Centrale Nantes news - 2024

Applications open on 2 January 2024 for the first intake into a triple Master's programme in civil engineering which brings together three European partners: TU-Dortmund University in Germany, University of Trento in Italy and Centrale Nantes.

The 4th edition of E-Pico Winter School will be held from 5 to 9 February 2024 at Centrale Nantes

Calling all graduates from the classes of 2019 to 2023: we need to know how your careers are progressing. The 'Conférence des Grandes Ecoles' is conducting its annual survey on the integration of 'grande école' graduates into the workplace.

Join us on 9 January 2024 for another edition of the Ecological Transition Mornings, with Adélaïde Bon, Sandrine Roudaut and Sandrine Rousseau, for a conference (in French) on the theme "Beyond the androcene: ecofeminist reflections and perspectives".

Meet the people behind the research at Centrale Nantes in our series of video interviews. In this edition we meet Sophie Limou, professor at Centrale Nantes and specialist in human genetics in the CR2TI lab.

Join us on 16 January 2024 for another edition of the Matinales de la Transition Écologique, with Anne Beauval, Director of the Direction Régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement (DREAL).

Nantes Université organised its very first International Staff Training Week on the theme of Open Education from 4 to 8 December 2023.

Data-Driven and Knowledge-Based Multiscale Modeling of Viral Dynamics

Centrale Nantes confirms its standing with a joint 4th place in the Étudiant 2024 ranking of French engineering schools.

A series of thought-provoking films organised at Centrale Nantes to promote ecological and societal transition kicks off with the film "BIGGER THAN US".

As part of the WAAM Grade2XL Additive Manufacturing project, Antoine Queguineur was awarded the 2023 Jury Prize for an innovative fireplace concept: the KOTA fireplace, which combines an original design with improved energy efficiency.

The second DREAM Winter School is being held at Centrale Nantes from 31 January to 2 February 2024.

Looking for a world-class Master of Science (MSc) programme in France? Join us for our upcoming webinar series in January and February 2024 for all you need to know.

Join us on 6 February 2024 for the next edition of the Ecological Transition Mornings, with Ludovic Brossard and Antoine Werochowski.

75 local secondary school girls are invited to meet researchers and professionals from the world of mathematics and computer science at Centrale Nantes to discuss their studies and careers.

Join us on Thursday 8 February 2024 at Stereolux, Hall 6 Ouest for the 8th edition of the "Nuit Blanche des Chercheurs" organised by Nantes Université on the theme 'Sens dessus-dessous' (from above and below). The event (in French) includes several presentations by Centrale Nantes research teams.

This robotics event, for the general public, aims to create synergies between all the players involved in scientific and technical culture in the region, so that as many people as possible can discover the various tools, sectors and professions.

Future students join us on campus for our Open Day on Saturday 10 February 2024 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm for all you need to know about our study programmes.

Join us on 13 February 2024 for another edition of the Ecological Transition Mornings, with Amélie Calafat and Jean-Louis Subileau.

The seminar will focus on 'ML-enhanced approaches for modeling complex mechanics'.

The 2nd Low-Tech Forum will be held on Tuesday 20 February 2024, at Centrale Nantes, bringing together local players, students, teachers from Nantes and regional institutions, and companies interested in the concept.

Following on from the international research chair focusing on clean engines established in January 2014, the international group MANN+HUMMEL and Centrale Nantes are extending their partnership to continue exploring new solutions to improve air quality with sustainable systems that are notably more energy-efficient.

Bertrand Huneau, senior lecturer at Centrale Nantes and researcher in the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM), will be giving a talk on Tuesday 27 February entitled: "Will there be enough materials for energy transition?"

Centrale Nantes is organising a month showcasing diversity throughout the month of March.

As part of their 'Reverse Engineering' course, our Bachelor of Science in Engineering students visited the Jules Verne Manufacturing Academy on 16 and 23 February.

Over the course of the day's event, local players, students, teachers from the Nantes area and companies came together on the Centrale Nantes campus to discuss low-tech.

Join us online at 2.00 pm (UTC+1) on Sunday 10 March for all you need to know about September 2024 entry to our Bachelor of Science in Engineering!

Centrale Nantes and EDYCEM present their new research orientations for ready-mix concrete, precast concrete and aggregates to reduce the environmental footprint in concrete design.

Join us in São Paulo for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

The Centrale-Audencia-Ensa incubator is officially launching Air Launch, its new hybrid support programme (in Paris and remotely) for graduates of the 3 schools, working outside Nantes, who want to build on the foundations of their innovative project, join a community and get their business off the ground.

Hankering for more entrepreneurial stories?
Join us to hear the story of Félix Gorintin, co-founder of Farwind Energy, during the lunch break on 19 March (Hall of Building E at Centrale Nantes).

As in previous years, Centrale Nantes was present at the CPas1option seminar. It was an opportunity for the school to renew its active involvement with CPas1option and to reaffirm its commitment to the prevention approach.

Centrale Nantes hosted the SCI-TY programme's prematurity committee on Tuesday 26 March.

This two-day workshop organised by Centrale Nantes and IRN GeoMech, aims to mobilise collective forces to find new directions towards a viable and resilient future.

Centrale Nantes is taking part in the 6th Mobility Challenge in the Pays de la Loire region from 15 to 19 April 2024.

As part of the ExplOr project funded by the Institut CARNOT MERS, an intensive measurement campaign combining wind, wave and aerosol measurements by LiDAR scanning was carried out at Belle-île-en-Mer over the period March-July 2023. The aim of the combined measurements is to document wind-wave interactions over the sea.

The CARGO cluster is organising its second scientific half-day (in French) on Thursday 4 April 2024 from 8.45am to 2pm. This time, the focus will be on the energy conversion of ships, with a review of the research carried out by Nantes laboratories on alternatives to heavy fuel oil, the adaptation of combustion engines, electrification solutions for ships and quays, and the port challenges of decarbonizing shipping.

Join us in Seoul for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

The GeM Institute will welcome Professor John Dolbow from Duke University on Monday 8 April for a seminar entitled ‘The Brazilian Test: An Illustration of the Interplay Between Strength and Energetics in the Fracture of Solids’ at 4pm in Lecture Theatre E.

Centrale Nantes is ranked among the top French schools and universities for the quality of its research and its reputation in the QS World University Rankings - Subject Rankings 2024 - one of the most respected world rankings. Centrale Nantes is positioned in the world's top 300 for Engineering and Technology and notably in 125th place for Mechanical Engineering.

All applicants: Submit your complete application by 28 April 2024 to be considered in the final round of applications for 2024 entry to our MSc programmes.

The written entrance examinations will be held on campus from 2 to 7 May 2024.

Centrale Nantes is inviting applications for the appointment of an external representative to its Scientific Council, to fill a vacant seat.

Are you working on an innovative project? Join the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa Incubator and get your business off the ground!

Centrale Nantes is ranked 63rd in the world according to the criteria of the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024.

Centrale Nantes took part in a webinar organised by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE)* on raising awareness of European values and citizenship among students at elite French universities.

The Ingénieuses awards ceremony took place on 16 May. Hélène Cordova, Centrale Nantes class of 97, is the winner of the Women Engineers Award.

Two PhD students from the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) were awarded research prizes at RUGC (Civil Engineering University Conference) 2024 held in Le Havre from 28 to 30 May 2024.

Nantes Université and its member institutions are organising the first edition of the ‘rencontres de l'emploi’, a day to discover the professional opportunities offered within a unique establishment in France, which brings together Centrale Nantes, the university, the École des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire, Nantes University Hospital, the Nantes School of Architecture, Inserm and the IRT Jules Verne.

The CARGO Cluster and the other NExT Clusters are pleased to invite you to their conference on the theme of decarbonation FROM and VIA research, on 11 June at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes, as part of the Scientific Days (Journées Scientifiques) organised by Nantes Université.

Centrale Nantes is ranked in the top 600 worldwide and in 13th place among the French institutions in the ranking.

Centrale Nantes took part in the "Beyond Borders and Boundaries: 20 years of Erasmus Mundus" conference organised by the European Commission on 27 and 28 May to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Erasmus Mundus programme.

Vincent Tourre was invited as a guest professor to the School of Environmental Art, part of the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in China, from 20 May to 7 June.

Centrale Nantes and Nantes Université are organising the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials (ECCM21), which will be held at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes from 2 to 5 July 2024.

Imane Bekrine, a PhD student in the GeM Institute, received the award at the 12th ACI/RILEM International Conference held in Toulouse from 23 to 26 June 2024.

This symposium is the worldwide meeting of specialists in research and development in fluid mechanics as they relate to naval hydrodynamics.

AIESMA (Artificial Intelligence-enabled Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Manufacturing) Summer School 2024 will explore the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainability practices in the manufacturing sector.

Centrale Nantes is one of the partners in the FORTEIM project, involving 15 academic and industrial organisations.

Jessy Simon was awarded 2nd prize by ESCM for the best thesis defended in 2022 at ECCM21 (ECCM21 – 21st European Conference on Composite Materials for Academia and Industry), held in Nantes from 2 to 5 July 2024.

Centrale Nantes is proud to have three new proposals for Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters accepted by the European Commission, reflecting the excellence of its study programmes, its international outlook and the quality of its academic partnerships.

Gildas Guiheneuf, a sports teacher at Centrale Nantes, will be taking part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which begin on 28 August.

Each year, Centrale Nantes chooses a class patron for its incoming students. They welcome the students at the start of the academic year and support them throughout their studies, right up to graduation.

Building on the success of the first edition, the Séisme forum returns to Rennes on 25 and 26 September 2024.

Celebrate the start of the new academic year with Nantes Université (of which Centrale Nantes is a component institution) back-to-school festival. The festival takes place on 26 September, on the Ile de Nantes campus. This is an opportunity to welcome and bring together this new community of students and staff.

The new intake of start-ups officially joined the Centrale-Audencia-Ensa Incubator on 19 September. The entrepreneurs began their support programme last Thursday with the traditional back-to-school bootcamp.

At the Salon de l'Industrie Grand Ouest on 1 October 2024, Centrale Nantes presented a workshop entitled ‘Toutes et tous pour réinventer l'industrie’, designed to raise young people's awareness of innovative careers and promote the role of women in industry.

Centrale Nantes Executive Education will be present alongside the CNRS on the University/School stand, to present the professional training courses linked to marine renewable energy on offer at Centrale Nantes.

Consortium partners came together for the formal kick-off of the new European Master on Control of Renewable Energy (EU-CORE) - a very selective Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Programme.

As part of the National Science Fair (Fête de la science), which will focus on the theme of ‘Ocean of Knowledge’ in 2024, and in the context of the Year of the Sea (2024-2025), the institutions on the ‘Maritime Campus’ - Centrale Nantes, Ifremer and the École Nationale Supérieure Maritime - are coming together and jointly opening their premises to visitors under the banner ‘Seas & Oceans Campus’. We are open to the public from 10 am to 5.30 pm on Saturday 12 October 2024.

Centrale Nantes is taking part in the Erasmus Days again this year, from 14 to 17 October, and showcasing the Erasmus+ programme.

Meet 60 innovative French startups at the Startups & Innovation Day organised by Airbus Développement in partnership with Centrale Nantes.

Join us for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

Join us at during the Balkans Tour for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

On Wednesday 16 October, Jean-Baptiste Avrillier, Director of Centrale Nantes, François Lambert, Director of the ENSM, and François Houllier, President of Ifremer, inaugurated three new buildings in Nantes that will provide a framework for ocean and maritime engineering research and training.

The Centrale-Audencia-Ensa Incubator is inviting its future startups to apply to join its support program starting in February 2025.

Applications for the 2025-26 intake on Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters DREAM, EPiCo+ and EU-CORE are now open! Apply by 31 January 2025 to be considered for a scholarship.

In this latest edition of the ranking of French engineering schools most committed to the ecological and social transition, Centrale Nantes is in joint 5th place alongside Centrale Lyon.

The theme of the seminar will be: ‘Non-linear numerical models for frictional contact mechanics and flow in fractured porous media'.

Join us online for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

MoldTecs SAS hosted representatives from Centrale Nantes' management and research teams, on Friday 15 November, to celebrate the launch of their bilateral partnership via an industrial research chair.

Abdallah Aoude received the ‘Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation’ 2024 award from EGU (European Geosciences Union) in the Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences category.

This conference (in French) will showcase recent advances in decarbonising the cement and concrete industry, both in terms of research and engineering.

Join us at the Choose France Tour Nigeria 2024 for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

Looking for a world-class Master of Science (MSc) programme in engineering taught in English in France? Join us for our upcoming webinar series in November and December for all you need to know.

Join us online for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!

Are you a high school student looking for a world-class bachelor programme engineering in France? Join us online for a webinar for all you need to know about our BSc in Engineering and our BBA Data, AI & Management.

The Nantes University men's team was coached by Grégory Garnier, a sports teacher at Centrale Nantes.

The Centrale Nantes campus will play host to the 19th edition of the Hydrodynamics Days (Journées de l'Hydrodynamique), organised by the Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics & Atmospheric Environment (LHEEA) from Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 November 2024.

Spearheaded by EESAB students Zoé Moreels and Jules Subrenat, the ‘2 l'électricité dans l'air’ workshop brought together some twenty talented young people for a week to work on an ambitious project: designing a low-tech, efficient and aesthetically pleasing wind turbine using recycled materials.

On Wednesday 11 December 2024, Centrale Nantes and Naval Group formally extended the Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology for a further 4 years.

Future graduates, parents, families, alumni, teachers, institution and industry representatives will come together at the Cité Nantes Events Center for the graduation ceremony on Friday 13 December 2024.

Our online applications platform is open for the September 2025 intake! Submit your complete application by 23 February to be considered in the second round.

The Ocean Engineering programme will open its doors in September 2025. This three-year degree apprenticeship programme is designed for future engineers wishing to specialise in the maritime field, with a particular focus on renewable energies in the marine environment and the decarbonisation of maritime transport.

On Monday 16 December, Nantes University announced the names of the five research projects that have been awarded the ‘Labex NExT’ label for the next four years. Centrale Nantes is the lead institution for two of these projects: IMAF and ORACLE.

The next Ecological Transition Morning at Centrale Nantes will take place on Thursday 19 December 2024. This year's conferences will focus on the theme: ‘Knowing and Doing’.

Centrale Nantes’ fast-track programme has been specially designed for international students who are qualified to bachelor level. The opportunity to gain the highly sought-after 'diplôme d’ingénieur' in two years! Join us for our upcoming webinar on 19 December 2024 for all you need to know.