The history of our faculty traced back in 1820 it was during the Dutch colonization time when Dr R.A Copiters came to Indonesia to take care of the animal diseases. Then, the Netherland Indische Veeart School was established before it joined with Bogor Laboratory of Animal Diseases in 1908. Later in 20 September 1946 (this date was used as the birthday of our faculty) this school was known as College of Veterinary Medicine.In 19 December 1949 the Indonesian Government built Gadjah Mada University and the College of Veterinary Medicine which included in it changed name into Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. In 1987 our faculty got a Diagnostic Lab and then in 1992 our faculty was equipped with teaching farm. From 2001 until now, our faculty has a new building and the old building is now used as Animal Hospital.