The Department was established in the year 2014-15 and is equipped with good laboratory facilities with advanced laboratory equipments. Department also having a museum, which has a wide collection of specimens such that one can have a live exposure to specimens. Department is also having a working stock of Drosophila melanogaster. The Department is having a foresight of developing Research Activities in Zoology along with the academics.
Getting M. Sc., Zoology degree avails you wide opportunities in different streams like, teaching, research, sericulture board, Zoological Survey of India, Zoo authority, Museum Curator, IFS, DFRO, CFTRI, clinical diagnosis, pathology, medical coding, biochemical analyst etc.
The result of the Department is 100% and Ms. Pooja has cleared K SET in 2019 and in the year 2020, Mr. Chikkadevegowda has got University cash prize for scoring highest marks in Molecular Endocrinology paper and Ms. Sumaya Banu bagged University cash prize for scoring highest marks in Reproductive Biology paper in the year 2021. Department has been recognised as a Research Centre from University of Mysore from 2020-21.