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Welcome to Purdue Animal Sciences

Animal Sciences

What We Do

Animal Sciences facilitates scientific research and technology transfer for efficient and sustainable production of high quality animal products with optimal animal well-being, enhancement of the human diet and advancement of sound environmental practices.

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Contact:
Fawne Richert
(765) 494-4863
ansc4you@purdue.edu

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PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS - UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

INTERESTED IN VISITING PURDUE ANIMAL SCIENCES?

We offer 1-hour, personalized sessions with a staff member and a tour of our facilities by an Animal Sciences Ambassador. If interested in visiting us, please fill out this form.

Note: We do not offer tours during summer, student holidays and Purdue employee holidays.

Animal sciences PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Concentrations for the Animal Sciences Major

Minor in Animal Sciences

Student Handbook for Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Animal Sciences - August 2025 This handbook provides many details about the options in the Department of Animal Sciences.

Animal Sciences Career Services

Purdue Undergraduate Admissions Web Site - For information about applying to Purdue, expenses, campus life, financial aid, schools and majors and many other things.

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Life at Purdue

Whether pursuing current interests or exploring new ones, students make friends and establish their on-campus community by getting involved. As a Big Ten university with over 40,000 undergraduate students from across the country and around the world, there are literally thousands of things to do at Purdue.

Helpful Information

The cost varies depending on factors such as where a student chooses to live, travel expenses, food costs, enrollment in a specific program, etc.

Check out the scholarships available through the university. There are also lots of opportunities to work, which can help cover the cost of your degree.

The impact of Purdue Agriculture reaches all over the globe. Our graduates are being placed in Indiana, nationally and internationally.

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Featured Stories

Four Purdue Animal Sciences students stand on the stairs inside Creighton Hall holding their winning art pieces from the department’s second annual art show. The photo shows colorful paintings and photographs as the students smile, celebrating their creativity and achievements.

Second annual Animal Sciences Art Show showcases student talent

Students displayed artwork celebrating creativity beyond the classroom in Animal Sciences.

Jackie Mudd stands beside a Holstein cow wearing a numbered tag at the Young Breeders School in Belgium. She’s smiling and holding the cow’s halter in front of a stage decorated with sunflowers, greenery and event banners.

Meet alumna Jackie Mudd: From dairy farm roots to global dairy leadership

Purdue Animal Sciences alumna Jackie Mudd is building a future in the dairy industry through...

Swinging big: Balancing golf, research and biological engineering at Purdue

She chose Purdue for the chance to pursue an agriculture/engineering degree while also competing...

When passions connect: insect biology meets history

Her love for insects started early. “From the moment I could walk, I was outside looking at...

Student wearing a white T-shirt works on a laptop covered in Purdue stickers while sitting at a table with a notebook open. The background shows other students studying in a large, well-lit space.

2025–26 Animal Sciences scholarship recipients announced

Purdue Animal Sciences awarded $72,200 in scholarships to students for the 2025–26 school...

The art of nature

Purple coneflower, yellow black-eyed Susan, pink sweet Joe-Pye-weed and orange butterfly milkweed...