The objective of the Department of Animal Science is to create happy rural communities in which people and animals coexist. Students learn the science of animals, including veterinary medicine, using a variety of animal species, from laboratory animals to livestock.

As a part of the development of an efficient and functional livestock industry and animal life science with consideration given to the relationship between people and animals as well as to pollution from the livestock industry, the courses of study are designed to develop technologies and specialists in advanced science.