Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

Subsequently, being satisfied with the academic activities, congenial environment and quality educational system, the University of Chittagong upgraded this affiliated college into separate Faculty of Veterinary Medicine with the approval of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC). As a dense livestock industry based emerging zone, wide range and volume of quality livestock professionals, industry need specific research, development and service institutionalization in the entire Chittagong Division has long been sought. Realizing this potential of CGVC to enable to cater local demand, the elite society, educationists, politicians of different party, journalists, professionals and people from all walk of life of greater Chittagong brought them together to a common consensus and platform to raise a big demand and initiated a movement for the establishment of a Veterinary University in Chittagong. As a result, The Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) was established by the Act of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on 07 August, 2006 in order to confer 5 (five) years' Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and Higher degrees on various other subjects/courses/fields and to enhance research and development in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. In its initial phase of development two new faculties namely, Faculty of Food Science and Technology and Faculty of Fisheries were planned to open within 5 years of university inception.