PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF 1983-1991 GRADUATE S OF THE VETERINARY-COLLEGE-OF-NANTES (FRANCE) IN 1992

In 1992, a questionnaire was sent to the graduates who entered the Vet erinary College of Nantes. It was about their professionnal situation, elective course at the College and post-graduate curriculum. This sur vey concerns students beginning their curriculum between 1979 (foundat ion year of the college) and 1987 (n = 1109). The purpose of the surve y was descriptive. The analysis was based on 560 answers. The sample w as structured like the target population during scolarship with respec t to three criterions : year of admission, sex and elective course. In this sample, professional status were more stable in graduates who en tered the College in the early years. They were distributed between << small animal exclusive>> (31 p. cent), <<small animal predominent>> (1 5 p. cent), <<balanced small/large animal>> (6 p. cent), <<large anima l predominent>> (15 p. cent), <<others>> : large animal exclusive, equ ine exclusive, intensive animal productions, other mixed (7 p cent), < <administrative employment>> (16 p. cent) and <<industrial employment> > (16 p. cent). Female professionals are more attracted by canine prac tice and administrative employment. A large diversity of post-graduate curiculum are recorded. They concerned especially administrative and industrial employments.