Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU) was formally notified on November 17th, 2000 & was established under the State Act No. 1998 (MAH. XVII of 1998) on December 3rd, 2000 with it’s headquarter at Nagpur. The University has been carved out of the 4 Agriculture Universities in the state by transferring 5 Veterinary Colleges, one Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary & Animal Sciences and one Dairy Technology College. Although the University is in its infancy, the constituent colleges were quite old. Thus beginning with the 5 Veterinary Colleges, one Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary & Animal Sciences & one Dairy Technology College at different geographical locations of the state in December 2000, University made a commendable progress in developing Fishery Faculty & strengthening Dairy Technology Faculty by establishing 2 new Fishery College at Nagpur & Udgir & one Dairy Technology College at Udgir. Besides 10 colleges in 3 faculties, Director of Instructions, Director of Research and Director of Extension & Training, the University has a well developed Students Welfare Section, University Library, Bio - informatics Centre & training & placement centres. With the new concepts of research & extension responsibility, the University plans to initiate & coordinate research projects with the other Universities, institutions of ICAR. Each college has some highly specialized & well developed departments which include India’s 1st Veterinary Nuclear Medicine Centre (VNMC) at Mumbai, Embryo Transfer Technology Laboratory and Mineral & Hormonal Assay Laboratory at Akola, Swine Fever Surveillance Centre at Nagpur etc. The University draws its major financial support from the State Government’s Annual Grants for meeting its expenses on salaries & recurring and non - recurring expenses relating to the plan & non - plan subjects. In addition, University also receives a major financial support from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research as development grants being a State Agriculture University (SAU). The research projects are supported by DBT, DSIR, MoFPI, DST, NABARD, Pharmaceuticals companies.

Mission: Our mission is to ensure enlightenment & empowerment of students by imparting advanced knowledge in the fields of animal, dairy & fishery sciences by adopting innovative, efficient & effective strategies. We will strive for creating rural employment economic prosperity & well being of the resource poor farming community in the state through viable & vibrant research & impact maxing extension education services, growth oriented & faculty friendly practices. We will contribute to public health research & with an ultimate aim to enrich human nutrition & welfare.