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==Study==

===Undergraduate programmes===
At undergraduate-level, three programmes are offered: a four-year BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) Big Data and Management co-created with Audencia to offer a joint programme in engineering and management which is taught in English; a three-year Bachelor in Science in Engineering programme which opened in September 2023 and a one-year Foundation Master's programme which prepares bachelor-qualified students to meet the challenges of Centrale Nantes Master's programmes.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

===Engineering programme (diplôme d'ingénieur)===
Centrale Nantes trains 420 students per year within its general engineering programme leading to the 'diplôme d'ingénieur' equivalent to a Master of Science and Engineering. This qualification is awarded to students after a total of five years of higher education. The admissions process is highly selective. French students with excellent high school results spend two years in the intensive 'classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles' preparing for the 'concours' – competitive entrance examinations to French engineering schools. Successful candidates then undertake three years of study at Centrale Nantes – corresponding to the senior undergraduate year and two graduate years. International students can join the engineering programme via the fast-track programme, or a double degree or exchange with one of Centrale Nantes partner institutions, or can apply via the Groupe des Ecoles Centrale university entrance examination.

Students follow a multi-disciplinary core curriculum in their first year, followed by a choice of specialisation in each of their second and third years: Advanced Modelling and Analysis of Structures; Aeronautics; Civil Engineering; Computer Science for Information Systems; Computer Science for AI; Data Analysis and Applications in Signal and Image Processing; Digital Sciences for Life Sciences and Healthcare; Energy Control and Management; Energy Production and Management; Engineering Science for Housing and Urban Environment; Health, Innovation, Manufacturing; Industrial Engineering; Low-tech engineering; Mathematics and Applications; Mechanical Engineering for Materials and Manufacturing Processes; Ocean: Hydrodynamics and Marine Engineering; Product Engineering; Propulsion and Transport; Renewable energies and grid integration; Robotics; Smart positioning and sustainable mobility; Virtual Reality.

In their final year students also follow a professional option, honing in on a particular sector of activity or company function: Business Finance; Engineering and digital sciences for art, culture and heritage; Engineering for Ecological Transition; Entrepreneurship; Healthcare and Humanitarian Engineer; International Business Development; Personal Project; Proficiency in project management; Research and Development; Science and Music.

===Master's programmes===
Centrale Nantes offers six master's of science, technology and health – in marine technology, mechanical engineering, control and robotics, civil engineering, city and urban environment, and industrial engineering. A number of specialisms are proposed within each master's programme. They are taught in English.
* Marine Technology (M-TECH):
**Hydrodynamics for Ocean Engineering (M-TECH HOE)
**Atlantic Master on Ship Operation & Naval Engineering (M-TECH AMASONE)
***[[École navale|École Navale]] and Centrale Nantes have joined forces to offer the Atlantique MAster in Ship Operations and Naval Engineering, an international master's degree given in English. This technical training in hydrodynamics and naval energy/propulsion is based on practical experience in ship piloting (part of the training is given on board French Navy ships) and places great emphasis on operational techniques. The AMASONE project has the originality to combine the complementarity of the two establishments and thus cover theory, experimentation and ship's conduct. The training includes a large part of experimental sciences and learning about naval operations, which constitutes a unique offer at this level in France and in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Atlantic Master on Ship Operation & Naval engineering {{!}} Ecole Navale|url=https://www.ecole-navale.fr/en/Two-of-the-top-French-Technical|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.ecole-navale.fr}}</ref>
* Mechanical Engineering (M-ENG):
**Advanced Manufacturing
**Computational Mechanics
**Energetics and Propulsion
**Advanced Composite Engineering and Science
* Control and Robotics (CORO):
**Signal and Image Processing
**Advanced Robotics
**Control Systems;
* Civil Engineering (C-ENG):
**Materials and Structures in their Environment 
* City and Urban Environments (U-ENV):
**Atmosphere, Water and Urban Environment
**Ambiances, Architecture, Urbanity
* Industrial Engineering (I-ENG):
**Agile Factory Management
**Smart and Connected Enterprise

==== Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMD) ====
An EMJMD is an, integrated, international study programme, jointly delivered by an international consortium of higher education institutions. EMJMDs award EU-funded scholarships to the best student candidates applying under annual selection rounds.<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/opportunities/individuals/students/erasmus-mundus-joint-master-degrees_en Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD)].</ref>

===PhD===
Opportunities exist for PhD study across numerous fields at Centrale Nantes in collaboration with two doctoral schools. Scientific production each year, on average, leads to 30 to 35 doctoral theses.