Polytech Nantes, a French 'Grande École'

Polytech Nantes is the graduate school of engineering of the Nantes Université, 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 16 graduate engineering schools in France. These 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.

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Attractive campus

The school, located on 2 campuses (Nantes and Saint-Nazaire), benefits from the scientific and educational environment of a university and is proud to offer a complete engineering education program.

The Chantrerie campus is located at the heart of 'Atlanpole', the technopole and BIC (Business and Innovation Centre) for the Greater Nantes area. Its modern and well-equipped buildings provide an ideal learning environment for engineering students.

This site hosts 5 graduate schools, with over 4,000 students, 2 university restaurants (R.U), and about 30 companies of advanced technologies.

This site brings together the Saint-Nazaire University Institute of Technology (IUT) and the Saint-Nazaire teams from Polytech Nantes and the Faculty of Science and Technology of Nantes University.
Designed as a campus open to the city, Heinlex spans 18,500 m² of new or renovated buildings (out of a total of approximately 40,000 m²), in addition to freely accessible public and sports spaces designed for both students and local residents.

It hosts over 1,000 students in various engineering courses, a university restaurant and a university library.
Updated on 05 February 2026.