It was a part of Punjab Agricultural University and was established on 21 April 2006[1] to serve the society by promoting the livestock production, health and prevention of diseases through integrated teaching and extension programs.

The mission of the college is to produce veterinary graduates, scientists and extension workers for promoting better livestock health, by prevention of disease, increasing production and reproduction of livestock, thus improving the quality of rural life in Punjab.

In addition the college also has dairy and poultry farms which provide facilities for teaching and research.

Various Training and Conferences are organized for different disciplines in collaboration with ICAR, ASCI and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana More than 20 courses are offered in various stream including B.V.Sc.

[citation needed] The university library has facility to collect, evaluate and organize information resources that support the curricula of the colleges, the research programmes and the general informational needs of the university.