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New Zealand - Massey University Faculty of Veterinary Science (view source)
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==History== <!----Write below this line--->
==History== <!----Write below this line--->
The Faculty of Veterinary Science came into existence on 1 May 1962 in the Massey Agricultural College (now College of Sciences) when the first Professor of Veterinary Science, the Foundation Dean, I.J. Cunningham was appointed. In 1963 full autonomy and university status was obtained for Massey University of the Manawatu (as it was originally called, becoming Massey University in 1966).
The first intake into second year veterinary science was in 1964, with the veterinary science clinic opening in 1965, and the vet tower in 1971. In 1997 the Veterinary faculty moved away from the traditional structure of a dean and department to a new more flexible model which more reflected the university environment which it found its self in, along with the structural changes came a rebranding and the vet faculty became the Institute of Veterinary Animal and Biomedical Sciences (IVABS).
Over the last fifty years student number have increased from 32 to 98 and plans are being made to increase the numbers yet again to 140. To accommodate the increase in student numbers a major building refurbishment is proposed of the clinic and vet tower.
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