institution. None of our products sell or share personal information.

Start matching students with externships today.

VetMatch is live at vet-match.com. Students can sign up immediately with their institutional email. Practices and schools can reach out to get listed.