West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences (WBUAFS) is a state public specialist university in Kolkata focused on veterinary and animal sciences, dairy technology and fisheries sciences. It was established on 2 January 1995 under the West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences Act, 1995. The university brought related teaching, research and extension activities into a dedicated institutional framework and is described by the university as the second institution of its kind in India. WBUAFS inherited a much older educational tradition through the Bengal Veterinary College, whose history reaches back more than a century. This legacy gave the new university established academic expertise in veterinary education and animal health, while the university structure allowed the state to integrate veterinary, dairy and fishery disciplines more systematically. Its faculties and constituent units prepare veterinarians, dairy technologists, fisheries professionals, researchers and extension personnel for sectors central to agriculture, food systems and rural livelihoods. The university’s mission combines professional education with applied research and field extension. Veterinary programs address animal health, production, surgery, medicine and public-health concerns; dairy education connects processing, technology and quality; and fisheries programs focus on aquatic production and resource management. WBUAFS also supports postgraduate and doctoral research, diagnostic and clinical services, farmer-oriented outreach and technology transfer. Based in Kolkata with academic and field facilities in West Bengal, the institution operates at the intersection of higher education and the state’s livestock, dairy and fisheries economy. Its specialized mandate distinguishes it from general universities: teaching is closely connected with laboratories, farms, hospitals, field stations and sector-specific professional training. Since 1995, WBUAFS has served as West Bengal’s principal university platform for coordinated education and research in animal and fishery sciences, carrying forward the historic veterinary-education base while expanding into a broader multidisciplinary agricultural and life-sciences role.