Quick Facts

Founded in 1907 as Department of Veterinary Science

Renamed College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) in 1967

Participant in Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

Regional veterinary school for eight WICHE states (Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming), as well as national and international enrollment

Four academic departments:

• Department of Biomedical Sciences
• Department of Clinical Sciences
• Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
• Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology

Priority research and academic programs:

• Cancer: Causes and Treatments
• Environmental and Radiological Sciences
• Infectious and Immunological Diseases
• Neurosciences
• Reproductive Biology and Genetic Engineering
• Professional Veterinary Medical Program
• Orthopaedics
• Human-Animal Bond

Faculty and staff – 2006-2007:

• 218 faculty members
• 161 research associates
• 57 administrative and professional staff
• 275 state-classified support staff
• 35 residents
• 59 postdoctoral students
• 121 graduate assistants

Students – Fall 2006:

• 638 undergraduates
• 306 graduate students
• 534 PVM students

Tuition and Fees – 2006-2007:

• Undergraduate: Resident
  Nonresident
• Graduate: Resident
  Nonresident
• PVM: Sponsored
  Nonsponsored

Annual budget: $108 million

Research funding: $54 million

Private donations: $10-12 million annually