University of Nantes has never stopped moving forward. Faced with today’s challenges we constantly reinvent ourselves. In the last 50 years, Université de Nantes has taken training and research to the highest level and, in 2015 took a spot in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking.
Master's Programmes
Engineering & Technology (4)
Computer Science & IT (3)
- MDS Data Science
- MVICO Visual Computing
Environmental Studies & Earth Sciences (1)
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (1)
About
Education
280 diplomas including 144 based on the European model (Bachelor-Master-Doctorate)
- 8 engineering diplomas
- 111 university degrees
- 11 faculties and departments (UFR)
- 6 institutes
- 2 Schools (School of Engineering-Polytech and School of Teacher Education)
- 1 Sciences of the Universe Observatory
Research
Research is a major growth sector for Université de Nantes. As an innovative force, the University also has research agreements with industry and shares its discoveries with the society at large.
This new knowledge is supported by more than 3,200 permanent and contract research staff (teachers, researchers, scientists, administrative and technical staff, PhD students) working in laboratories that have all been accredited by the national government (43 research structures). Université de Nantes has also a doctoral college with 11 post-graduate schools.Global Student Satisfaction Awards 2021
GSSA 2021
The Global Student Satisfaction Awards empower students across the globe to determine the best universities of 2021. Universities with a score above 4.0 (out of 5) in any of the 8 award categories, receive Badges of Excellence. Congratulations!
Learn more about the Global Student Satisfaction AwardsUniversity Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2022
601
2021
601
2020
601
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2021
601
2020
601
2019
601
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2022
801
2021
801
2020
801
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2022
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2021
572
2020
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Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Services
Library services
With seven locations in Nantes, Saint-Nazaire and La Roche-sur-Yon, the university library offers you multidisciplinary documentary collections, on divers supports, for courses, research, information and leisure.
Student Life
Campus life
Université de Nantes is located in a beautiful natural environment situated in the heart of Nantes, a city renowned for its vitality, culture, economic development and its quality of life. Thanks to its 2 campuses of Saint-Nazaire and La-Roche-sur-Yon, Université de Nantes maintains a strong presence within the territory.
Within its campuses, different disciplines meet to enrich one another. Université de Nantes is one of the rare French universities to promote interdisciplinarity. 38,000 students mix within the 20 faculties and schools there. 295 specialities are represented, 44 laboratories work in all fields of knowledge.
Sports facilities
Sports activities can be an integral part of some academic career or they can be complementary to your academic schedule. You may choose from a variety of levels and times. Activities take place on different sites of the university.
A wide variety of activities: water sports, well-being activities, dance, team sports, racket sports, combat sports, sailing and gliding, and also climbing, mountain bike, circus, gymnastic, hiking, surf…
Student Reviews
My experience
Anonymous rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great experience overall
ESEO Angers
Provided by ESN rated 5 out of 5 stars
ESEO summer programmes provide international students with opportunities to receive high quality courses on topics among the fields of expertise of the school. All courses are taught in English. They aim at developing a full understanding of the field by illustrating the theoretical aspects through the development of practical functional projects that will remain as a...
Good university
Provided by ESN rated 4 out of 5 stars
The University of Nantes is a good university. It gives good opportunies to travel abroad. The teachers help their students to get better in the subjects and it's easy to ask questions.
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