Key dates for the Academic Year

Start of the Academic Year

New students

01/09/25 - 12/09/25 | Welcome Week
12/09/25 - 14/09/25 | Integration Weekend
15/09/25 | Classes start for new students (except M2 who start on 08/09/2025)
29/09/25 | * Start of academic year for ITII Degree Apprenticeship students

Returning students 

01/09/25 at 2pm | engineering programme year 2 students
01/09/25 at 4pm | engineering programme year 3 students
09/09/25 at 8am | Master year 2 students

Key dates

11/10/25 | National Science Fair / Open Day at Centrale Nantes
12/12/25 - Graduation Ceremony
31/01/26 | Open Day at Centrale Nantes 

Vacations

• Autumn: 27 October to 31 October 2025 
• Christmas: 22 December 2025 to 02 January 2026 
• Winter: 23 to 27 February 2026 
• Spring: 20 to 24 April 2026

Public Holidays

Start of the Academic Year

New students

• First-year engineering students and first-year Bachelor’s (BSc) students:
  From 3 September (8am) to 10 September 2026: Welcome week (Start of academic year); classes begin on 14 September
• Master’s 1:
  From 2 September to 10 September 2026: Welcome week (Start of academic year); classes begin on 14 September
• First-year degree apprenticeship student students:
  Start of academic year on 28 September 2026
• Advanced Master's programmes APTE and MDC:
  Start of academic year on 21 September 2026

Integration Weekend: from 11 to 13 September 2026

Returning students 

• Second- and third-year engineering students:
  2–10 September 2026: Welcome week (Start of academic year); specialisation courses begin on 7 September
• Master’s 2:
  3–10 September 2026: Welcome week (Start of academic year); classes begin on 9 September
• 2nd- and 3rd-year BSc students:
  Courses begin on 14 September
• 2nd- and 4th-year BBA students:
  Courses begin on 14 September
• 2nd- and 3rd-year degree apprenticeship students:
  Start of academic year on 21 September 2026:

Vacations

• Autumn: 26 October 2026 to 30 October 2026
• Christmas: 21 December 2026 to 1 January 2027
• Winter: 1 March to 5 March 2027
• Spring: 26 April to 30 April 2027

Internships

• First Year Internship (CME): 21 June 2027
• Second Year Internship - STING and Final Year Internship (TFE): 30 March 2027
• Master's thesis: 22 February 2027

Public Holidays

• 01/11/26 | All Saints Day
• 11/11/26 | Armistice Day
• 25/12/26 | Christmas Day
• 01/01/27 | New Year's Day
• 29/03/27 | Easter Monday
• 01/05/27 | Labor Day
• 08/05/27 | Victory in Europe Day
• 06/05/27 | Ascension
• 17/05/27 | Pentecost
• 14/07/27 | Bastille Day
• 15/08/27 | Assumption