Centrale Nantes (École Centrale de Nantes) is one of 123 universities included in U-Multirank for France. Centrale Nantes is a small public university located in Nantes with 2373 students enrolled (2019 data or latest available). It was founded in 1991. With regard to the scope of its subjects and degree programmes offered, the Centrale Nantes is a specialised institution. It offers programmes in foreign languages. The Centrale Nantes graduation rate is 94,5 for bachelors (A score) and 92,74 for masters (B score). As made clear by its sunburst chart – a snapshot illustration of the university’s performance profile across the five U-Multirank dimensions – the Centrale Nantes is strongest in Knowledge Transfer. Its overall profile shows top performance across various indicators, with 18 ‘A’ (very good) scores overall. For a comprehensive overview of this university’s performance, see its complete performance scores in the tables below.
Centrale Nantes
1 rue de la Noë - BP 92101
44300 Nantes
France
02 40 38 68 00
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Outreach programs
4
A rating indicator based on the existence of various forms of outreach programmes to underrepresented groups of students.
Score: 4
Grade: C
Pedagogiacally skilled teaching staff
0
A rating indicator looking on requirements to teaching staff to have certified pedagogical and didactical skills plus the percentage of teaching staff holding a recognized certificate of pedagogical and didactical skills.
Score: 0
Grade: E
Digital education investment
Less than 0.5 %
Investment in digital education as a percentage of the total budget of the institution.
Score: Less than 0.5 % %
Grade: D
Bachelor graduation rate
94.5 %
The percentage of new entrants that successfully completed their bachelor programme.
Score: 94.5 %
Grade: A
data on 2019 and 2020 graduates
Masters graduation rate
92.74 %
The percentage of new entrants that successfully completed their master programme.
Score: 92.74 %
Grade: B
data on 2018, 2019 and 2020 graduates
Graduating on time (bachelors)
98.93 %
The percentage of graduates that graduated within the time expected (normative time) of their bachelor programme.
Score: 98.93 %
Grade: B
data on 2018, 2019 and 2020 graduates
Graduating on time (masters)
94.87 %
The percentage of graduates that graduated within the time expected (normative time) of their masters programme.
Score: 94.87 %
Grade: A
data on 2018, 2019 and 2020 graduates
Relative BA graduate unemployment
Relative MA graduate unemployment
Above 0 to 5%
The percentage of master graduate unemployment 18 months after graduation.
Score: Above 0 to 5% %
/ Refering to cohort year 2018. / Reference period used: 12 months after graduation.
Relative graduate unemployment long first degree
The percentage of long first degree programme graduate unemployment 18 months after graduation.
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Graduating on time (long first degree)
The percentage of graduates who graduated within the time expected (normative time) of their long first degree programme.
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Graduation rate long first degree
The percentage of new entrants that successfully completed their long first degree programme.
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Gender balance
0.12
The likelihood of female/male students to take a PhD degree. A zero means that the genders stand equal chances to gain a PhD degree.
Score: 0.12
Grade: A
/ Higher chance for females to climb the academic career ladder.
Female authors
16.11 %
Citation rate
0.93
The average number of times the university's research publications are cited in other research; adjusted (normalised) at the global level to take into account differences in publication years and to allow for differences in citation customs across academi
Score: 0.93
Grade: C
Research publications (absolute numbers)
890
The absolute number of research publications of a university as indexed in the Web of Science Core Collections database. At least one of the authors must be affiliated to the source university.
Score: 890
Grade: C
Research publications (size-normalised)
0.375
The number of research publications (indexed in the Web of Science database), where at least one author is affiliated to the university expressed in relation to the number of students.
Score: 0.375
Grade: A
External research income
115.19
Revenue for research that is not part of a core (or base) grant received from the government. Includes research grants from national and international funding agencies, research councils, research foundations, charities and other non-profit organisations.
Score: 115.19
Grade: A
Art related output
0.16
The number of scholarly outputs in the creative and performing arts, relative to the full-time equivalent (fte) number of academic staff.
Score: 0.16
Grade: B
Top cited publications
8.4 %
The proportion of the university's research publications that, compared to other publications in the same field and in the same year, belong to the top 10% most frequently cited worldwide.
Score: 8.4 %
Grade: C
Interdisciplinary publications
13.3
Extent to which reference lists of university publications reflect cited publications in journals from different scientific disciplines.
Score: 13.3
Grade: A
Post-doc positions
8.15 %
The number of post-doc positions relative to the number of academic staff (headcount).
Score: 8.15 %
Grade: B
Professional publications
2.09
The number of professional publications per fte academic staff. Professional publications are all publications published in journals, books, and other media that are addressed to a professional audience and that can be traced bibliographically.
Score: 2.09
Grade: A
Open Access Publications
10.2 %
Share of open access publications out of all publications of an institution.
Score: 10.2 %
Grade: D
Co-publications with industrial partners
8.4 %
The percentage of the university's research publications which list an author affiliated to an address of a for-profit business enterprise or private sector R&D unit (excludes for-profit hospitals and education organisations).
Score: 8.4 %
Grade: A
Income from private sources
55.4
Research revenues and knowledge transfer revenues from private sources (incl. not-for-profit organisations), excluding tuition fees. Measured in €1,000s using Purchasing Power Parities. Expressed per fte academic staff.
Score: 55.4
Grade: A
Patents awarded (absolute numbers)
9
The number of patents assigned to (inventors working at) the university in the respective reference period.
Score: 9
Grade: D
Patents awarded (size-normalised)
3.793
The number of patents assigned to (inventors working at) the university over the respective reference period, expressed per 1,000 students to take into cosideration the size of the institution.
Score: 3.793
Grade: A
Industry co-patents
The percentage of the number of patents assigned to (inventors working at) the university during the respective reference period, which were applied for in co-operation with at least one applicant from the industry.
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Spin-offs
47.56
The number of spin-offs (i.e. firms established on the basis of a formal knowledge transfer arrangement between the university and the firm) recently created by the university (per 1000 fte academic staff).
Score: 47.56
Grade: A
Publications cited in patents
0.7 %
The percentage of the university's research publications that were mentioned in the reference list of at least one international patent (as included in the PATSTAT database).
Score: 0.7 %
Grade: D
Income from continuous professional development
1.72 %
The percentage of the university's total revenues that is generated from activities delivering Continuous Professional Development courses and training.
Score: 1.72 %
Grade: B
Graduate companies
17.68
The number of companies newly founded by graduates per 1000 graduates
Score: 17.68
Grade: A
Foreign language bachelor programmes
50 %
The percentage of bachelor programmes that are offered in a foreign language.
Score: 50 %
Grade: A
Foreign language master programmes
84.21 %
The percentage of masters programmes that are offered in a foreign language.
Score: 84.21 %
Grade: A
Foreign language long first degree programmes
The percentage of long first degree programmes that are offered in a foreign language.
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Student mobility
0.62
A composite of international incoming exchange students, outgoing exchange students and students in international joint degree programmes.
Score: 0.62
Grade: A
International academic staff
23.43 %
The percentage of academic staff (on a headcount basis) with foreign citizenship.
Score: 23.43 %
Grade: A
International joint publications
56.9 %
The percentage of the university's research publications that list at least one affiliate author's address located in another country.
Score: 56.9 %
Grade: B
International doctorate degrees
56.67 %
The percentage of doctorate degrees that are awarded to international doctorate candidates.
Score: 56.67 %
Grade: A
Bachelor graduates working in the region
The percentage of bachelor graduates who found their first job (after graduation) in the region where the university is located.
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Master graduates working in the region
Less than 25%
The percentage of masters graduates who found their first job (after graduation) in the region where the university is located.
Score: Less than 25% %
Grade: D
/ Refering to cohort year 2018. / Region used: Pays de la Loire.
Student internships in the region
28.28 %
The percentage of all the university's students doing an internship whose internship was with a company or organisation located in the same region as the university.
Score: 28.28 %
Grade: D
Regional joint publications
28.7 %
The percentage of the university's research publications that list at least one co-author with an affiliate address located in the same spatial region (within a distance of 50 km).
Score: 28.7 %
Grade: A
Income from regional sources
17.67 %
The proportion of external research revenues - apart from government or local authority core/recurrent grants – that comes from regional sources (i.e. industry, private organisations, charities).
Score: 17.67 %
Grade: B
Regional Publications with Industrial Partners
12
The proportion of publications with industrial partners that was published with co-authors from the same region (within a distance of 50 km from the university).
Score: 12
Grade: C
Social inclusion
0.5 % students with disability; No mature students
The percentages among all new bachelor entrants of selected groups of traditionally underrepresented groups: mature students, students with disabilities as well as bachelor and master students with non-academic family background (first generation students).
Score: 0.5 % students with disability; No mature students
Female academic staff
17 %
The number of female academic staff as a percentage of total number of academic staff.
Score: 17 %