News at Centrale Nantes

Upcoming events

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  2025 Edition of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize: Applications now open

  June 10, 2025 - August 1, 2025

  The Irène Joliot-Curie Prize aims to promote the role of women in research and technology in France. Apply for one of the four categories by 1 August 2025.
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  Looking to increase the impact of your research? Applications now open for Deeptech Starter #8

  July 4, 2025 - September 14, 2025

  Are you a researcher or PhD student at Centrale Nantes? Would you like to boost the impact of your research? Apply now to join the 8th cohort of the Deeptech Starter programme!
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  Meet us this autumn in India, Pakistan and Indonesia

  October 5, 2025 - November 9, 2025

  Join us for all you need to know about studying engineering at Centrale Nantes!
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  National Science Fair 2025: visit the Seas & Oceans Campus

  October 11, 2025

  For the second year running, Centrale Nantes, the École Nationale Supérieure Maritime and Ifremer are coming together and jointly opening their premises to visitors under the banner ‘Seas & Oceans Campus’.This year, the National Science Fair invites you to explore the theme of ‘Intelligence(es)’ in all its forms.See you on Saturday 11 October 2025.
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  NoMaD (New Materials and Sustainability) conference in Nantes on 13 and 14 November 2025

  November 13, 2025 - November 14, 2025

  This conference is organised by Ahmed Loukili, professor at Centrale Nantes and head of the Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (GeM). It will be held at Halle 6 Ouest in Nantes from 13 to 14 November 2025.
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  Graduation Ceremony - Class of 2025

  December 12, 2025

  Future graduates, parents, families, alumni, teachers, institution and industry representatives will come together at the Cité Nantes Events Center for the graduation ceremony on Friday 12 December 2025.
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  Centrale Nantes Open Day: join us on campus on Saturday 31 January 2026

  January 31, 2026

  Centrale Nantes is opening its doors to future students to find out more about the school, its courses, admission opportunities, campus and projects.See you on Saturday 31 January 2026.Free admission.

Latest news

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  PhD thesis defence - Edwin DURAN GARCIA - ED SIS

  July 11, 2025

  Ground clearance, rolling road and scale effects in the wake of a bluff body: applications to pollutant dispersion in automobile engineering
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  A new industrial chair to bolster French naval technological independence

  July 10, 2025

  Centrale Nantes, Naval Group, Cetim and the French National Research Agency (ANR) announce the launch of the SEALENCE Industrial Chair – Elastomer Solution for Naval Acoustics and Waterproof Design designed for elastomer materials in extreme mechanical conditions. This Chair is part of a drive for scientific excellence and technology transfer to support the naval industry and France's technological independence.
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  Centrale Nantes welcomes the 2025 JEMARO Days

  July 7, 2025 - July 11, 2025

  Centrale Nantes will host the final edition of the JEMARO Days under the initial JEMARO project (2019-2025) from 7 to 11 July 2025.
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  Centrale Nantes becomes a playground for the JEMARO Days' Robotics Competition

  July 7, 2025 - July 11, 2025

  The JEMARO Days are a key event of the Erasmus Mundus Master’s program JEMARO. This year, they will take place at Centrale Nantes from 7 to 11 July, bringing together the entire JEMARO community: students, alumni, faculty, researchers and administrative staff. At the heart of the event lies a robotics competition that involves navigating autonomous vehicules in an obstacle race.
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  Looking to increase the impact of your research? Applications now open for Deeptech Starter #8

  July 4, 2025 - September 14, 2025

  Are you a researcher or PhD student at Centrale Nantes? Would you like to boost the impact of your research? Apply now to join the 8th cohort of the Deeptech Starter programme!
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  PhD thesis defense - Gaspard TAMAGNY - ED MASTIC

  July 3, 2025

  Joint modeling of multivariate spatial extremes models with non-extremal components
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  PhD thesis defense - Luis Enrique MARTINEZ ALVARADO - ED SIS

  July 2, 2025

  Advanced methodological approach for the improvement of thermal energy conversion systems: Analysis, methodology, and design of turbomachines dedicated to sustainable mobility
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  PhD thesis defense - Rima EL MIR EL AYOUBI - ED SIS

  July 1, 2025

  The integration of digital atmospheres into architectural pedagogy: the contribution of virtual reality powered by artificial intelligence to the creation of immersive and interactive experiences
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  PhD thesis defense - Gaspard ENGEL - ED SIS

  June 30, 2025

  Validation of high-fidelity hydrodynamic solver for a floating offshore wind turbine platform with a complex geometry
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  Centrale Nantes hosts the jury for the International Small Wind Turbine Competition (ISWTC)

  June 27, 2025

  During the 2024–2025 academic year, eleven teams of students from around the world (Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Spain, Greece, Poland, the Netherlands) worked on the design and construction of a small wind turbine with a diameter of 2m².
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  PhD thesis defense - Anibal Antonio AGUILLON SALAZAR - ED SIS

  June 26, 2025

  Electric hybridisation of the air-charging system of semi-fast Diesel engine for marine propulsion
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  With the DD&RS label in hand, Centrale Nantes is taking its sustainability strategy to the next level with a new Master Plan through to 2030

  June 26, 2025

  Following on from award of the Sustainable Development & Social Responsibility (DD&RS) label for a period of four years, Centrale Nantes is moving forward with the unanimous approval today by its Board of Governors of its 2025–2030 Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility Master Plan. This ambitious, collaboratively developed roadmap commits the school across all areas: ecological transition, responsible innovation, quality of life, inclusion, and local engagement.
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  Centrale Nantes is organising the Wind Energy Science Conference - WESC 2025

  June 24, 2025 - June 27, 2025

  Centrale Nantes is organising the Wind Energy Science Conference (WESC2025), a major international event focusing on scientific research in the field of wind energy.
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  PhD thesis defense - Javier ARDUENGO-GARCIA - ED SIS

  June 20, 2025

  Process automation and optimization in extrusion-based bioprinting systems for tissue engineering applications
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  Centrale Nantes in the world's top 600 - Times Higher Education "Impact Rankings" 2025

  June 18, 2025

  Centrale Nantes is ranked in the top 600 worldwide and in 12th place among the French institutions in the ranking.
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  PhD thesis defense - Mohammad Javad MIRZAEI - ED SIS

  June 17, 2025

  Contributions to adaptive super twisting control: application to floating wind turbines
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  PhD thesis defense - Antoine MONOT - ED SIS

  June 13, 2025

  Development of a stochastic forcing method to reduce modeled stress depletion for hybrid RANS-LES turbulence models
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  2025 Edition of the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize: Applications now open

  June 10, 2025 - August 1, 2025

  The Irène Joliot-Curie Prize aims to promote the role of women in research and technology in France. Apply for one of the four categories by 1 August 2025.

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