The University of Veterinary Sciences Brno was founded on December 12, 1918 by Act no. 76/1918 Coll. upon the creation of the Czechoslovak State Veterinary University in Brno. It was the first university to be formed after the creation of the Republic of Czechoslovakia.

Applicants for studying in a Bachelor, post-graduate Master, Master and follow-up Master degree programme must turn in their applications by the end of February. Entrance exams in the Bachelor and Master degree programmes as a rule take place in the month of June in Biology, Chemistry, pharmacy and Physics. Applicants are ceremonially accepted into the academic community during matriculation, during which they take the oath of a university student.