SPI Doctoral School

Centrale Nantes is the support institution for the SPI Doctoral School. The SPI (Sciences pour l'ingénieur - Engineering Sciences) Doctoral School provides doctoral students with a first professional experience through 3-year research training and an internationally recognised degree.

For further information on the SPI Doctoral School see the website: ed-spi.u-bretagneloire.fr/en

The Doctoral School is specialised in the following areas:

• Acoustics
• Robotics - Mechanics
• Computer-integrated manufacturing - Mechanics
• Energetics-Thermal Science-Combustion
• Civil engineering
• Process and bioprocess engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Production processes, process and product optimisation
• Mechanical engineering
• Fluid mechanics
• Mechanics of solids, materials, structures and surfaces
• Architecture and urban studies
• Materials engineering
• Electrical engineering

The institutions involved:

• Ecole Centrale de Nantes (ECN)
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Brest (ENIB)
• Ecole Normale Supérieure de Rennes (ENS Rennes)
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)
• Ecole nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l’alimentation, Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS)
• Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)
• Institut Mines-Télécom Atlantique (IMT)
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)
• Université d’Angers (UA)
• Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO)
• Université de Bretagne-Sud (UBS)
• Université de Nantes (UN)
• Université du Maine (UM)
• Université de Rennes 1 (UR1)
• Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nantes (ENSAN)
• Ecole Supérieure du Bois (ESB)