| Year | Milestone Event |
|---|---|
| 1878 | Veterinary Medicine taught as a subject to the students of agriculture diploma at the Agriculture College, said |
| 1893 | Diploma programme in Veterinary Medicine started at the Agriculture Collage, saidapet |
| 1903 | Veterinary Collage started functioning at Dobbin Hall in Vepery utilizing the hospital facilities of SPCA |
| 1904 | Veterinary Collage building constructed |
| 1906 | First batch oh diploma (GMVC) holders passed out of the collage |
| 1935 | Madras Veterinary Collage got affiliated to the Madras University |
| 1936 | Degree programme (B.V.Sc.) started for the first time in India at M.V.C. |
| 1955 | Golden Jubilee celebrations ? prime minister pandit Jawaharlal Nehru participated |
| 1958 | Recognition of the collage as southern Regional centre for postgraduate Research and Education |
| 1958 | M.V.Sc. programme started |
| 1969 | A separate directorate of veterinary Education and Research started |
| 1974 | Affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University |
| 1976 | Became a constituent collage of Tamil Nadu Agriculture University |
| 1977 | Credit based trimester system introduced for Undergraduate and Master?s Programme |
| 1978 | Doctoral programmes started |
| 1981 | Platinum Jubilee celebrations ? His Excellency the president of India Dr. NeelamSanjiva Reddy participated |
| 1985 | Second Veterinary Collage started at Namakkal |
| 1989 | A separate Veterinary and Animal Science University started for the first time in India |
| 1995 | PG Diploma programme in business management started |
| 1998 | University headquarters buildings inaugurated at Madhavaram Milk Colony, Chennai ? 51 |
| 2001 | MVC and TANUVAS accredited by the ICAR |
| 2003 | Centenary celebrations ? His Excellency the vice president of India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Participated |
| 2003 | INTAS Polivet identified Madras Veterinary Collage as the Best Veterinary Collage in India |
| 2004 | ISO 9001-2000 certificate conferred |
| 2004 | Started M.Phil in Biotechnology |
| 2004 | Started postgraduate Diploma in Bioinformatics |
| 2006 | Started postgraduate Diploma in Companion Animal Practice |
| 2006 | Started postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis |
| 2006 | Michingan state University, USA, Students attendant Externship Training Programme at M.V.C. |
| 2006 | Started B. Tech. (FPT) programme in food processing Technology |
| 2007 | New Academic regulations based on ICAR common academic regulations implemented for postgraduate programme |
| 2007 | University students counselling and placement cell established |
| 2007 | Started postgraduate Diploma in Wild Animal Diseases Management |
| 2009 | Started postgraduate Diploma in Fish Quality Management |