History

1941 Obihiro Higher Technical School of Veterinary Medicine (OHTSVM) founded
1944 OHTSVM renamed as Obihiro College of Veterinary Medicine (OCVM)
1946 OCVM renamed as Obihiro Agricultural College
1949 Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine established
1949 University Farm and University Library established
1953 Department of General Agriculture established
1953 Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital established
1960 Two-Year Course in Animal Husbandry established
1961 Department of Agricultural Chemistry established
1963 Department of Agricultural Engineering established
1964 Department of Grassland Science established
1966 Department of General Agriculture abolished
1967 Graduate School established with three Master’s Programs: Veterinary Medicine, Dairy Science, and Agricultural Chemistry
1969 Master’s Programs in Agricultural Engineering and Grassland Science implemented
1969 Health Care Administration Center established
1972 Department of Agricultural Economics established
1974 Department of Agro-Environmental Science established
1975 Laboratory of Radioisotope Science established
1976 Master’s Program in Agricultural Economics implemented
1978 Master’s Program in Agro-Environmental Science implemented
1978 Department of Dairy Science renamed Department of Animal Science
1982 Master’s Program in Dairy Science renamed Master in Animal Science
1990 Departments of Animal Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Engineering, Grassland Science, Agricultural Economics, and Agro Environmental Science reorganized to three Departments of Animal Production & Agricultural Economics, Agro-Environmental Science and Bioresource Chemistry
1990 Master’s Program in Veterinary Medicine abolished
1990 Doctoral Program in Veterinary Medicine in consortium with The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University implemented
1990 Research Center for Protozoan Molecular Immunology as a joint educational-research facility established
1992 Information Processing Center established
1994 Doctoral Program in Agriculture in consortium with The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, implemented
1994 Master’s Programs in Animal Science, Agricultural Chemistry, Grassland Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Economics, and AgroEnvironmental Science underwent curricular review, and amended as Master’s Programs in Animal Production & Agricultural Economics, Agro-Environmental Science, and Bioresource Chemistry
1996 Cooperative Research Center established
1997 Department of Bioresource Chemistry renamed Department of Bioresource Science
2000 Research Center for Protozoan Molecular Immunology accorded a national stature and re-established as the National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases
2001 Master’s Program in Bioresource Chemistry renamed Master in Bioresource Science
2002 The Center for Faculty Educational Affairs established
2002 Major educational and research restructuring implemented, with the establishment of the Schools of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, and the Departments of Animal Production & Agricultural Economics, Agro-Environmental Science, and Bioresource Science reorganized and integrated with the School of Agriculture
2002 University Farm reorganized into the Field Center of Animal Science and Agriculture
2002 Research Center for Animal Hygiene and Food Safety established
2004 Incorporation of the University as the National University Corporation Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
2004 Independent Master’s Program in Animal and Food Hygiene implemented
2004 Center for Faculty Educational Affairs renamed Center for University Educational Affairs
2006 Doctoral Program in Animal and Food Hygiene implemented
2008 School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agriculture reorganized into Course of Veterinary Medicine and Course of Agriculture
2010 Master’s Programs in Animal Production & Agricultural Economics, Agro-Environmental Science, and Bioresource Science reorganized into Master’s Program in Life Science and Agriculture, Food Science, Agro-environmental Science
2012 The Cooperative Veterinary Education Program is established by the Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine and the Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University.
2014 Reseaech Center for Animal Hygine and Food Safety into Diagnostic Center for Animal Health and Food Safety.
2015 Research Center for Global Agromedicine (GAMRC) established
2018 Master’s Program in Life Science and Agriculture,  Master’s Program in Food Science,  Master’s Program in Agro-environmental, Master ‘s Program in Animal and Food Hygiene abolished
2018 Doctoral Program of Animal Science and Agriculture and Doctoral Program of Veterinary Science established
2018 Withdrawed from Doctoral Program in Agriculture in consortium with The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University
2018 Withdrawed from Doctoral Program in Veterinary Medicine in consortium with The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University