History
 Dean’s Office of the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Tartu University in Vene Street |
Veterinary medicine has been taught in Tartu since the founding of Tartu Veterinary School in 1848. From 1873 to 1918 the school operated under the name of Tartu Veterinary Institute. In 1919, the Veterinary Institute was incorporated into Tartu University as Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In the same year, the Faculty of Agriculture was founded at Tartu University where higher education in animal science was introduced. In 1930, courses in dairy science were started at the Faculty of Agriculture, and in 1937 meat science curriculum was launched at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In 1947, the Estonian Research Institute of Animal Breeding and Veterinary Science (ELVI), an institution conducting applied animal research, was established under the auspices of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. In 1951, an independent university - the Estonian Agricultural Academy (EPA) was founded on the basis of the Faculties of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine of the Tartu University. |
| In 1960, the Department of Meat and Dairy Technology was incorporated into the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the EPA. In 1991, the Academy was renamed the Estonian Agricultural University. In 1994, the Estonian Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, and the Faculty of Animal Sciences of the Estonian Agricultural University merged into the Institute of Animal Science − a research and development establishment of the Estonian Agricultural University. The Departments of Veterinary Medicine and Reproductive Biology of the ELVI merged with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In 2005, the Institute of Animal Science, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Estonian Agricultural University and the Estonian Agrobiocentre amalgamated into the IVMAS of the EMU. |
 Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences of the Estonian University of Life Sciences, 62 Kreutzwaldi St, Tartu |
 In 2008 the new University experimental dairy farm close to Tartu was opened |
In 2008 the new University experimental dairy farm close to Tartu was opened. That farm is mainly intended for practical work for veterinary and animal science students as well as a base for several research projects. In 2010-2011 chemistry laboratories were relocated from their tight and outdated building in Veski Street to the spacious and contemporarily furnished rooms in Zoomedicum. Some new equipment, for example a magnetic resonance tomograph (MRT) was bought. In 2014 accessibility to the facilities in Zoomedicum was improved for the people with moving disabilities. In 2015 preclinical facilities, e.g. histology lab, physiology lab, etc., as well as the rooms of the student societies and the administration of the Institute were renovated. To assemble the potential of all departments under the same umbrella and provide better laboratory services for the clinical staff the joint veterinary clinical laboratory was launched. |