There are 4 majors in the department. They are Animal Medicine, Pet Care and Training, Aquaculture Technology, and Pet Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology. The major of Animal Medicine is a first-class major in Shanghai's higher vocational colleges. There are 13 experimental training rooms in the department,  including an animal training hospital and an animal comprehensive training base. The department has 33 faculty members, including a professor, 6 associate professors, and more than 900 students.

Teachers of the department have published more than 60 teaching and scientific research papers, and edited more than 40 higher vocational textbooks.The department has a veterinary medicine master studio, two municipal-level quality courses, and veterinary assistant training courses introduced from America. In addition, the department also has a municipal-level teaching team of veterinary medicine, a municipal-level teaching innovation team of pet care and training, and a municipal-level pet diagnosis and treatment teaching innovation team. The employment rate of graduates has exceeded 98% for three consecutive years.

The teaching teams and individuals of the department have successively won the nominations of municipal Four Possess Teacher, Education Pioneer,Outstanding Instructor, and the Excellent Instructor of Shanghai Division of the China International Internet Plus College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. In the past 5 years, the teaching teams and individuals of the department have won nearly 40 provincial and ministerial-level awards, including gold, silver and bronze awards in the Shanghai Division, and the national bronze awards of the China International Internet Plus  College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, the first prize of the National Vocational College Pet Grooming Skills Competition, the second group prize of the Imaging Skills Competition, the third group prize of the National Vocational College Student Aquatic Skills Competition, and the second group prize of the National College Student Animal Epidemic Prevention Vocational Skills Competition won the second prize of the group.