Nantes Université (formerly Université de Nantes) was originally founded in 1460 by papal bull of Pope Pius II at the request of Duke Francis II of Brittany. In January 2022, the institution was reborn as an ambitious Établissement Public Expérimental (EPE), uniting the comprehensive university faculties with premier elite graduate schools: École Centrale de Nantes (Grande École d'ingénieurs), École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Nantes (ensan), École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire, the Jules Verne Technological Research Institute (IRT), and the University Hospital Centre (CHU de Nantes). Located in the vibrant, innovation-driven Loire valley city of Nantes—regularly voted one of France's top student cities—Nantes Université educates over 44,000 students across 4 flagship knowledge domains: Health, Science & Technology, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Law, Economics & Management. UM is internationally noted for pioneering research in Marine Renewable Energy, Nuclear Medicine (home of the high-energy Cyclotron ARRONAX), Regenerative Medicine, Advanced Materials, Computer Science (LS2N), and Planetology (GeoPlaNet). As a founding member of the EUniWell European University alliance, Nantes Université blends centuries of scholarly prestige with cutting-edge global innovation.

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