History

History of the College

College of Veterinary Medicine is one of the traditional superior colleges of Northwest A&F University. Its predecessor can be traced back to the Teaching and Research Group of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary of National Northwest A&F College established in 1936. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary was established in 1958. In 1984, it was divided into two Departments: Department of Animal Husbandry and Department of Veterinary. In 1998, the two departments merged into the College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, and the name was changed to the College of Animal Science and Technology in 2002, while separated into the College of Animal Science and the College of Veterinary Medicine in September 2007 again. The college of Veterinary Medicine was separated from the College of Animal Science and Technology in September 2007.

Undergraduate students were recruited in 1936, while graduate students were recruited in 1963. A multi-level education system with undergraduate education as the main body and graduate education as the development direction has been established after 80 years of development.