Editing École centrale de Nantes (section)

==History==
Centrale Nantes was founded in 1919 under the name ''Institut Polytechnique de l'Ouest''. It was renamed ''Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique'' (ENSM) in 1948 when it became an ''Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs''. Thirty years later, the school moved to its current site on the banks of the River Erdre. In 1991, it became, by decree published in the Official Journal, the ''Ecole Centrale de Nantes'', joining the newly created [[Centrale Graduate School|Ecoles Centrale Group]]. As a member of this group, it offers a ''Centralien'' multi-disciplinary engineering programme leading to the award of the French 'diplôme d'ingénieur', as well as programmes at undergraduate, Master's (including Erasmus Mundus Joint master's degrees), Advanced Master's, and PhD level. Executive Education programmes were introduced from 2017.

In 1993 the school became an 'EPCSCP', a public institution with a scientific, cultural and professional vocation. Centrale Nantes joined forces with Centrale Lille in 2006 within the [[Fondation Centrale Initiatives]], and with Centrale Lyon in 2009 creating a joint subsidiary for the development of research: [[Centrale Innovation]]. In 2011, the school became a member of [[France AEROTECH]].<ref name="uranus.univ-toulouse.fr">{{Cite web |url=http://uranus.univ-toulouse.fr/fr/system/files/CPelargissementFRANCEAEROTECHdoc.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326002148/http://uranus.univ-toulouse.fr/fr/system/files/CPelargissementFRANCEAEROTECHdoc.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-26 }}</ref> Centrale Nantes formed a structuring alliance with [[Audencia Business School]] in 2013 and ensa Nantes (Nantes School of Architecture) in 2014. In January 2022, Centrale Nantes became a component institution of the newly created [[Nantes University]] alongside the University of Nantes, Nantes University Hospital, Inserm, ensa Nantes, Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts and IRT Jules Verne.