In keeping with the traditions of French Engineering schools (grandes écoles d'ingénieurs), Centrale Nantes, founded in 1919, trains versatile engineers to a very high scientific and technical level. Equipped with a strong managerial culture, they are capable of placing scientific subjects into a global context incorporating environmental and societal issues.
As a member of the Ecoles Centrales Group (Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, and Paris), Centrale Nantes delivers a teaching program of the highest quality to rigorously selected students. Over 2000 students are present on the Nantes campus.
43% of students of Centrale Nantes are international
Centrale Nantes maintained its 2019 place in the 401-500 grouping of the world’s top universities in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020. On industry income Centrale Nantes is ranked 93rd globally.
Out of the 1396 institutions ranked worldwide by Times Higher Education, Centrale Nantes is positioned in the top 500 globally, 14th in France and in the top five French engineering schools.
Engineering and Technology
In the field of Engineering and technology, out of only 1,008 establishments ranked worldwide for Engineering & Technology, Centrale Nantes confirms its standing in the top 200 for 2020. This ranking places the school in the top 60 in Europe, the top 5 in France and number one outside the capital.
