Sport, sport and more sport!

Sport at Centrale Nantes promotes integration, cohesion and belonging to the institution, and is an excellent way of communicating and opening up to the outside world. There are plenty of good reasons to take part in competitive or leisure sports, whether you're looking for a challenge, an adventure or simply to have fun, and whether you like to compete as part of a team, compare yourself and go beyond your own limits.

  • 750 student members of the Sports Association
  • 450 students take part in sports competitions each week
  • Winner of the Intercentrales from 2013 to 2017 and in 2019 and 2023

How is sport played at Centrale Nantes?

  • from the beginner to the experienced player, regular training sessions with expert supervision,
  • a student team that supports event organisation, coaching, refereeing and budget management,
  • participation in numerous inter-school sports events: Intercentrales, Lyon challenge, Supélec challenge, Telecom Brest challenge etc
  • regular participation in major national and international sailing and rowing events - which produce high-level athletes every year. 

 27 different sports:

  • Athletics
  • Archery
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Blowpipe
  • Canoeing
  • Cross Country
  • Climbing
  • Cricket
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • French boxing
  • Hand Ball
  • Horse riding
  • KravMaga
  • Mountain biking
  • Rowing Rugby
  • Sailing
  • Tennis
  • Table Tennis
  • Trekking
  • Ultimate frisbee
  • Volley-Ball
  • Water-polo
  • Weight training
  • Windsurfing

Learn more about sport at Centrale Nantes: https://alpha-centralenantes.ec-nantes.fr/english-version/sports

Sports facilities

Centrale Nantes has a wide range of indoor and outdoor sports facilities on campus:

  • Artificial sports pitch
  • Climbing wall
  • Squash courts
  • Gymnasium
  • Multisports area (dojo, dance etc...)
  • Weights room
  • Access to the River Erdre (rowing and canoeing)
  • Outdoor workout structure

Just a 5-minute walk from the campus, you can also make use of the municipal facilities, including a swimming pool, ice rink and indoor athletics track.

Are you an elite basketball player?

Centrale Nantes and the University of Nantes have signed an agreement to create a joint university basketball sports section.

Open to all Centrale Nantes and University of Nantes students wishing to pursue a joint sports and academic focus, the university basketball sports section offers special arrangements for students:

  • adjusted timetables that allow students to pursue their higher education and continue their sport;
  • adapted content for sports classes according to the student's sport;
  • academic tutoring;
  • preferential access to the sports facilities of both institutions.
Published on January 24, 2019 Updated on April 2, 2025