The Department was created out of the Department of Agriculture in September, 2012. It is presently one of the Departments in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Landmark University. The Department collaborates with national and international academic, farms and research institutes for training, research and community engagements. The Department was purposefully created to produce well-qualified/competent graduates having strong theoretical knowledge with practical skills and attitude to undertake training, research, consultation and/or extension services in animal production.

The philosophy of the Department of Animal Science is in consonance with the overall philosophy of Landmark University and can be summarized as Breaking New Grounds in Animal Production. The Department adopts a special practical and realistic approach to the solution of all animal production challenges based on a sound mastery of the principles of Animal Science. This is important in order to produce graduates with sufficient technical, productive and entrepreneurial skills that will impact their society and environment positively and bring about the desired landmark changes in animal production.