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title: "Nantes University: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Nantes University is a public university located in the city of Nantes, France. In addition to the several campuses scattered in the city of Nantes, there are two satellite campuses located in Saint-Nazaire and La Roche-sur-Yon."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-nantes-university
type: Organization
wikidata: Q259388
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes_University
website: https://www.univ-nantes.fr/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Nantes University

> Nantes University is a public university located in the city of Nantes, France. In addition to the several campuses scattered in the city of Nantes, there are two satellite campuses located in Saint-Nazaire and La Roche-sur-Yon.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: France
- Founded: 1460-01-01
- Headquarters: Nantes
- Status: private
- Website: https://www.univ-nantes.fr/
- Also known as: NU, Nantes Université
- Industries: higher education

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/UnivNantes
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/universite-de-nantes
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNrMroWIXHBtuPOFwFBk65A
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/univnantes
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nantesuniv

## Key people

- Francis II, founder (Duke of Brittany (1435-1488))
- Carine Bernault, chair (French jurist), since 2020-01-01
- Yves Meyer (French mathematician)
- Stéphane Le Foll (French politician)
- Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (French biologist)
- Jean-Clément Martin (French historian)
- Noël Duval (French historian and archaeologist (1929-2018))
- Jean-Claude Passeron (French sociologist)
- Claude Évin (French politician)
- Koldo Gorostiaga (Spanish politician)
- Philippe Forest (French writer (born 1962))
- John Tolan (American historian)
- Jean-Claude Colliard (French political scientist (1946–2014))
- Philippe Beck (French writer)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: LINA, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes, Institut du Thorax, Chemistry And Interdisciplinarité, Synthesis, Analyze, Modeling, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie Nantes Angers, Process Engineering for Environment and Food, Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées, Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences, Heat Transfer and Energy Laboratory at Nantes, Gene Therapy Laboratory, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, LabexMER, Laboratoire d'Économie et de Management Nantes Atlantique, Droit et changement social

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Nantes University, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-nantes-university#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q259388, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes_University

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