The Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) - Nepal, began as a School of Agriculture under the Ministry of Agriculture in 1957 to train Junior Technical Assistants (JTAs) in agriculture. In 1972, the College of Agriculture was given the status of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science under Tribhuvan University. Until this time, the institute did not have its own buildings and
facilities and was operated at "Jagdamba Bhawan" at Pulchok in Kathmandu. In 1974, the institute was relocated from Kathmandu to its present site at Rampur in Chitwan District where 110 hectares of land, buildings and facilities of then Panchayat Training Center were endowed to the institute. Later in 1978, 125 hectares of livestock farm under Ministry of Agriculture was handed over to IAAS for teaching. At present the institute has its central campus at Rampur and two branch campuses. The Lamjung Campus, located at Sundar Bazar in Lamjung District was established in 1975 and The Paklihawa Campus located at Bhairahawa in Rupandehi District was established in 1978. At present, the institute offers B.Sc. Agriculture (Bachelor of Science in Agriculture), B.V.Sc. & A.H. (Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry), M.Sc. Agriculture, M.Sc. Animal Science, M.V.Sc., M.Sc. Aquaculture and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs at Rampur. The two branch campuses at Lamjung and Paklihawa also offer initial two years of B. Agriculture course. Started with a few permanent faculty positions in 1972, the IAAS now implements teaching, research and extension programs through a core of over 150 trained and dedicated faculty members at its central and the branch campuses.
