Associations and Clubs

The many sports clubs spread across the two campuses allow students to continue playing or discover a new sport: soccer (women’s/men’s), handball (women’s/men’s), basketball (women’s/men’s), rugby, badminton, volleyball, rock climbing, dance, Zumba, scuba diving, sailing, cheerleading, and more…
Oniris VetAgroBio has a sports field with synthetic turf specially designed for soccer and rugby, as well as a recently renovated gym.
Students can also take advantage of the sports offered by the SUAPS (University Physical Activity and Sports Service) for about 50 euros per year for three activities.

All clubs are coordinated by the BDS (Sports Office).

• Diving
• Basket-Ball
• Boating Club (sail)
• Rock Climbing
• Women Football
• Men Football
• Futsal
• Handball
• Rugby
• Surfing
• Ultimate
• Volleyball
• Zumba
• Badminton

Through numerous student clubs (music, photography, theater, film, cabaret, podcasting, board games, wine tasting, etc.), culture and the arts thrive on our campuses.

Various performances open to the public (café-theater, cabaret nights, etc.) regularly punctuate the academic year.

All clubs are coordinated by the BDA (Arts Office).

• Art at Craft
• Music
• Orchestra
• Phot'oniris
• Regie
• Theater
• Modern Dance
• Bachata / Salsa
• WomenCabaret
• Men Cabaret 
• Cabouret
• Urban Dance
• Pompom
• Rock
• Sequin Team 

Through various student associations and with the support of our faculty, Oniris School is firmly committed to international engagement:

• Welcoming international students (master’s students, doctoral candidates, Erasmus+ participants, veterinary interns, etc.) through dedicated events or organized tours of Nantes.
• A student exchange week coordinated by the students themselves, as part of our partnership with the University of Giessen’s veterinary school in Germany.
• Student exchange programs organized by the International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA).

• Giessen
• IVSA (International Veterinary Students Association)

Students are immersed in a “civic-minded school” focused on helping others, through various initiatives that promote social and charitable actions:

• VPT (Veterinarians for All), an association of veterinary students that provides animal care for people in precarious situations.
• VOSF (Vet’Oniris Sans Frontières), a partner of the NGO Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières and the SPA de Loire-Atlantique, an organization that offers solidarity trips focused on veterinary work, conferences, and debriefings on field missions, as well as awareness-raising sessions in schools.
• The Assistance Dogs Club, in partnership with Handi'Chiens Bretagne, which brings together student foster families responsible for raising puppies for 12 to 18 months.
• And many others

• AREVeN (Association for the Representation of Veterinary Students in Nantes)
• BDD (Sustainable Development Office)
• Dog Service
• Socioniris
• VOSF (Vet Oniris Without Borders)
• VPT Oniris (Veterinarians for All)
• Oniwaf

Because student life is also designed to prepare professionals who will be able to address tomorrow’s major international challenges in health and food, Oniris VetAgroBio students engage in a wide range of specialized experiences right from the start of their studies.

On the Engineering Campus, for example, students organize culinary competitions and workshops on recipes that reduce food waste.

At the Veterinary Campus, several student organizations focus closely on specific animal species (local or exotic wildlife, new companion animals, bees, livestock, etc.).

Across both campuses, students have founded the OJAS Junior Initiative to apply their theoretical knowledge in real-world business settings.

• Agility-Comportement-Education
• Aqua-terra
• Céfaunes
• Equi'Vétho
• Honeyris
• Yaboumba Junior Nantes
• OJAS (Oniris Junior Agroalimentaire Santé)
• MCV (Médecine Complémentaire Vétérinaire)
• GTV (Groupement Technique Vétérinaire)
• AEVEA
• AFVAC (Association Française des Vétérinaires pour Animaux de Compagnie)
• AVEFj
• Endurance
• MCV
• SNVEL (Syndicat National des Vétérinaires d'Exercice Libéral)

Through a variety of clubs (film, video games, board games, etc.), leisure activities play an essential role in students’ lives because they contribute to their well-being and help them maintain a balance with their studies.

On the Engineering Campus, for example, students organize cooking competitions and workshops on recipes that reduce food waste.

• BD
• BDJ
• Cinema
• Foodwars
• Gaming
• Board game
• Bar 
• BAV
• BDE (Student Office)
• Coopé
• GRONIRIS
• Printing
• Veterinary night 
• Oniris Pedals
• Golden Thumb
• Sound
• WEIN