Founded in 1919, Centrale Nantes is in the top 15 of the French Schools of Engineering.

The high quality of teaching and research - engineering training programmes, Master's Degrees and PhDs - is fully recognized by prestigious national, European and international institutions, particularly with Erasmus Mundus Master's Degrees and various attractive scholarships.

IRSTV "Institute for Research on Urban Sciences and Techniques" is a Research Federation founded by CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) and France's Ministry of Research.

IRSTV leads an interdisciplinary research in the field of urban environment and the research programme more specially concerns the development of knowledge, models, tools and methodologies for the management, the design, the decision-making and the evaluation of city planning policies.