Research at Centrale Nantes is carried out in highly competitive laboratories internationally recognized collaborations with industry. All fields of investigation are related to the science of engineering, i.e. automatic control, robotics, tele-communication, oceanic engineering, mechanics of materials and calculation of structures and civil engineering.
- Research Institute of Communication and Cybernetics of Nantes

Robotics,
Image, Signal et Automatics,
Mechanical and Productive Systems,
Electronic Systems, Telecom and Radar.
- Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Hydrodynamics and Ocean Engineering
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Dynamics of Inhabited Atmosphere
Internal Combustion Engines
- Research laboratory of Civil Engineering and Mechanics

Metallic and Composites Assemblies,
Computational Mechanics and "Couplage",
Polymers, Dynamics and Processing Technology
- Jean Leray Laboratory for Mathematics

Non linear PDE
Scientific calculus
Approximation
Probability statistic
- CERMA Laboratory Architectural and Urban Ambient Environment

Modelling and simulation of natural phenoma
Characterisation of the ambiances
Design of the ambiances
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Centrale Nantes is strongly implicated in the two doctoral schools.
The two schools are accredited in both the establishments. Centrale Nantes is involved in 4 MSc level Programmes and is starting two Master Programmes.