37 000 students over 140 countries | Nantes Université is organized into 6 campuses located in wooded areas and most are well served by public transportation
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Looking for a change of scenery ?
Looking for a change of scenery ?
Nantes Université is just 2 hours from Paris !
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Feel welcome
Feel welcome
A welcome desk for international students and a single centralised place which welcomes overseas researchers arriving in Nantes
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A major research center in Western France
A major research center in Western France
Research is a major growth sector for Nantes Université, with 44 accredited laboratories
You are a postdoctoral researcher, and would like to expand your experience with a stay in a French research group ? You are ready for a new challenge and an international career? You would like to broaden your network and mature as an independent researcher ? Then the Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF) from the Horizon Europe programme is made for you !
In 2022, Nantes Université maintains its position in the top 5 of French universities with an overall score of 73.5/100, placing 46th worldwilde for its contribution to SDG4 : access to education for all.
By engaging in this labelling process, the Nantes Université is committing to the improvement of recruitment practices and the provision of the best working conditions possible for their research personnel.
On 1 January 2022, a new public higher education and research institution was created: Nantes Université. Nantes Université proposes a university model that is unique in France by uniting a university, a university hospital, a technological research institute, a national research organisation and three schools .
Students from across European University Networks have joined together to highlight an important cause ahead of the European Commission’s launch of the next Erasmus+ funding programme for the European Universities Initiative.
The Nantes Université has adopted a plan of 50 priority actions to integrate gender equality and the fight against discrimination in all aspects of its operations.
Registrations for our Full-time semester courses beginning in January 2020 are still open online until December, 18. Students will prepare the Diplome Universitaire d'études françaises (DUEF).
The launch event for the ERC Synergy project “The European Qur’an”, held in Naples (Italy) on October, 16-18, 2019, brought together an international team of researchers working on the European Qur’an and related topics. The four principal investigators presented their program to the members of the EuQu advisory board and other invited scholars.
Nantes Université has adopted a comprehensive approach for preventing and combatting sexual harassment, moral or psychological bullying, sexism and discrimination.
Discussing the key issues on floating wind turbines for 2030, the development of technology and its acceptability, and preparing for the future in order to develop near-term collaborations between the United States and France were just some of subjects on the agenda at the French-American Innovation Days in Boston on 18 and 19 March 2019, on the theme of “Floating Offshore wind Energy Technology”.
Seven professors and researchers from the Nantes Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique are contributing to InSight, a new space mission to Mars led by the American space agency NASA. InSight took off from California on 5 May 2018 and landed on Mars on 26 November 2018, for a nominal term of 2 years.
A team of researchers from Nantes Université have studied the mortality of oysters, the “sentinels of the sea”, on the French Atlantic coast in relation to climate variations. The researchers estimate that by 2035 oyster mortality risk will be equivalent to the worst episodes of mortality observed over the past 20 years.
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Our melting pot, our diversity make Nantes Université a vibrant place, both welcoming and creative. It is a university where movement is a visible and stimulating reality.
Isabelle Richard
Vice-President for European Affairs and International Relations
In the last 50 years, Nantes Université has taken training and research to the highest level and, in 2015 took a spot in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. Nantes Université is ranked among the top 25 French universities.
Olivier Grasset
Vice-President for Research
Nantes Université actively contributes to the innovation of the socioeconomic make-up through its researchers, its laboratories, its equipment and state-of-the-art technological platforms,
Mis à jour le 23 June 2022 par Justine LE GARSMEUR.