News at Centrale Nantes

Are you a researcher or PhD student at Centrale Nantes? Would you like to boost the impact of your research? Apply now to join the 9th cohort of the Deeptech Starter programme!

Centrale Nantes Alumni, together with Centrale Nantes and the Centrale Nantes Foundation, are launching a new event to celebrate those who bring prestige to our community.

For the third consecutive year, Centrale Nantes is dedicating the month of March to celebrating diversity in all its forms. Led by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Diversity Month offers staff and students a rich and varied programme of events.

The next Ecological Transition Morning Session will take place on Thursday, 5 March 2026 at Centrale Nantes with Marion Bet, Doctor of Philosophy and Social Sciences and researcher in lifestyles at IDDR (a think tank to facilitate the transition towards sustainable development).

Organized by Nantes University in collaboration with Centrale Nantes, the 12th edition of Industri’elles will take place on March 5 and 6, 2026, at Centrale Nantes.

Following the success of the first 3 editions, the Low-Tech Forum is back at Centrale Nantes on 12 March 2026.New this year: the Low-Tech Forum is changing its name to the REFLOW Forum.

The next Ecological Transition Morning Session will take place on Thursday, 5 March 2026 at Centrale Nantes with Marion Bet, Doctor of Philosophy and Social Sciences and researcher in lifestyles at IDDR (a think tank to facilitate the transition towards sustainable development).

Organized by Nantes University in collaboration with Centrale Nantes, the 12th edition of Industri’elles will take place on March 5 and 6, 2026, at Centrale Nantes.

Efficient prediction of short-term extreme hydrodynamic responses of marine structures

Caractérisation spatio-temporelle de cellules de décrochages d'un profil de pale d'éolienne pleine échelle

For the third consecutive year, Centrale Nantes is dedicating the month of March to celebrating diversity in all its forms. Led by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Diversity Month offers staff and students a rich and varied programme of events.

Centrale Nantes is proud to join this collective alongside Bpifrance and other Grandes Écoles to strengthen the support we offer our engineers and researchers who are launching innovative businesses.

Centrale Nantes Alumni, together with Centrale Nantes and the Centrale Nantes Foundation, are launching a new event to celebrate those who bring prestige to our community.

Are you a researcher or PhD student at Centrale Nantes? Would you like to boost the impact of your research? Apply now to join the 9th cohort of the Deeptech Starter programme!

Ready to elevate your career? Submit your complete MSc application by 23 February to be considered in the second admissions round for the September 2026 intake.

The 2026 edition of the EU-CORE Winter School took place from 2 to 6 February at Centrale Nantes. This event brought together students, academic and industrial partners to discuss renewable energy with a particular focus on wind.

Entirely designed and organised by our students, this latest edition of the TEDx Centrale Nantes explored the theme Beyond the Limits through inspiring and engaging stories. This edition fully illustrates the school's ambition: to train engineers capable of thinking and acting for the world of tomorrow.

Planification de modes d'éco-conduite optimaux pour un véhicule électrique autonome en milieu dynamique

Come and meet six personalities with extraordinary backgrounds and commitments. TEDxCentraleNantes returns this year with the theme ‘Beyond the Limits’. Among the speakers are two students from Centrale Nantes and one alumnus.

Join us on Thursday 12 February 2026 at Stereolux, Hall 6 Ouest for the 10th edition of the "Nuit Blanche des Chercheurs" organised by Nantes Université on the theme 'Résistances' (Resistances). The event (in French) includes several presentations by Centrale Nantes research teams.

The next Ecological Transition Morning Session will take place on Thursday, 5 February 2026 at Centrale Nantes with Tarik Chekchak, ecological engineer and director of the Living-Inspired Strategies Division at the Institute for Desirable Futures (Institut des Futurs souhaitables).This conference is organised in partnership with the Fondation Centrale Nantes.

On 2 February, Centrale Nantes, Gustave Eiffel University and Nantes Métropole officially launched CITY-STEP, a collaborative research project funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), dedicated to the detailed study of walking in urban environments.

Centrale Nantes is opening its doors to future students to find out more about the school, its courses, admission opportunities, campus and projects.See you on Saturday 31 January 2026 from 1 to 5pm.Free admission.

Cahit Can AYDINER, professor at Boğaziçi University is visiting Centrale Nantes at the invitation of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM) from 26 to 30 January 2026.