National Veterinary School of Alfort: Statistics

Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 1944 of 3,584	In the World
# 685 of 1,384	In Europe
# 76 of 224	In France
# 30 of 1	In Maisons-Alfort
# 203 of 672	For Veterinary
Top 1-3	For 7 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

17%

Enrollment

800

Languages

French

Type

Non-profit

Funding

Public-private partnership

Highest Degree

Master

Website

vet-alfort.fr

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate	17%
Admissions Requirements	Competitive entrance examination following a preparatory class after secondary school certificate (baccalauréat) or equivalent
Academic Calendar	September to July
Enrollment	800

We've calculated the 17% acceptance rate for National Veterinary School of Alfort based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

National Veterinary School of Alfort faculties and divisions

Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up National Veterinary School of Alfort.

Deanery : Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Biology Pharmacy

Department/Division : Animal Husbandry and Public Health

Animal Husbandry Public Health

Department/Division : Veterinary Science

Animal Husbandry Veterinary Science

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by National Veterinary School of Alfort.

Programs	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Art & Design	No	No	No
Biology	Yes	Yes	Yes
Business	No	No	No
Chemistry	No	No	No
Computer Science	No	No	No
Economics	No	No	No
Engineering	No	No	No
Environmental Science	Yes	Yes	Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	No	No	No
Mathematics	No	No	No
Medicine	Yes	Yes	Yes
Physics	No	No	No
Psychology	No	No	No

Diplôme d'État

Animal Husbandry Veterinary Science

Master

Veterinary Science

Research profile

National Veterinary School of Alfort has published 5,817 scientific papers with 121,019 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Medicine, Biology, Genetics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Pathology, Immunology, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, and Virology.

Publications

5,817

Citations

121,019

Publication / Citation count by topic

Medicine	4,514 / 106,558
Biology	4,410 / 110,096
Genetics	3,245 / 89,838
Chemistry	2,688 / 75,010
Environmental Science	2,422 / 58,521
Biochemistry	2,232 / 65,199
Pathology	1,949 / 54,976
Immunology	1,823 / 50,965
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	1,468 / 27,312
Virology	1,455 / 40,885
Ecology	1,347 / 33,908
Engineering	1,297 / 34,344
Computer Science	1,132 / 28,714
Surgery	1,129 / 24,673
Geology	1,123 / 30,176
Anatomy and Physiology	1,043 / 23,537
Paleontology	1,038 / 29,062
Veterinary	875 / 23,022
Physics	825 / 18,416
Microbiology	805 / 27,619
Botany	744 / 18,481
Radiology	726 / 15,129
Geography and Cartography	694 / 13,271
Zoology	684 / 17,711
Psychology	677 / 14,272
Philosophy	649 / 8,247
Organic chemistry	543 / 13,914
Public Health	484 / 13,480
Sociology	469 / 12,625
Psychiatry	432 / 9,317
Wildlife and Fisheries Management	404 / 10,230
Cardiology	373 / 9,911
Demography	367 / 10,695
History	361 / 7,502
Urology	358 / 6,971
Bioinformatics / Computational biology	354 / 7,413
Animal Science	351 / 8,581
Neuroscience	331 / 7,213
Molecular	321 / 7,046
Political Science	319 / 3,823

Academic rankings

20 Notable alumni

1. François Chassagnite

1955-2011 (aged 56)

singer trumpeter

François Chassagnite was a French jazz trumpeter, who played with the Orchestre National de Jazz, Gérard Badini, Gil Evans and others.

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2. Henri Marie Bouley

1814-1885 (aged 71)

veterinarian pathologist

Henri Marie Bouley was a pioneering French veterinarian and pathologist. Bouley was professor of surgical pathology at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (National Veterinary School of Alfort), and in 1885, was elected president of the French Academy of Sciences. He succeeded Claude Bernard at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), where he secured a course in...

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