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You and Nantes
1 - You would like to plan your business trip
2 - Would you like to organise an event in Nantes ?
3 - Are you coming to study in Nantes ?
4 - Would you like to carry out research ?
1 – You would like to plan your business trip
 How do you get to Nantes?
There are several ways to get to Nantes.
- By air, you can fly to Nantes Atlantique airport from 21 international destinations.
- If you come by train, there are 23 TGV high speed trains to Paris every day.
How do you get around Nantes?
Nantes has 3 tramway lines and 1 busway line to get around the region, with services every 5 minutes or every 3 minutes at peak times. This network is completed very effectively by the extensive bus network.
Where to stay in Nantes?
The Nantes Métropole tourist office has set up a central reservation booking desk where you can book the hotel that best suits your needs online or by phone. The tourist office also has a great deal of information for you to choose restaurants or somewhere to go out for the evening if you are not taken care of by conference organisation.
Where to contact a representative of a foreign country (countries represented in Nantes)
- Walloon export Agency, Belgian Embassy
- Algerian Consulate 57, rue du Général-Buat, 44000 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 74 38 19 Fax. 33(0)2 40 74 61 19.
- German Consulate 24, rue du Marché Commun BP 53274, 44332 Nantes CEDEX 03 Tel. 33 (0)2 51 89 05 34 Fax. 33(0)2 40 52 18 90.
- Belgian Consulate 30 rue Aristide Briand , 44400 Rezé Tel. 33 (0)2 40 74 24 75
- Korean Consulate 3, domaine de la Jonelière, 44240 La Chapelle-sur-Erdre Tel. 33 (0)2 40 29 37 22.
- Danish Consulate 12, rue du Chêne Lassé, BP 57, 44801 Saint-Herblain Tel. 33 (0)2 40 92 16 05 Fax. 33(0)2 40 92 13 69.
- Norwegian Consulate 63, quai de la Fosse, 44000 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 73 80 27. Fax: 02 40 69 63 22
- Dutch Consulate Zone artisanale de la Pentecôte BP 109, 44703 Orvault cedex Tel. 33 (0)2 51 78 84 45 Fax. 33(0)2 40 67 00 29.
- Portuguese Consulate 64, rue Georges Laffont, 44300 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 51 77 77 77
- Slovakian Consulate 6, place Émile-Sarradin, 44000 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 89 65 90. Fax: 02 40 89 65 90
- Swedish Consulate 11 rue Gresset 44000 Nantes Tel. Fax. 33 (0)2 40 73 51 28.
- Swiss Consulate 81, rue des Renardières, 44100 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 95 00 50.
- Tunisian Consular Agency 9, rue Boileau, 44000 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 35 36 14.
- Turkish Consulate 13, quai de la Fosse, 44000 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 69 88 98 Fax. 33 (0)2 40 69 82 92.
- Czech Consulate 13 Allée des Tanneurs BP 74018 44000 Nantes Tel. 33 (0)2 40 27 24 21 Fax. 33 (0)2 40 47 24 87.
- Latvian Consulate 7 rue Adolphe Moitié 44000 Nantes
- Greek Consulate 21 Bd Stalingrad 44000 Nantes Tel/ fax: 02 40 75 99 29
- Romanian Consulate 22 rue Kervégan 44000 Nantes Tel: 02 40 35 60 02 Fax: 02 40 47 96 78
- Senegalese Consulate Tel: 02 40 41 67 21
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2 – Would you like to organise an event in Nantes?
The Nantes Saint-Nazaire offers many opportunities to organise congresses, seminars and business conventions.
- The cité internationale des Congrès in Nantes: 3 auditoria with a total capacity of 3250 seats, up to 6000m² of exhibition space, catering sites that can be altered to suit capacity, hotel with integrated car parking.
5, rue de Valmy BP 24102 - 44041 Nantes Cedex 1 France Tel : +33 (0)2 51 88 20 56 Fax : +33 (0)2 51 88 20 20
- The Centre international des paquebots in Saint-Nazaire offers many configurations in this exceptional facility onboard an Atlantic ocean-going liner, fully redesigned and now a private centre. (Capacity 500 people)
- 3 boulevard de la Légion d’Honneur - BP 173 44600 Saint-Nazaire Cedex France Tel. +33 (0) 800 44 10 00
- Expo Nantes Atlantique located on the banks of the Erdre provides 30 000m² covered exhibition space, divided into 6 halls, with a capacity of 63 000 m².
Route Saint-Joseph, 44300 Nantes France Tel : +33 (0)2 40 52 08 11
- Atlantia at la Baule offers a high level of floor space that can be converted to suite your needs, completed by 1500m² of exhibition space.
119, avenue de Lattre de Tassigny BP 230 - 44505 La Baule Cedex France Tel : +33 (0)2 40 11 51 51 Fax : +33 (0)2 40 24 10 93 If you would like help in organising your event and a support structure, contact Atlantic Events
- Atlantic Events 7, rue de Valmy 44000 NANTES France 33 (0)2 51 88 22 99 contact@atlantic-events.com
- On the site
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3 – Are you coming to study in Nantes?
Nantes is the co-ordinator of the Western Inter-Universities network (10 universities, 240 000 students).
Nantes university has 50 000 students and ten grandes écoles (competitive-entrance higher education establishments) including l’Ecole des Mines, ENITIAA, l’Ecole centrale, Veterinary College, Audencia, the Polytechnic college, etc.
Erasmus and international co-operation agreements
Nantes University has special relationships with 332 partner universities around the world (56 countries represented). In 2005-006, 400 students from Nantes University were able to take advantage of one of the 170 bilateral Erasmus agreements between Nantes University and a European university. Each year, over 1000 students spend time studying or on work experience abroad thanks to Nantes University's different co-operation agreements
In 2005-2006 Nantes University hosted 3561 foreign students, representing 130 different nationalities. Nantes University has decided to bring the Student Forum and foreign student reception together on a single site to help foreign students enrol at the university and assist them with their administrative procedures.
A guide for foreign students: a real information tool
This practical guide helps foreign students better understand their new life at Nantes University and gives definite answers to any questions foreign students may have before and during their stay at the university.
An Institute dedicated to French as a foreign language training: the IRFFLE
The IRFFLE (Institute for research and training in French as a foreign language) is the ideal location for technological training and research in French as a foreign language (FLE).
Nantes University has an international relations department that will advise you on how to enrol.
Nantes University: international relations department +33240998383 international@univ-nantes.fr
Practical addresses
The CROUS will guide and welcome you in all areas related to your stay (search for accommodation in particular).
You may also contact the EGIDE association (French Centre for Welcome and International Exchanges): each year, EGIDE organise the reception and stays for over 30 000 students, professionals, scientists and personalities invited from all over the world who come to train, get information or have discussions in France. It also sends French experts on placements abroad.
contact@egide.asso.fr// catherine.legros@egide.asso.fr// 02 40 74 01 21Délégation nantaise : 2, Bd Guy Mollet 44322 Nantes cedex 3
The international exchange and French-speaking centre, which will be opening soon, has a dual role:
- To welcome foreign students in the broadest sense of the term (information, provide assistance in administrative procedures, educational guidance, integration, cultural events and language training support)
- To help Nantes students move abroad (information, intercultural exchanges, encouragement to travel).
This international exchange and French-speaking centre, which is a real international mobility portal, will provide the following premises: reception and co-ordination centre (140 m²), an information and documentation area (120 m²) and a meeting and training area (170 m²).
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4 – Would you like to carry out research?
2 200 researchers and more than 200 laboratories: here are the key figures for the research sector in Nantes.
The scientific community in Nantes is a very diverse one, yet still features sectors of excellence:
- Immunoly et oncology : more than 200 researchers work in this discipline, with the constitution of an INSERM research department. The main companies in the sector are Chelatec, Innate Pharma and TcLand.
- Nutrition : the region’s natural resources are exploited in the form of food additives and supplements by a dense network of small businesses (Biofortis), large industrial groups (Tipiak, Fleury Michon) and multidisciplinary public sector research (IFREMER, INRA and the university medical center) via the CNRH Human Nutrition Research Center.
- Bio-manufacturing : Clinical grade production of recombinant products is developing strongly in the Nantes area, with fast-growing companies (Vivalis and Clean Cells) and public sector organizations.
- Bio-analysis for product authentication : Nantes is a hotspot for bio-identification : Eurofins Scientific, Atlangene Applications are the main companies. The ENITIAA labs and those of the IGNA (Nantes Atlantique institute of genetics work in collaboration with these companies. So, specialised research and industrial production platforms (Génopole Ouest) reinforce this bi—analysis sector.
- Thematic research institutes : ITERT (transplantation and transplantation Research institute) and the Thorax Institute combine healthcare provision, clinical research and basic research.
If you would like more information about research in Nantes, contact Atlanpole
The foreign research centre
The objective of the “foreign researcher reception” centre is to facilitate the integration of foreign researchers in Nantes, to provide value for the presence of foreign researchers in the Nantes urban area, to provide services and tools to Nantes establishments that host foreign researchers and to run the Foreign Researchers’ Centre in Nantes. The foreign researcher centre itself has 24 accommodation spaces (20 x 19m² studios, 2 x 23m² flats for people with disabilities and 2 x 39m² 1-bedroom flats).
The Foreign Researcher association is the Nantes Reception Office for the Pays de la Loire Mobility Centre, ERA More.
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