EIT Manufacturing Master

The EIT Manufacturing Master's (EIT-M) is designed to attract and empower top talents preparing them to become leading innovators and entrepreneurs in manufacturing.

Five different programs are on offer through the EIT-M Master School at a consortium of European universities, two of which are available at Centrale Nantes. Students move from their entry university at the end of the first year to their exit university in a different country for the second year. The language of instruction throughout is English.

EIT-M program graduates are awarded two Master's degrees - one from each university. An EIT Label certificate is also conferred to participants who have followed one of the 5 programs (with international mobility), taken part in the Innovation & Entrepreneurship courses (in particular the summer school), and successfully completed an internship in industry.

The EIT-M, which welcomed its first intake of students in September 2021, is set to be one of the main assets of the EIT Manufacturing innovation communities, spreading innovation and creating new businesses in the manufacturing ecosystem. Centrale Nantes, along with INP Grenoble, is one of only two French institutions to offer programs as part of the EIT Manufacturing Master School.

About the EIT-M Programs

The programs offer mobility, mentorship, networking, innovation & entrepreneurship, and business modules. EIT-M Master's graduates will generate start-ups or innovate within manufacturing companies and ecosystems, contributing to European competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and to the creation of new quality jobs.

The EIT-M Master's Programs feature strong participation from the industry with real case studies, testimonies company visits, and internships.

A choice of five programs

• People and Robots for Sustainable Work
• Additive Manufacturing for Full Flexibility
• Zero Defect Manufacture for a Circular Economy
• Digital Manufacturing for Innovative Ecosystems (previously known as Platforms for digitalized value networks) - on offer at Centrale Nantes
• Data Science and AI for competitive manufacturing - on offer at Centrale Nantes

In keeping with the traditions of French Engineering schools ( grandes écoles d'ingénieurs ), Centrale Nantes, founded in 1919, trains versatile engineers to a very high scientific and technical level. Equipped with a strong managerial culture, they are capable of placing scientific subjects into a global context incorporating environmental and societal issues.

As a member of the Ecoles Centrales Group (Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes and Paris), Centrale Nantes delivers a teaching programme of the highest quality to rigorously selected students. Over 2000 students are present on the Nantes campus.

Our extensive links with the world's top universities opens up international study opportunities. The school belongs to one of the most exclusive networks, which is ever expanding, particularly towards India, Japan, Brazil and Russia.

Beyond this renowned training, with the support of numerous strong institutional and industrial partnerships Centrale Nantes produces world-class academic and applied research. Research and education have always gone hand in hand at the school. The scientific courses fall within the research areas of the school's teaching staff and they conduct their research in the school laboratories. This osmosis between education and research will be valuable, beneficial and a guarantee of quality in your studies at Centrale Nantes.

Innovation and Support

At Centrale Nantes you will be in tune with the economic world, at the very heart of innovation. In a spirit of innovative exploration, entrepreneurship and practical application, our training will confront you with the major challenges of the 21st century, combining theory and "doing".

Centrale Nantes has two major tools for innovation and creation : unrivaled research platforms (ocean test facilities, dynamic and static testing, rapid manufacturing, engine test benchs etc) and an incubator with 20 years of experience in supporting startup projects. Since an engineer develops products for society, you will learn how companies work and develop your ability to create, develop and manage them. For those of you who wish to start your own company, the Centrale Audencia ensa Nantes Business Incubator is there to help.

What matters most to us, beyond imparting knowledge, is to support you in your personal and career development plans, whether they be already well-defined or yet to be broached. For this reason, each training programme is different, and the coaching that you will benefit from here will enhance your personal growth and career development.

Access to cutting-edge technology platforms

As a source of innovation and openness, Centrale Nantes provides strong links with industry and enjoys a reputation for excellence around the world. The school's research units possess experimental equipment that is unique in their respective fields, particularly in naval hydrodynamics, fluid mechanics, civil engineering, crash testing, virtual reality, robotics, and machining. The research laboratories are totally integrated into the educational program of the school to ensure study-through-research for engineering students and enrich their training by giving them access to inductive pedagogies in the laboratories and enabling those who start their careers in R&D to prepare for their future responsibilities.

Here is the Centrale Nantes topnotch international master’s program offer: 6 International Masters (courses taught in English) with 14 specializations:

City and Urban Environment:

• Atmosphere, Water, and Environment
• Architecture, Ambiances, Urbanity

Mechanical Engineering:

• Advanced Composite, Engineering and Science
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Energetics and Propulsion
• Computational Mechanics

Control and Robotics:

• Advanced Robotics
• Signal & Image Processing
• Control Systems

Civil Engineering:

• Materials and Structures in their Environment

Industrial Engineering:

• Agile Factory Management
• Smart and Connected Enterprise

Marine Technology:

• Hydrodynamics for Ocean Engineering
• Atlantic Master on Ship Operation and Naval Engineering