Started about 40 years ago, the Department of Zoology comprises today various diversified disciplines – B.Sc., Zoology, M.Sc., Zoology with specified courses – Aquaculture and Entomology, research degrees mainly Part time and Full-time M.Phil., and Ph.D., and also Post Graduate Diploma in Aquaculture (PGDAQ) and one certificate course-Freshwater fish and Ornamental fish Culture. 

All members of the Department are involved in teaching and also guiding M.Phil., research work actively in different spheres such as Backfishwater / Estuarine Biology, Toxicology, Entomology Crustacean Biology, Sericulture and Freshwater Aquaculture. About 150 M.Phil degrees were awarded during the last 15 years. The Department was recognized as a center for research from 1983 under the leadership of Dr. A. Abdul Rahman, the former PG Prof.& Head of the Department, who was awarded TANSA Science and Technology in 1996 for his achievements and for his major research project works, 8 Ph.D., degrees were awarded under his guidance and Department also was given recognition for active research center.