BVSc & AH (veterinary) admission 2026

BVSc & AH (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry) is the degree to become a veterinarian. The VCI 2026-27 bulletin gives BVSc & AH as 5.5 years including one year of compulsory internship. DUVASU Mathura's 2026-27 prospectus describes BVSc & AH as a 5.5-year degree under VCI's MSVE Regulations 2016, and RAJUVAS says it spans five and a half professional years including a one-year compulsory internship.

Duration

5.5 years incl. 1-year internship

All-India quota

15%, by VCI on NEET UG

AIQ seats 2026-27

858 in 64 colleges

Regulator

Veterinary Council of India

Eligibility

VCI AIQ eligibility: Indian citizen (OCI/PIO treated as General), at least 17 years old on 31 Dec 2026, and 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology and English, with 50% aggregate (47.5% for SC/ST and other specified categories).

VCI 15% All India Quota

• VCI fills the 15% All India Quota BVSc & AH seats for 2026-27 from the NEET (UG) 2026 merit list conducted by NTA.
• The VCI 2026-27 information bulletin lists 858 seats under the 15% All India Quota across 64 recognised veterinary colleges (subject to change).
• The VCI 15% AIQ 2026-27 schedule: Round 1 registration 18-23 Aug, result 25 Aug, reporting 25-31 Aug; Round 2 registration 1-2 Sep, result 4 Sep; Stray Round registration 9-10 Sep, result 12 Sep, reporting until 15 Sep 2026.
• The VCI AIQ registration fee for Rounds 1-2 is Rs 1,000 (General), Rs 900 (EWS/OBC) and Rs 500 (SC/ST/PwD/Transgender); the Stray Round fee is Rs 50,000 (General/OBC/EWS/PIO) or Rs 25,000 (SC/ST/PH/Transgender).
• VCI AIQ counselling runs on vci.admissions.nic.in, with the seat matrix also on vci.dahd.gov.in.

The other 85%: state routes

States fill the remaining seats themselves, and not every state uses NEET:

Fees (per year)

Colleges

• VCI's list of veterinary colleges whose BVSc & AH degree is in the First Schedule to the IVC Act, 1984 (as on 22.10.26) numbers 73 colleges; some are recognised only for degrees granted after a future date.
• VCI separately lists 24 provisionally recognised veterinary colleges (9 government, 15 private).

After BVSc

• ICAR AIEEA (PG) 2026, which covers MVSc admissions, was held by NTA on 4 July 2026, and results were declared on 29 August 2026.
• AIEEA (PG) fills 30% of master's seats in agricultural universities and 100% of seats at ICAR deemed universities including IVRI; for the veterinary stream the degree completion cut-off is 15.01.2027.
• UKPSC advertised 25 Group B Veterinary Officer posts in Uttarakhand's Animal Husbandry Department (Pay Level 10, Rs 56,100-1,77,500), requiring BVSc & AH and registration with the Uttarakhand Veterinary Council, with applications due by 14 Sep 2026. (news report)

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Sources

• Aiq basis: vci.dahd.gov.in
• Aiq portal: vci.dahd.gov.in
• Duration: upvetuniv.edu.in
• Colleges count: vci.dahd.gov.in
• Colleges count: vci.dahd.gov.in
• Career pg: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
• Career pg: cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in
• Career jobs: sarkarijobs.com
• Rajasthan: rajuvas.ac.in
• Haryana: luvas.edu.in
• Punjab: gadvasu.in
• Madhya Pradesh: ndvsu.org
• Tamil Nadu: adm.tanuvas.ac.in
• Maharashtra: news.careers360.com
• Kerala: cee.kerala.gov.in
• Fees: rajuvas.ac.in
• Fees: ndvsu.org

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