Structuring projects and alliances

As of 1 January 2022, Centrale Nantes became a component institution of the new Nantes University (see decree on the creation of Nantes University published in the Official Journal on 3 October 2021).

The new establishment created by Centrale Nantes, the University of Nantes, Nantes University Hospital, Inserm, Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts, Nantes National School of Architecture and the Jules Verne Institute of Technology will be a new public higher education and research institution. With a common governance bringing together higher education and research, hospitals and industry, it will provide a unified strategy for the Nantes site.

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While preserving their personality and autonomy, the five Centrale Schools: Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Méditerranée and Supélec (Paris) chose to join forces within Ecoles Centrale Group in 1990.
 

• This grouping allows first of all a better visibility of these institutions vis-à-vis institutions and industry. In this sense it fosters collaborations with companies. Thanks to the Centrale Group, our engineering students have to access a wider choice of courses with the possibility of completing their final year in one of the other schools.

• The Centrale Schools share a common ethic on the training of high-level versatile engineers for industry. They are resolutely committed, through a voluntary and autonomous approach, to developing their complementarities and their synergies, thus enhancing their joint potential for the benefit of industry.

Around 1,150 engineers graduate from the Centrale Schools every year. The group employs nearly 1,500 researchers and represents 12% of the research undertaken in state engineering schools.

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