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.
Discover Polytech Nantes
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.
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 Heinlex (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.
Key figures 2023-2024
- 1 school, 2 campuses:Nantes and Saint-Nazaire
- 11 engineering specialties
- 6 international master's degrees
- 1,550 current students and apprentices
- 440 graduate engineers per year
- 10,219 graduate engineers in activity
- 150 Master and PhD students
- 136 teachers and +300 substitute industrials
- 85 administrative and technical employees
- 8 associated research labs