# B.V.Sc. & A.H. — Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal at Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University

> B.V.Sc. & A.H. — Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal (BVSc) at Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India.

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- Last reviewed: 2026-10-25
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## Key facts

- University: [Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University](https://www.studentstraffic.com/university/tamil-nadu-veterinary-and-animal-sciences-university) (Public, Chennai, [India](https://www.studentstraffic.com/countries/india))
- Course family: [Bachelor of Veterinary Science](https://www.studentstraffic.com/courses/bvet)
- Duration: 66 months
- Teaching language: English
- Language note: The 2025–26 university BVSc regulations explicitly prescribe English instruction. Clinical communication with animal owners may require local-language support.
- Tuition per year: ₹12,000 (2026–27)
- Fee verified: 2026-10-25
- Intake: September
- Official programme page: https://tanuvas.ac.in/nkl_intro.php

Fee notes: 2026–27 domestic tuition is INR 12,000 per 12-month professional year, INR 18,000 for the 18-month fourth year and INR 12,000 during the one-year internship: INR 66,000 tuition over 5.5 years. First-year university charges total INR 32,710, excluding hostel/mess and INR 10 NSS subscription; fourth-year clinical examination adds INR 500. Tamil Nadu SC/SCA/ST and differently abled tuition exemptions, prescribed BC/MBC/DNC concessions, first-graduate and 7.5% government-school support are category-dependent. NRI institutional economic charge is USD 7,000 first year, USD 4,200 years 2/3/internship and USD 6,300 for the 18-month fourth year, or USD 25,000 lump sum, plus USD 2,800 one-time development fee AND usual tuition/other fees. These USD charges are not tuition-only.

## Who can apply

- Availability: restricted
- Eligible: Applicants eligible for Tamil Nadu state-quota counselling
- Eligible: Applicants separately allotted by the Veterinary Council of India
- Eligible: Eligible NRI, ward-of-NRI or NRI-sponsored applicants
- Restriction: This entry is for Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal. A seat at another constituent college is a separate campus preference.
- Restriction: Tamil Nadu state-quota prerequisites and concessions do not automatically establish eligibility under VCI, NRI or foreign-national categories.
- Restriction: OCI/PIO applicants native to Tamil Nadu may enter the Open category, excluding OCI/PIO born in a foreign country after 4 March 2021 under the prospectus rule.
- Restriction: This campus lists 6 NRI seats. NRI route:10+2 English-medium PCB in Classes 11–12, age 17 by 31 December 2026 and below 21 on 1 July 2026; selection is 50% school merit and 50% university entrance.
- Restriction: NRI applicants need the prescribed Indian Embassy status/relationship records and six-month active foreign/NRI/NRE bank history; economic/development charges are paid in USD from the prescribed account.
- Restriction: No separate foreign-national admission route is established for this campus; the Chennai foreign quota is not transferable here.

Campus-specific 2026–27 sanctioned total 106 includes the listed admission categories and is not a live vacancy count. Overseas routes are included only where this campus is named.

## Admissions

B.V.Sc. & A.H. at Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal follows four and a half years of coursework and one year of compulsory internship. Select this exact campus during counselling; the university headquarters address does not identify every teaching location.

The following are the 2026–27 state-quota conditions. Separate VCI and eligible overseas categories follow their own admission rules and campus allocations.

- State quota: Indian citizenship and Tamil Nadu nativity, or Classes VIII–XII studied in Tamil Nadu; prescribed nativity evidence applies to study outside the state.
- Recognised 10+2 academic PCB, or Physics/Chemistry with Botany and Zoology; Tamil Nadu HSC candidates from March 2019 onwards must also pass Class 11.
- Subject minimum: Biology/Botany+Zoology and Physics+Chemistry each 60% OC/BC/BCM, 55% MBC/DNC, pass SC/SCA/ST; combined aggregate 70% OC, 65% BC/BCM, 60% MBC/DNC, pass SC/SCA/ST.
- Separate 5% Tamil Nadu vocational quota: Biology plus Agricultural Practices/Poultry/Dairying, with the same subject and aggregate thresholds. Other-state vocational boards are ineligible.
- Age 17 by 31 December 2026; maximum 21 on 1 July 2026, no maximum for SC/SCA/ST. Five-year upper-age relaxation applies to differently abled and transgender applicants.
- Maximum qualifying-exam attempts: 3 SC/SCA/ST, 2 others. Open-school/private 10+2 and additional Biology are ineligible; improvement marks are excluded.
- State selection uses qualifying-subject merit and counselling. The 15% VCI allotment is a separate route under VCI rules; state-quota eligibility is not an all-India admission rule.

Steps:

1. Register through the TANUVAS admission portal, select the appropriate category and rank the exact course and campus preferences.
2. Upload the prescribed school, nativity, category and special-quota records and pay the application charge for the selected route.
3. Participate in the relevant counselling or selection process; report to the allotted college with originals, complete registration and pay the applicable category fees.

- Document: Class 12/equivalent and applicable Class 11 mark sheets; grade-to-mark conversion where applicable.
- Document: Transfer and conduct certificates; date-of-birth proof.
- Application document: Photograph, signature and completed online application.
- Application document: Tamil Nadu nativity and community certificates where applicable; special-quota proof if claimed.
- Application document: NRI status, sponsor relationship, passport, English-medium and prescribed bank records for NRI applicants only.
The 2025–26 first-year notice planned orientation/registration on 15 September 2025 and classes on 16 September 2025. September is this historical cohort baseline. The 2026–27 application dates are past; future applicants need a new notice.


## Teaching phases

- Four and a half years of veterinary coursework (English): VCI MSVE 2016 curriculum with laboratory, farm and clinical learning at the named constituent college.
- One-year compulsory internship (English): Complete the prescribed supervised internship after coursework; placement and rotation instructions are issued by TANUVAS.

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