Tamil Nadu University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (TANUVAS) is a veterinary university founded in 1989 in Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai, India.

Research farms are for leprosy bacteria, for prawn and edible fish culture, and for animal feed safety.

The institution now operating as a university was established in 1876 and became a college in 1903, with 20 students at Dobbin Hall, Chennai.

The three-year diploma course, Graduate of Madras Veterinary College, was then offered.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (i.e., Madras Veterinary College, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal and Fisheries College and Research Institute, Thoothukudi) formed the nucleus of university and the institutes became constituent colleges of the newly formed university.