Member of the Polytech Group, the first group of engineering schools in France, Polytech\'Nantes was the first polytechnic engineering university in France.
The school was created in January 2000 through the fusion of three existing engineering schools from Nantes and Saint-Nazaire: ESA-IGELEC, IRESTE, and ISITEM.

With its status as the engineering school of the University of Nantes, the school benefits from the scientific and pedagogic environment of a university. And in keeping with its dedication to shaping well-rounded engineers, the school is privileged to maintain close connections to a number of businesses and the economic world at both the national and international level.

Member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, Polytech\'Nantes, the engineering school of the University of Nantes, is accredited by the Commission des Titres d\'Ingénieur (CTI).

Polytech\\\\\\\'Nantes offers :
- 6 engineering specializations : Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Material Sciences, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Computer Sciences, Thermal and Energy Sciences,

- continuing education,

- pre-doctoral and doctoral trainings,

 - 6 labs and research teams


The school in numbers :
- 1000 engineering students and more than 250 students preparing their pre-doctoral and doctoral theses

- 115 professors and assistant professors

- 50 members of administrative and technical staff The 300 engineers who graduate from Polytech\\\\\\\'Nantes every year build upon a vast network of over 4 500 graduated engineers already in the workforce as of 2007.

ENGINEERING EDUCATION

The engineering students of Polytech\\\\\\\'Nantes all receive an education dedicated to mastering the science and techniques which form the base of an engineer\\\\\\\'s knowledge. Apart from theorical instruction and general pracitical training, classes are centred on the fundamental themes and topics of each of the six specializations.

Courses in the social sciences, knowledge of businesses, and languages help to fill out of the engineering curriculum of our future engineers.

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RESEARCH

One of the missions of Polytech\\\\\\\'Nantes is to shape engineers with a high level of scientific understanding. This objective can only be achieved if the school is supported by quality research teams. Numerous achievements and publications have lead to the international renown of the research teams at Polytech\\\\\\\'Nantes.

Pre-doctoral and PhD research is also open to students who wish to participate in such research

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From the outset, companies have played a significant role in ensuring the relevance of Polytech\\\'Nantes\\\'s course content.
They are very active on the school board and assessment committee.

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The schools of the Polytech Group offer scientific and multidisciplinary training courses which corresponds to the high-level international masters (Master of science, Master of engineering with Honors).
Scientific, technical, professional, linguistic, social and human complements are added to these curses, which are the marker of the French engineer.

International students can apply to :
- engineering degree
- exchange programmes
- doctoral programmes

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University enrolment fee : in France, university studies in regular courses taught in French are strongly subsidized by the French government ;  for international diplomas (in particular thos taught in english) please consult the specific page to be informed on their fee.

Books / Materials  : During the first month, the cost of course materials provided by Polytech\'Nantes amounts to about 100 € per year; consider extra costs to purchase of books on a voluntary basis.

All students have the opportunity to participate in the organizations and clubs at Polytech\\\'Nantes.
Thanks to these activities, our students take away a number of skills invaluable to any engineer, including a solid team spirit and good people skills, as well as the ability to take on responsibility and initiatives and to open their minds to others.
The many and varied activities open to students allow them to get involved in their community and to truly blossom..

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Most of students live outside of the campus and use easily  transports to come to school.

The housing market -as in all University towns - is saturated by September.
 It is highly recommended to seek for accommodation in June or July.

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Accommodations are available within the university campus, but most students seek for accommodation in town. Rents may vary between €200 and €300 per month (allow for a deposit : usually 2 months rent).

Allow for insurance for any kind of accommodation, as well as the housing tax for accommodation in town.

Students

Engineering programme : 132 foreign students
48 in third year
51 in fourth year
33 in fifth year

Masters and Ph.D. programmes :

16% international students from 33 countries

Polytech\'Nantes is a member of the Polytech Group.
The Polytech Group is a national network of graduate engineering schools within France\'s leading science universities. Today, the Polytech Group is made up of  11 university engineering schools :
Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lille, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Nantes, Paris, Savoie,Orléans et Tours.

The school is also a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE).

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