Education and academic programmes

The academic offer

Nantes Université is a multidisciplinary institution offering a wide range of academic programmes across diverse fields of study. Students can pursue both short- and long-term courses leading to recognised higher education qualifications:

International programmes

Nantes Université and its partners all over the world implement international programmes in order to give students the opportunity to study abroad within an integrated study programme.
At the end of the programme, students will be awarded the diploma from each of the partners universities (double degree or joint degree).

Graduate programmes

Nantes University also offers a new training model called Graduate programmes which provides an integrated master-doctorate pathway.
Each programme is characterised by an academic content strongly linked to research on the themes of the best laboratories of Nantes Université, internationally recognised for the quality of their scientific work.

English taught programmes

Through various internationalisation initiatives and the development of international partnerships, Nantes Université aims at building international study programmes in many fields, with English taught programmes.

French as a second language

The Institute of French as a Second Language (i-FLE) offers several long and short term French courses for all proficiency levels. All courses are open to citizens of non-French-speaking countries. The minimum age is 18.

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Updated on 07 May 2025.