The Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has called for applications to its undergraduate veterinary programmes for the academic year 2025-26.

The forms will be available on the university website from 10 a.m. on Monday till 5 p.m. on June 20, the admissions committee chairman has said.

Candidates may log in to https://admin.tnuvas.ac.in to apply. For online applications, guidelines, number of seats reserved for NRIs (Non-Resident Indians)/wards of NRIs/NRI sponsored and foreign nationals quota, candidates may visit https://adm.tanuvas.ac.in.

There are 660 seats in seven colleges across the State. Admission to the programme is based on marks scored in Class 12.

Aspirants must have taken biology, physics, and chemistry in Class 12. The marks scored in these subjects are used to calculate the cut-off for 200 marks. The university allocates 15% (60 seats) of the total seats to the Veterinary Council of India for students from other States.

The university also sets aside 7.5% of the total seats for students who studied in government schools in the State.

Students can opt for BVSc, B.Tech Food Technology, B.Tech Dairy Technology, and B.Tech Poultry Technology.

The duration of the course is five-and-half years for BVSc, including one year of internship, and four years for B.Tech programmes.

BVSc is offered in Madras Veterinary College (120 seats); Veterinary Colleges in Orathanadu, Namakkal, and Tirunelveli will admit 100 students each, The veterinary colleges in Salem, Theni and Tiruppur will each admit 80 seats, subject to approval by the Veterinary Council of India.

A total of 100 seats are available in B.Tech programmes of which 7.5% of seats are reserved for students from government schools. As much as 15% of the seats for B.Tech (Food Technology – 40), Poultry Technology – 40) and (Dairy Technology 20) are reserved for candidates selected by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. To be eligible for B Tech programmes students must have stunned mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology.