VetAgro Sup (38th) and national veterinary school Alfort (43rd) in the 2024 ranking of the world’s top 50 schools

The list of the top 50 veterinary schools worldwide has just been published for the tenth consecutive year. Fifty of the world’s leading universities in the field of veterinary science—from some 20 countries—are compared and ranked in the QS World University Rankings. In Europe, France has two schools in the top 50: VetAgro Sup in Lyon, ranked 38th as it makes its debut in the rankings, and the École nationale vétérinaire d’Alfort, ranked 43rd after moving up two spots.[2025 Rankings: Click Here] In the 2024 top three of the world’s best veterinary schools, the leading trio remains unchanged: the Royal Veterinary College in London (United Kingdom) retains its No. 1 spot ahead of UC Davis (California) in second place and Cornell University (United States) in third place. The United States continues to lead the rankings of the best veterinary schools, with 16 universities among the top 50. Canada has four veterinary science universities in the global top 50, one more than last year. The United Kingdom remains at the top among English-speaking countries outside North America, with seven universities ranked among the top 50. In Europe, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Italy each have two veterinary schools ranked in the top 50. The seven other countries represented (Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, and Switzerland) each have one institution ranked among the top 50. In Oceania, the University of Sydney (26th, down 3 places) is the highest-ranked of the four institutions representing Australia. New Zealand, still represented by Massey University, ranks 21st, up 7 places. Brazil, the only Latin American country represented last year, has dropped out of the rankings this year. Finally, two institutions are featured in Asia: the University of Putra Malaysia (40th place), which climbs six spots, and the University of Tokyo (Japan), which drops to 48th place (a fall of 14 spots). Seoul National University (South Korea), ranked 49th last year, has dropped out of the rankings.  

2024 World University Rankings in Veterinary Science

1. Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom (═ 1st in 2019 and from 2021 to 2023, 2nd in 2020, 3rd from 2015 to 2018)

2. University of California, Davis, United States (═ 2nd in 2019 and from 2021 to 2023, 1st from 2015 to 2018 and in 2020)

3. Cornell University, United States (═ 4th in 2021 and 2022, 3rd in 2020 and 2023, 5th in 2019, 2nd from 2015 to 2018)

4. University of Bern and Zurich, Switzerland (═ 4th in 2023, 7th in 2021 and 2022, 8th in 2020, 21st in 2019, 28th in 2018, unranked in 2017, 25th in 2016, 6th in 2015)

5. University of Utrecht, Netherlands (═ 3rd in 2019, 2021, and 2022, 4th in 2020, 5th in 2015, 2018, and 2023, 9th in 2017, 7th in 2016)

6. University of Pennsylvania, United States (▲ 9th in 2022 and 2023, 15th in 2021, 20th in 2020, 18th in 2019, 6th in 2018, 7th in 2017, 4th in 2016, 19th in 2015)

7. Texas A&M University, United States (▲ 11th in 2023, 46th in 2021, 26th in 2020, 20th in 2019 and 2022, 10th in 2017 and 2018, 14th in 2016, 6th in 2015)

8. University of Guelph, Canada (▼ 5th from 2020 to 2022, 7th in 2018 and 2019, 6th in 2017 and 2023, 8th in 2016, 4th in 2015)

9. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (▼ 3rd in 2021, 6th in 2019, 2020, and 2022, 8th in 2017, 2018, and 2023, 11th in 2016, 9th in 2015)

10. Colorado State University, United States (▼ 7th in 2023, 11th in 2022, 14th in 2021, 21st in 2020, 23rd in 2019, 18th in 2018, 19th in 2017, 13th in 2015 and 2016)

11. University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (▲ 24th in 2022, 21st in 2021, 18th from 2018 to 2020 and in 2023, 5th in 2017, 6th in 2016, 9th in 2015)

12. University of Minnesota, United States (▲ 12th in 2023, 17th in 2022, 20th in 2021, 14th in 2017 and 2020, 13th in 2015 and 2019, 22nd in 2018, 28th in 2016)

13. Iowa State University, United States (▲ 16th in 2023, 29th in 2022, 27th in 2021, 24th in 2019 and 2020, 40th in 2018, 39th in 2017, 41st in 2016, 35th in 2015)

14. University of Copenhagen, Denmark (═ 14th in 2023, 8th in 2022, 7th in 2021, 10th in 2016 and 2020, 15th in 2019, 19th in 2018, 13th in 2017, 17th in 2015)

15. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (▲ 18th in 2023, 14th in 2022, 7th in 2020 and 2021, 4th from 2016 to 2019, 8th in 2015)

16. Ghent University, Belgium (▼ 12th in 2021, 11th in 2020, 13th in 2019, 2022, and 2023, 17th in 2018, 20th in 2016 and 2017, 27th in 2015)

17. Ohio State University, United States (▼ 10th in 2022 and 2023, 6th in 2021, 13th in 2020, 8th in 2019, 16th in 2018, 18th in 2017, 22nd in 2016, 25th in 2015)

18. University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (▲ 21st in 2023, 18th in 2022, 10th in 2021, 17th in 2017 and 2020, 12th in 2019, 14th in 2018, 16th in 2016, 7th in 2015)

19. University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States (▼ 15th in 2023, 12th in 2022, 21st in 2021, 23rd in 2020, 26th in 2019, 30th in 2018, 22nd in 2017, 27th in 2016, 24th in 2015)

20. Wageningen University, Netherlands (▲ 24th in 2023, 17th in 2021, 19th in 2016 and 2020, 15th in 2017, 2019, and 2022, 13th in 2018, 16th in 2015)

21. Massey University, New Zealand (▲ 19th in 2021, 28th in 2020 and 2023, 29th in 2019 and 2022, 23rd in 2017 and 2018, 25th in 2016, 15th in 2015)

22. University of Florida, United States (▲ 42nd in 2022, 28th in 2021, 39th in 2019 and 2020, 35th in 2018, 31st in 2017 and 2023, 24th in 2016, 17th in 2015)

23. North Carolina State University, United States (▼ 16th in 2022, 31st in 2021, 22nd in 2020 and 2023, 26th in 2019, 27th in 2018, 21st in 2017, 17th in 2016, 20th in 2015)

24. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden (▲ 25th in 2023, 24th in 2022, 31st in 2021, 27th in 2020, 22nd in 2019, 21st in 2018, 28th in 2017, 30th in 2016, 43rd in 2015)

25. University of Bristol, United Kingdom (▼ 16th in 2023, 13th in 2021, 15th in 2020, 19th in 2019 and 2022, 20th in 2018, 25th in 2017, 11th in 2015 and 2016)

26. University of Sydney, Australia (▼ 23rd in 2023, 22nd in 2022, 16th in 2021, 12th in 2020, 9th in 2016, 2019, 2017, and 2018, 11th in 2015)

27. Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain (▼ 20th in 2023, 24th in 2021, 31st in 2018 and 2020, 30th in 2019, 33rd in 2017, 21st in 2016, 23rd in 2015 and 2022)

28. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria (▲ 32nd in 2023, 26th in 2022, 31st in 2019 and 2021, 25th in 2020, 33rd in 2015 and 2018, 37th in 2017, 36th in 2016)

29. Michigan State University, United States (═ 29th in 2023, 27th in 2022, 11th in 2018, 2019, and 2021, 8th in 2020, 12th in 2017, 15th in 2016, 21st in 2015)

30. University of Melbourne, Australia (▼ 26th in 2023, 21st in 2022, 18th in 2016 and 2021, 16th in 2020, 17th in 2019, 15th in 2017 and 2018, 28th in 2015)

31. University of Montreal, Canada (▲ 30th in 2023, 35th in 2022, 42nd in 2015 and 2021, 43rd in 2020, 46th in 2019, 49th in 2018, 48th in 2017, 44th in 2016)

32. University of Georgia, United States (▼ 26th in 2023, 29th in 2021 and 2022, 37th in 2018 and 2020, 42nd in 2019, 43rd in 2017, 40th in 2016, 31st in 2015)

33. University of Calgary, Canada (═ 33rd in 2023, 37th in 2021 and 2022, 42nd in 2020, 47th in 2019, 48th in 2018, 49th in 2017)

34. University of Queensland, Australia (▲ 44th in 2023, 26th in 2021, 28th in 2020, 33rd in 2019, 38th in 2018 and 2022, 32nd in 2017, 29th in 2016, 22nd in 2015)

35. University of Milan, Italy (▲ 39th in 2021, 45th in 2020, 48th in 2019, 2022, and 2023, 49th in 2018, unranked in 2017, 47th in 2016)

36. Purdue University, United States (▲ 38th in 2023, unranked in 2021, 34th in 2020 and 2022, 32nd in 2016, 2018, and 2019, 24th in 2017, 30th in 2015)

37. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States (▲ 41st in 2023, 44th in 2022, 50th in 2021, unranked in 2020, 37th in 2019, 36th in 2018, 27th in 2017, 33rd in 2016, 43rd in 2015)

38. VetAgro Sup, Lyon Veterinary Campus, France (▲ new entry)

39. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (▼ 36th in 2023, 28th in 2022, 24th in 2021, 30th in 2020, 25th in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019, 23rd in 2016)

40. Free University of Berlin, Germany (▲ 46th in 2023, 49th in 2022, 31st in 2021, 33rd in 2020, 35th in 2019, 26th in 2018, 34th in 2017, 44th in 2016)

41. Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (▲ 46th in 2023)

42. University College Dublin, Ireland (▼ 39th in 2023, 33rd in 2022, 23rd in 2021, 32nd in 2020, 26th in 2019, 24th in 2018, 29th in 2017, 31st in 2016, 40th in 2015)

43. Maisons-Alfort National Veterinary School, France (▲ 45th in 2023)

44. Murdoch University, Australia (▲ unranked from 2019 to 2023, 38th in 2015 and 2018, 37th in 2016, 41st in 2017)

45. University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (▲ 50th in 2023, 44th in 2022, 36th in 2019, 2020, and 2021, 29th in 2017 and 2018, 35th in 2016, 45th in 2015)

46. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (▼ 35th from 2021 to 2023, 34th in 2019 and 2020, 33rd in 2018, 39th in 2017, 43rd in 2016, 50th in 2015)

47. University of Bologna, Italy (▲ 48th in 2016, unranked from 2017 to 2023)

48. University of Tokyo, Japan (▼ 32nd in 2022, 29th in 2021, 43rd in 2019 and 2020, 42nd in 2018, 34th in 2017 and 2023)

49. Kansas State University, United States (▼ 43rd in 2023, 40th in 2022, 48th in 2015 and 2021, unranked from 2016 to 2020)

50. University of Prince Edward Island, Canada (▲ new entry)

Universities dropped from the rankings in 2024:

Tufts University, United States (▼ 37th in 2023, unranked in 2021, 50th in 2020, 40th in 2019, 44th in 2018 and 2022, 41st in 2017, 34th in 2015)

University of Pisa, Italy (▼ 40th in 2023, 44th in 2022)

University of São Paulo, Brazil (▼ 42nd in 2023, 41st in 2022, 40th in 2021, 48th in 2020, unranked in 2019, 47th in 2018, 38th in 2016 and 2017, 36th in 2015)

Seoul National University, South Korea (▼ 49th in 2023, 38th in 2022, 45th in 2021, 41st in 2015 and 2020, unranked in 2018 and 2019, 50th in 2017)