Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS) was established in 1876, when the Madras Veterinary College was  started  as  an  Agricultural  School  in Chennai to offer diploma and certificate  course  in  the  field  of veterinary and animal sciences. The institute attained the status of a college in 1903, when it started functioning at Dobbin Hall, Chennai and admitted 20 students for a three-year diploma course called GMVC (Graduate of Madras Veterinary College). The college was the first veterinary college in the country to be affiliated to a university, the University of Madras. The University of Madras also recognized the college as a centre for postgraduate education and was made as the Directorate of Veterinary Education and Research. The college was then academically affiliated to Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in 1974 and became a constituent unit of TNAU in 1976. Facilities at Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University –