Highlights of the Welcome week

Aspiring entrepreneurs launch their projects at Smart City!

During Welcome Week, step into the shoes of an entrepreneur. Take part in an immersive and fun team game to discover and experience the eight steps involved in starting a business.

The goal? To go through the different stages of setting up your business and put it on the road to success.

In two hours, you will learn everything there is to know about entrepreneurship at Centrale Nantes!

Entrepreneurship at Centrale Nantes

Are you looking to launch a new venture during your studies? Do you have the soul of an entrepreneur, but are afraid to go it alone and would like some guidance? Or do you simply want to develop your entrepreneurial skills? Several options are at hand!

Centrale Nantes provides support during your studies to help you explore and launch your new activities. From raising awareness to supporting your project, all your entrepreneurial aspirations can flourish during your studies!

Learn more on intranet (staff and students only)

Toutes les informations sur l'intranet étudiant (connexion requise)

During the Welcome week, several highlights focused on raising awareness of socio-ecological transition issues await you. Centrale Nantes has chosen to focus particularly on raising awareness of:
 

• On environmental issues, an awareness-raising session is proposed on planetary boundaries, which allow us to ‘act in a way that meets our needs without compromising the stability and resilience of the Earth system' (K. Raworth – 2012): climate, biodiversity, access to resources—particularly minerals—drinking water, land use, etc. This is intended to enable incoming engineering students to grasp the systemic framework of thinking that the institution expects of its future engineers.
• On societal and social issues: raising awareness about gender-based and sexual violence, preventing discrimination, and disability.

Raising awareness of sustainable development at Centrale Nantes

Centrale Nantes has set itself the goal of raising awareness among all its students of the three aspects of sustainable development: environmental, social and societal.

In 2025, Centrale Nantes reaffirmed its commitment by adopting a new Master Plan for Sustainable Development.

The school is a signatory of the Grenoble Accord (COP2Etudiante), the Cpas1option charter, the 'Charte de l'autre Cercle' and the 'StOpE Initiative' — a manifesto for eco-responsible industry.

Beyond the climate and societal issues explored during Welcome Week, other concepts, such as access to resources, biodiversity, carbon footprinting, life cycle analysis and raising awareness of secularism, ordinary sexism and LGBTQIA+phobia, will be addressed throughout the study programmes. Students can engage with these issues through the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, by becoming a sustainable development representatives, via student associations, or by setting up projects with the support of the CVEC fund or through civic engagement.

Lecture by Nicolas Desmoitier

CEO, Toovalu

To kick off the new academic year, the Social Sciences, Modern Languages and Sports Department is organising an original and surprising sports activity.

You'll be taking part in an activity designed to develop your management and leadership skills.

Put on your trainers and get ready to run!