| Type | Publicveterinary school |
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| Established | 1765 |
| Principal | Christophe Degueurce |
| Students | 800 |
| Location | ,, |
| Affiliations | Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne University |
| Website | www |
TheNational veterinary school of Alfort (French:École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort orENVA) is a French public institution of scientific research and higher education inveterinary medicine, located inMaisons-Alfort,Val-de-Marne, close toParis. It is operated under the supervision of the ministry of Agriculture.
This is one of the four public schools providing veterinary education in France.
The school was established in 1765 byClaude Bourgelat and moved to its current location in 1766. The school received immediate international recognition throughout the eighteenth century, and was especially famous for its collection of anatomical and natural history specimens.[1] In 2007, ENVA came close to the University; she was a founding member of the PRESUniversité Paris-Est ; she became an external school of theuniversity of Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne in January 2012.
Today the school contains about 800 students, 75 lecturers, and 45 researchers. It also contains a most unusual museum, theFragonard Museum, and a garden, thebotanical garden of the National veterinary school of Alfort; both are open to the public.
This site is served byParis métro stationÉcole vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort.
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