Education and Research System
Education at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine aims to
train students to play an active part as professional workers in many fields of
agriculture and animal husbandry. Operating on this principle, since the school’
s founding in 1941 as Obihiro Higher Technical School of Veterinary Medicine, we have
been producing many highly competent graduates for society. In 2008, we restructured
the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Agriculture into the Course of
Veterinary Medicine and Course of Agriculture, respectively. Through this
restructuring, we will be able to more effectively blend veterinary medicine and
animal husbandry in our education, which characterizes Obihiro University of
Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.
In fiscal 2006, our program (General Introductory Education through“School-wide
Practical Training in Agriculture and Animal Husbandry”) was adopted under a Ministry
of Education grant“Supporting Program for Distinctive University Education”through
fiscal 2008. This program offers broad knowledge and experience in agriculture and
animal husbandry to students, and helps them decide which area of study they want
to specialize in later.