News at Centrale Nantes

Upcoming events

  • Support Ediz Önen for the Mini Transat 2021
    July 9, 2020 - September 1, 2021
    Ediz Önen, Master's student at Centrale Nantes is a keen skipper and Turkish sailing champion in 2017. In August, he is taking part in the single-handed ocean race Les Sables - Les Açores en Baie de Morlaix (SAS). Through this race he will accumulate more than 1,500 miles, the minimum required to qualify for the Mini Transat 2021.
  • Fifth & final MaRINET2 call opens
    September 1, 2020 - October 16, 2020
    The final call for the EU-funded MaRINET2 project opens today, targeted at offshore energy technology developers who are looking to test their device or components. The project offers fully-funded access to a world-leading network of testing and research infrastructures in Europe.
  • Centrale Nantes Executive Education taking part in a 'job safari' at Nantes DIGITAL WEEK
    September 22, 2020
    Centrale Nantes' Executive Education is taking part in two conferences at the "Safari des Métiers" (Job Safari), to be held during Nantes Digital Week. The conferences will focus on invisible handicaps and the importance of soft skills in the digital sector.
  • Centrale Nantes online at the 19th European Education Fair Taiwan
    September 22, 2020
    Interested in studying engineering in France?
    Meet us online during the European Education Fair Taiwan on 22 September 2020 for all you need to know about our programmes.
  • PhD Defense - Renald GABORIAU
    September 23, 2020
    Les ateliers Rob'Autisme : le robot extension comme médiation thérapeutique auprès des personnes présentant un trouble du spectre autistique
    (The Rob'Autisme workshops: the robot extension as therapeutic mediation for people with an autistic spectrum disorder)
  • Accreditation to supervise research: Guillaume Ducrozet
    September 28, 2020
    Guillaume Ducrozet, Lecturer at Centrale Nantes in the LHEEA, will present his defense for his accreditation to supervise research (HDR) on Monday 28 September 2020.
  • Save the date: Graduation Ceremony 2020 *
    December 4, 2020
    Future graduates, parents, families, alumni, professors, and representatives from industry and other bodies will gather at the Cité Nantes Events Center for this year's graduation ceremony on Friday 4 December.

Latest news

  • A Centrale Nantes professor takes to the stage at TEDxRennes!
    September 19, 2020
    Eight speakers will take to the floor to deliver a message at TEDxRennes on 19 September. Among them will be Ioannis Stefanou, professor at Centrale Nantes.
  • Centrale Nantes at DIGITAL WEEK
    September 17, 2020
    Second edition of the event celebrating art, culture and digital heritage in Nantes."Culture and Digital Heritage in Nantes #2" conferences and debates as part of Nantes Digital Week will be held partly online, partly in person.
  • Rogue waves form from random waves - tests in the towing tank
    September 15, 2020
    Rogue waves are very powerful ocean waves, which can form on both calm and rough seas. This sudden and unpredictable phenomenon may be rare, but it needs to be studied. It has recently been the subject of joint collaboration between researchers from Centrale Nantes - via the LHEEA - the CNRS and the universities of Paris and Lille. Tests in wave tanks have shown that a set of random waves can also provoke the formation of rogue waves, thus providing better understanding.
  • An award for Joseph Al Khoury, Centrale Nantes student
    September 14, 2020
    Congratulations to Joseph Al Khoury who received the best presenter award in the Energy Efficiency category at the 16th International Forum-Contest of Students and Young Researchers held in June 2020.
  • Naval Group, Sirehna and Centrale Nantes renew their Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology
    September 9, 2020
    On 4 September, Naval Group, Sirehna and Centrale Nantes signed an agreement to continue their co-operation within their joint research laboratory, the Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology.
  • Centrale Nantes is taking part in MathICTs, a new Erasmus + project
    September 7, 2020
    Centrale Nantes is taking part in a new Erasmus + project, named MathICTs, recently approved by the EACEA at the European Commission.
  • Two SEM-REV speakers at FOWT 2020
    September 7, 2020 - September 9, 2020
    The FOWT (Floating Offshore Wind Turbines) 2020 Conference is held Marseille (7 & 8 September, and broadcast live) and by video-conference (9 September).
  • Centrale Nantes maintains its standing in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings
    September 2, 2020
    Centrale Nantes maintains its standing in the 401-500 grouping of the world’s top universities in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, which are published today. On industry income Centrale Nantes is ranked 122nd globally.
  • Aliénor Gauthier-Pouyanne, PhD student within the EDYCEM chair at Centrale Nantes, receives a prize at the Fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering
    September 2, 2020
    At the 13th edition of the Fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering, held online from 26 to 28 August, Aliénor Gauthier-Pouyanne - PhD student at Centrale Nantes within the EDYCEM chair - received the prize for the best presentation in the Durability and Life Assessment category. Congratulations to Aliénor!
  • Careers morning
    September 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
    An opportunity to talk about your career opportunities during a morning session.
  • Renewal of the REM Erasmus Mundus Master at Centrale Nantes
    August 25, 2020
    Centrale Nantes is delighted to announce that the REM programme, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, has been renewed until 2026.
  • Coronavirus Update
    July 22, 2020
    The campus is due to reopen to students in September in time for the new academic year. Teaching activities will naturally take full account of the health and safety guidelines indicated by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation to protect the health and safety of all users. Existing guidelines, which are subject to change in line with the evolving public health crisis are provided below. On the basis of these guidelines a blend of in-person and remote courses (or combination of the two) will be offered for the first semester of the 2020/21 academic year. Second semester classes are due to be held in-person.
  • Jean-Baptiste Avrillier appointed Director of Centrale Nantes
    July 16, 2020
    The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation formally appoints Jean-Baptiste Avrillier, Director of Centrale Nantes with effect from 15 July 2020.
  • Support Ediz Önen for the Mini Transat 2021
    July 9, 2020 - September 1, 2021
    Ediz Önen, Master's student at Centrale Nantes is a keen skipper and Turkish sailing champion in 2017. In August, he is taking part in the single-handed ocean race Les Sables - Les Açores en Baie de Morlaix (SAS). Through this race he will accumulate more than 1,500 miles, the minimum required to qualify for the Mini Transat 2021.
  • PhD Defense - Marco CASTAGNA - ED SPI
    July 9, 2020
    PhD Defense, Marco CASTAGNA : at 2 pm on Thursday 9 July by videoconference.
  • PhD Defense - Yang DENG - ED MathSTIC
    July 8, 2020
    Delay estimation and predictor-based control of time-delay systems with a class of various delays
  • Congratulations to XSun for its flight record
    July 7, 2020
    For its first long solar-powered flight, XSun recorded an impressive 12-hour carbon-free and 100% autonomous flight covering 600km!
  • PhD defense - Julien MICHEL - ED SPI
    July 6, 2020
    Développements numériques de la méthode SPH couplée aux Eléments Finis appliqués au phénomène de l'hydroplanage
    (Numerical developments of the SPH method coupled with Finite Elements applied to the hydroplaning phenomenon)

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Published on March 21, 2017 Updated on July 1, 2020