Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal

Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, was established in the year 1985 and is a constituent college of Tamil Nadu, India. This institute occupies a massive land area of 500. 18 acres and aims at promoting knowledge in veterinary and animal sciences. Having a strength of 468 students, the college provides a diversified learning atmosphere and is staffed with 122 faculty members.

The institute provides two specialised degree programmes: a five-year programme leading to the Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry and two-year Master of Veterinary Science (M. V. Sc). Females are 52% and males are 48%; undergraduates are 92%, while postgraduates are 8%.

Veterinary College and Research Institute also features modern installations aimed at improving the teaching and learning process and to complement the research process. The college library has over 9975 books, 87 journal titles, 2800 back volumes and other multimedia facilities.

The college students enjoy certain privileges, such as free Internet connection and computer literacy provided at the college's computer laboratory, which forms part of the IT facility of the institute. It also avails itself of laboratory facilities to enable the various departments to practically study several facets of veterinary sciences.

Interested students can be accommodated in the institute-provided hostel that accommodates both male and female students separately but with equal comfort. As for facilities, the health centre offers first aid services and the cafeteria offers foods that are provided to the students and the staff.

Sports are played in various exercising fields and a gym and the amphitheatre is used for conducting academics and cultural activities. Being a Veterinary College and Research Institute it has a two-course-focused curriculum. The B. V. Sc. and AH programme takes five years to complete to offer quality undergraduate education in veterinary science.

For the most specialised concern, postgraduate studies can be taken from the two-year Master of Veterinary Science or M. V. Sc. The total enrolled students in the institute for now stand at 457 and would like to ensure that the institute always has the best student-faculty ratio. The total enrolment for both programmes is 468 which shows that a good number of students are using the opportunity to get into college.

Like many institutions in the world, the Veterinary College and Research Institute, an affiliated college of Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai . has set the admission process in a way that it evaluates the most potential students in veterinary science. The B. V. Sc and AH programme of the institute has strict rules that 90% of the students are from Tamil Nadu and only 9% from other states.

A broader diversity is also indicated in the student enrolment, where 37% of the students of the M. V. Sc. programme are from outside Tamil Nadu. This is due to the fact that the institute has progressively accumulated recognition as the centre of postgraduate education in veterinary science. The college’s focus is to financially assist its students, most of whom get reimbursed or get scholarships.