
Polytech Nantes, a French 'Grande École'
Polytech Nantes is the graduate school of engineering of the University of Nantes, accredited by the 'Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur' (CTI), the French institution awarding engineering degrees. It is located in an attractive area of strong economic and demographic growth.
Polytech Nantes is the founding member of the Polytech group, a national network of 15 graduate engineering schools in France. These 15 schools award the French 'diplôme d'ingénieur' (equivalent to MSc) which is a national degree recognized by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
The school, located on 3 campuses (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire and La Roche-sur-Yon), benefits from the scientific and educational environment of a university and is proud to offer a complete engineering education program.
Chantrerie Campus (Nantes)
This site hosts 5 graduate schools, with over 4,000 students, 2 university restaurants (R.U), a technology library and about 30 companies of advanced technologies.

Gavy Campus (Saint-Nazaire)
It hosts over 1,000 students in various engineering courses, a university restaurant and a university library, just a few meters from the sea.

Courtaisière Campus (La Roche-sur-Yon)
The Courtaisière campus benefits from a well-known research activity thanks to the Chair for Telecommunications and Networks.Key figures
- 1 school, 3 campuses:Nantes, Saint-Nazaire and la Roche-sur-Yon
- 10 engineering specialties
- 6 international master's degrees
- 1,550 current students and apprentices
- 390 graduate engineers per year
- 8,500 graduate engineers in activity
- 150 Master and PhD students
- 127 teachers and 400 substitute industrials
- 80 administrative and technical employees
- 7 associated research labs