University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

With a marvelous history of 137 years of excellence, the University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore is now positioned among top ten Universities of Pakistan. It was originally established as a school in 1882 and later on it was transformed into a College within next two decades, i.e. end of nineteenth century. The College of Veterinary Sciences (CVS), Lahore was also a part of University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. In 2002, the CVS was upgraded and the UVAS was established as first university of the country in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences. With a motto "Provoking Potentials, Producing Professionals", UVAS has 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, zoology, botany, poultry sciences, dairy technology, animal nutrition, livestock production, economics & business management, etc. With over 342 faculty members including 167 Ph.D,  UVAS offers 24 undergraduate, 31 M.Phil. and 23 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.

The UVAS is among top ten universities of the Pakistan as per last Ranking announced by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan and is also among top 450 Asian Universities of the World as per QS and Times Higher Education Rankings for the year 2019. We also feel proud to be ranked among 201-300 Universities of the world as per THE University Impact Rankings, 2019. The UVAS is also taking care of international students and they are warmly welcomed to join UVAS in undergraduate and post graduate programs. Currently, there is no extra fee for international students in the university. This exemption of fee for International students opened new  doors for the international students with financial limitations as well.