Centrale Nantes 7th in the Étudiant 2025 ranking of French engineering schools

With its 7th place in the Étudiant 2025 ranking of French engineering schools, Centrale Nantes confirms its high standing.

on January 30, 2025

L'Étudiant has just published its 2025 ranking for French engineering schools. Centrale Nantes confirms its standing by ranking 7th out of 170 schools nationally.

Centrale Nantes performs particularly well with regard to its international activities, with a score of 25/30, and its research and academic excellence, with a score of 33/40.

The 170 institutions were analysed by L'Étudiant on the basis of 14 criteria across 4 categories:

  • Research and academic excellence
  • International
  • Social outreach and CSR
  • Professional development and employability

New in the 2025 ranking:

  • the total number of doctoral students affiliated to the institution is taken into account, as well as their supervision by teachers and researchers who have been accredited to supervise research
  • the ‘Social outreach and CSR’ category,  which includes the proportion of grant-holders and the amount of tuition fees, gender parity and award of the DD&RS label.

See the full 2025 ranking by L'Étudiant (in French)

Published on January 30, 2025 Updated on January 30, 2025