It is under the jurisdiction of Tibet Autonomous Region, but is physically located in the city of Xianyang in Shaanxi province, near the provincial capital Xi'an.

According to the instruction of Premier Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping presided over a meeting of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and decided to set up Tibetan schools.

[2] In October 1957, the Central Committee approved the allocation of the site of the former Northwestern Polytechnical College in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, to the new Tibet Public School.

[1][4] In 1972, the college set up seven specialties and preparatory courses, such as politics, electromechanics, Tibetan language, finance and accounting, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, and health.

In 1978, approved by the State Council, the Linzhi Branch was renamed the Tibetan College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.