Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering | |
Motto: | fr|Santé et alimentation au coeur de la vie |
Mottoeng: | Health and food at the heart of life |
Type: | Public veterinary school |
Established: | 2010 (from the fusion of schools established in 1979 and 1974) |
Affiliations: | Université Nantes Angers Le Mans |
Students: | 1,100 |
City: | Nantes |
Region: | Pays de la Loire |
Country: | France |
Website: | www.oniris-nantes.fr |
The Nantes-Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering also known as Oniris or Oniris Nantes, is a French educational institution. It operates under the supervision of the ministry of Agriculture. It opened on 1 January 2010 in Nantes, in the Pays de la Loire region.[1]
Oniris was the result of the fusion of the National Veterinary School of Nantes, established in 1979, and of the National School of Agri-Food Engineering of Nantes, established in 1974.[2]
It is one of four French national colleges training veterinary surgeons. It also trains agri-food engineers.[3]