PLEASE NOTE: Michigan applicants must complete both a NAVLE and a Michigan NAVLE application. The Michigan NAVLE application must be submitted to the NBVME in order to have your NAVLE scores reported to the Michigan Board. The NAVLE application is available at www.nbvme.org. Click on the date you want to take the exam on the page titled "Information for NAVLE Candidates" and then on "On-line NAVLE Applications". The Michigan NAVLE application is also available at www.nbvme.org. Click on "Information for NAVLE Candidates" and then on the link for Michigan candidates at the bottom of that page.

The NAVLE application and the Michigan NAVLE application forms and fees must be received by the NBVME by the deadline dates indicated below. You can either apply online or download the application forms and send them to NBVME through the mail. Additional information about the NAVLE Examination is available at www.nbvme.org.

To take the NAVLE, an applicant must:

Have graduated from an AVMA accredited veterinary college. 

Candidates may take the NAVLE for the first time during the testing window 8 months prior to their expected graduation date from veterinary school.