École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort

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The École nationale d' Alfort vétérinaire is a specialized veterinary college in Maisons- Alfort near Paris. It belongs to the Grandes écoles ( " Great schools " ) of France and is subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture. There are in Lyon, Nantes and Toulouse, three other national universities for the training of veterinarians.

Training

The university offers a seven-year training for the doctoral degree in veterinary medicine. This is recognized in France and in the European Union. In addition, postgraduate courses are possible. The training is in three departments ( pharmacy and biology, Animal Production and Public Health, breeding and pathology). In addition, there is also a clinical department and a research department.

History

The college was founded in 1765 on the initiative of Claude Bourgelat as École vétérinaire. Your first director was Honoré Fragonard, who pulled together with some students of the Veterinary School of Lyon to Paris, where the new institution for the time being settled. On one hand, for reasons of space and also to ensure a smooth operation, she soon moved on to Alfort, where instruction was received in the fall of 1766. The school was designed as a boarding school.

Since the university has not changed its headquarters since 1766, many testimonies of the founding period have been preserved. These include some of the original buildings, a botanical garden, a sculpture park and library with a big old stock. Together with the school and the Cabinet du Roi in 1766 set up in which preserves the anatomical specimens for teaching and have been shown. From this collection, a museum, the Musée Fragonard is as still part of the university developed.