About  

History

1992

Established 

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mahanakorn University of Technology was founded in 1992 by Professor Dr. Yongyut Sajjawanich, D.V.M. His motivation was to help relieve the burden on public universities in producing veterinary graduates by establishing at the faculty at a private university. He wanted to meet the needs of Thailand, which has had continuous and rapid growth of the livestock industry. He invited associate professor Dr. Damrong Phrueksarat to serve as the first dean of the faculty.

First generation of students 

The faculty accepted 10 students for the 1992 academic year, and it has a total of more than 800 students now. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine strives for continuous development of teaching and research and with the vision of “knowing the truth, thinking about it, doing it well, having ethics.” The Faculty is therefore committed to continuous self-improvement and to support academic teaching combined with social services in professional fields

1996

Opening of a small pet hospital 

A small pet hospital was established in 1996, and it has improved to support more teaching and learning. It became a veterinary teaching hospital for small animals in 2008.

1997

Established an animal disease diagnosis center 

Animal Diagnosis Center was founded in 1997.

1998

Experimental animal housing 

A small animal laboratory facility was opened in 1998.

2000

Classroom building I 

Construction of Building I was completed in 2000 for use as a large pet hospital.

2007

First academic meeting 

The faculty organized the first veterinary academic conference in 2007.

2008

The faculty building R 

The university constructed Building R for use in teaching veterinary students, academic services, and social services in 2008.

2009

Become a member of Asian Association Veterinary School 

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mahanakorn University of Technology became a member of the Asian Association Veterinary School, which coordinates academic cooperation for educational institutions at the Asia regional level in 2009.

Open M.Sc. course (Animal Biotechnology) 

The Faculty started to offer a M.Sc. program (Animal Biotechnology) and the Higher Education Commission of Thailand has certified the program since the 2009 academic year onwards.

2011

Listed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) 

The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Mahanakorn University of Technology has been accepted into the list of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in 2011

2014

Small Animal Teaching Hospital Outpatient Animal Building 

 

2015

Large Animal Teaching Hospital 

 

2018

Start to offer a Bachelor of Science in Animal Nursing 

The Faculty has opened applications for students in the Bachelor of Science program. Field of Study: Animal Nursing in 2018.