University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

With a marvelous history of 136 years of excellence, the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore is now positioned among top ten Universities of Pakistan. Originally established as a school in 1882, it was later transformed into a College within next two decades, i.e. end of nineteenth century. UVAS was established as first university of the country in the field of Veterinary and...

With a marvelous history of 136 years of excellence, the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore is now positioned among top ten Universities of Pakistan. Originally established as a school in 1882, it was later transformed into a College within next two decades, i.e. end of nineteenth century. UVAS was established as first university of the country in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in 2002. With a motto "Provoking Potentials, Producing Professionals", UVAS has fast moved towards multi-level education and skills development institution by utilizing its knowledge, resources and skills for human resource development. In the recent years, UVAS has emerged as a hub of professional advancement in wide ranging areas including veterinary & animal sciences, animal production & technology including: biotechnology, microbiology, pharmaceutical sciences, food sciences, fisheries, wildlife, environmental sciences, biological sciences, economics & business management, etc. With over 342 faculty members including 167 Ph.D, UVAS offers 24 undergraduate, 31 M.Phil. and 22 Ph.D programs and one Livestock Associate Degrees in aforementioned areas along with 3 diploma courses and a number of need based short training and certificate courses for capacity building of the human resource in these fields.