The University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest (UASVMB) is the oldest and largest agricultural higher educational institution in Romania. It was established in 1852, when Prince Barbu Stirbei signed the act establishing The Agricultural Institute in Pantelimon. It began operating in 1853. Only two years later, in 1855, The School for Veterinary Education was established.

Agronomic and veterinary education had a parallel evolution towards vaster forms, in correlation with the increasing need for specialists in the field of cultivating plants and raising animals, with the development of sciences and specialised knowledge in the two domains.

In 1867, after including forestry subject matters in the curriculum, agronomic education develops under the name of The Central Agricultural and Forestry School.

Within it, the first didactic and experimental farm in the country was established (1873), and in 1886 the first agricultural research institution in Romania was created, known as the Bucharest Agronomic Station, which moved to Herastrau in 1869.

In 1893, after separating forestry education, the school is given the name of The Agricultural School in Herastrau, and beginning with 1904, The Central Agricultural School in Herastrau.

In the following years, agronomic education developed, and its names were in turn: The Higher Agricultural School in Herastrau (1915), The Academy of High Agronomic Studies (1929), The Faculty of Agronomics – integrated into the Polytechnic School in Bucharest (1938), The Bucharest Agronomic Institute (1948).

In 1952, The Agronomic Institute is given the name of the great Romanian patriot Nicolae Bălcescu. In 1992, it receives the name The University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest.