Sport, Sport and more Sport!

Passion, ambition, leadership development, conviviality, integration, respect, well-being ... sport contributes to the all-round education of an engineer.

  • 750 student members of the Sports Association
  • 450 students take part in sports competitions each week
  • Winner of the Intercentrales from 2013 to 2017 and in 2019
  • Winner of the Challenge Lyon from 2014 to 2018

Sport at Centrale Nantes:

  • from the beginner to the experienced player, regular training sessions with expert supervision,
  • a student team that supports event organisation, coaching, refereeing and budget management,
  • participation in numerous inter-school sports events: Intercentrales, Lyon challenge, Supélec challenge, Telecom Brest challenge etc
  • regular participation in major national and international sailing and rowing events - revealing high-level athletes every year. 

 27 different sports at Centrale Nantes:

  • Athletics
  • Archery
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Blowpipe
  • Canoeing
  • Cross Country
  • Climbing
  • Cricket
  • Fencing
  • Football
  • French boxing
  • Hand Ball
  • Horse riding
  • KravMaga
  • Mountain biking
  • Rowing Rugby
  • Sailing
  • Tennis
  • Table Tennis
  • Trekking
  • Ultimate frisbee
  • Volley-Ball
  • Water-polo
  • Weight training
  • Windsurfing

Learn more about sport at Centrale Nantes: https://alpha-centralenantes.ec-nantes.fr/english-version/sports


Are you an elite basketball player?

Centrale Nantes and the University of Nantes have signed an agreement to create a joint university basketball sports section.

Open to all Centrale Nantes and University of Nantes students wishing to pursue a joint sports and academic focus, the university basketball sports section offers special arrangements for students:

  • adjusted timetables that allow students to pursue their higher education and continue their sport;
  • adapted content for sports classes according to the student's sport;
  • academic tutoring;
  • preferential access to the sports facilities of both institutions.
Published on January 24, 2019 Updated on March 3, 2025