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Quality, experience, diversity

Founded in Nantes in 1900, Audencia – from the Latin audientia, meaning “listening”, and audacia, meaning “daring” – was first accredited by EQUIS in 1998 and is ranked amongst the top European business schools.

Audencia Business School has a long history of welcoming international exchange students. Our students come from more than 250 partner universities in 115 countries. You will be accepted into our vibrant community and quickly fall in love with the beautiful city of Nantes.

We offer an extensive catalogue of courses taught in both English and French, so you can take advantage of our outstanding educational quality and experienced professors. We take your needs very seriously, and our dedicated team is here to help you with any personal, academic or intercultural matters before or during your stay here.

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION TEAM (ICTEAM)

The IC Team is a group of 30 French students who are here to give you a student perspective of living in Nantes, cultural activities and studying at Audencia. The IC Team can pick you up at the airport/train station, depending on your time of arrival, and can accompany you to your residence hall to pick up your keys.

 [email protected] Facebook page: IC Team – Audencia

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

The academic year at Audencia Business School consists of two semesters: Fall & Spring.

Fall semester/Full year: September – December Nomination Deadline: April 10th Spring semester: January (or February) - May. HOW TO APPLY ? Nomination Deadline: September 30th  Contact your International Relations Office According to the programme chosen, this precise calendar will be  Choose the programme you want to study sent to the students by their coordinator at Audencia.  Your home institution sends your nomination  Complete the online application  You get admitted by Audencia Business School EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES COURSE CATALOGUE

 Exchange students need to choose their SEMESTER/YEAR PROGRAMMES courses from the Audencia Business School Students from partner institutions can come to Audencia Business catalogue. School to study for 1 semester or 1 year. They can choose to study in French or in English and follow courses from undergraduate or http://urlz.fr/7fLy graduate level.

Find out which courses you can follow on the course catalogue. FRENCH LANGUAGE COURSES

French language courses available for all students free of charge.

 SHORT TERM PROGRAMMES Audencia Business School welcomes students from around the world to apply to one of our many short-term programmes taught in English. These programmes give you the chance to learn global management skills while experiencing French lifestyle in an international environment. More information: http://urlz.fr/7gyE

SUMMER PROGRAMME

The programme runs for a total of eight weeks, but you can take as few or as many weeks as you like! The programme is customisable. Download our brochure to see next year's week-by-week schedule: http://urlz.fr/7gVd

WINTER PROGRAMME

The programme runs for a total of three weeks, but you can take as few or as many weeks as you like!

Two level of studies are offered: - Graduate programme - MBA programme (at least 3 years of postgraduate work experience requested)

BUDGET NANTES, YOUR BEST DESTINATION!

 2 hours from Paris by train  45min drive to the Atlantic coast  The loopiest city in France - The Sunday Time, 2014  2013 European Green Capital

never stop AUDENCIA ATLANTIC CAMPUS 8 route de la Jonelière | BP 31222 | 44312 Nantes CEDEX 3 Tél. : +33 (0)2 40 37 34 34 | [email protected] | www.audencia.com | PARIS | NANTES | BEIJING | SHENZHEN

BUSINESS SUMMER TERM

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CREATE www.audencia.com #SUCCEED INNOVATIVE LEADERS FOR A RESPONSIBLE WORLD A TOP GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

Take your academic journey global this summer. Come to Audencia.

Studying at Audencia means learning at one of the best universities in France – a world-renowned management education and research institution.

Highly ranked and triple accredited, Audencia’s superior curriculum and deep connections with the business world translate into proven results for graduates of our programmes, whether they go on to further study or into the job market.

Audencia attracts students from 85 countries and faculty from around the world. And with more than 200 global academic partners, we offer a truly international environment for learning and engagement.

WE LOVE OUR HOST CITY. YOU WILL TOO.

Located in beautiful, welcoming Nantes

Paris Nantes, a thriving modern metropolis with old-world flair, has been recognised as Europe’s most livable city. There’s easy- to-use public transportation with stops Nantes right on campus, just 15 minutes from the centre of town. Just two hours from Paris and a half hour from the Atlantic coast, it is a magnet for students and visitors, with countless historic sites and attractions. Major European destinations are also within easy reach by flight or train. AUDENCIA’S SUMMER TERM

A lively blend of learning & experience

Whether you’re ready to launch your career or plan to go on to further study, Audencia is the ideal gateway to success.

→ Our intensive eight-week term, conducted entirely in English, features:

• Superb and approachable academic staff with extensive practical expertise • Focus on marketing, management and communications • Deep connections to French and global businesses • Curriculum infused with global contexts and practices • Small class sizes and dynamic group projects “Exciting, fun, enlightening, positively • Weekly company visits with tours and staff discussions challenging.” • Unique four-day study tour to Brussels to learn about the European Union (optional) Brianna Hephzibah Kisia of Kenya, Summer Term 2017 participant, current student in → With built-in flexibility and lots of MSc in Management and Entrepreneurship in support, you can design your ideal the Creative Economy at Audencia summer:

• Take optional French lessons • Earn academic credit, an official certificate and a transcript • Create a tailored programme of less than 8 weeks (if desired) • Get thorough and attentive student services support HOUSING & STUDENT SERVICES

We help you take care of the details that matter.

→ From social activities to housing to campus facilities, our attention to every detail ensures a positive experience.

• Professional, experienced and personalised student services • Extensive assistance from a dedicated summer housing expert with locating housing, whether in a private home or apartment in Nantes or with a host family • Great amenities such as computer labs, libraries and high-speed wifi

Check out our housing blog: www.audenciahousing.blogspot.fr/p/summer-term-housing.html

Summer in Nantes is full of adventure!

Our French students organise social outings for our Summer Term students – to local celebrations such as the Fête de la Musique and the Nuit de l’Erdre (music festivals) as well as trips to the beach, a special farewell dinner and much more.

Like Audencia Summer Term on Facebook!

WHAT A SUMMER TERM LOOKS LIKE

Audencia’s Summer Term is an intensive programme designed for students who want to build international management and business expertise, earn additional “While at Audencia, you credits or experience Audencia can feel that you are studying in a top business before committing to a full-time school: high-level postgraduate programme here. education, challenging and amazing ... Each week you focus on a single subject full-time, and it gives you the possibility to meet people from all over the world.”

Andrea Franzetti MIP Politecnico di Milano, Italy Summer Term 2016 participant

→ You can take the full 8-week course for up to 30 ECTS credits, or select weekly courses to meet your needs and interests. Through this dynamic programme, you will:

• Broaden your business knowledge Credits are guaranteed by Audencia, but • Learn about European market and management practices your home university decides whether to • Enjoy a combination of courses, company visits and group projects accept these credits within the context of • Visit companies such as Cartier, Louis Vuitton, EDF and Cointreau your studies. Please discuss this with your • Learn about the European Union on a four-day visit to Brussels study advisor in advance, directing your advisor to us with any questions about the content or level of the course. 2018 COURSES

Summer Term Schedule May 22 – July 13, 2018

Full course descriptions available on our website. Students may select one course per week. 1 US credit = 2 ECTS WEEK DATES COURSES AT AUDENCIA

May 22 - May 25 Innovation, Creativity and Design (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) 1 Cross Cultural Management (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

2 May 28 - June 1 Branding and Advertising Strategies (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) Social Media (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

3 June 4 - June 8 Crisis Communication (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) Marketing to Europe (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

4 June 11 - June 15 International Marketing and Communications (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) Leadership – NEW (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

European Union: History, Institutions and International Relations 5 June 18 - June 22 (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) Global Sales (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

6 June 25 - June 29 European Finance (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) Big Data, IT and Marketing (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

7 July 2 - July 6 European Economics – NEW (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours) International Trade (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

8 July 9 - July 13 Study Trip to Brussels (2 ECTS credits, 18 hours) Entrepreneurship – NEW (4 ECTS credits, 24 hours)

*Courses listed are representative and subject to slight changes.

Students from:

Partner universities No additional tuition

Other universities €500/week (tuition only)

€600/week (tuition & homestay)

€750/week (tuition & student residence)

€900/week (tuition & luxury residence)

*Discounts may apply according to the length of your stay. APPLY TODAY!

Spend your summer in a prestigious Audencia programme.

www.international.audencia.com/short-term-programmes/

We welcome highly motivated students with a good command of English at the bachelor’s and master’s levels.

Students from Audencia’s partner universities must be nominated by their programme coordinator. Audencia has 260 international partners around the world. Check with your international office to see if your institution is one of them.

“My time at Audencia this past summer was quite rewarding. I found a nice blend of students from a variety of countries and universities. The discussion we had was quite lively, and I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with them. This was my second trip to Nantes, and I hope to return in the future. I highly recommend the Audencia summer programme!”

Deadline Dwayne G., guest instructor, Apply by April 1, 2018 Bowling Green State University, United States Questions? Our Summer Term Manager can help.

Contact Cécile Steyer at [email protected] LEARN CREATE SUCCEED   CONTACT Cécile STEYER Summer Term Manager

[email protected] #www.international.audencia.com/short-term-programmes www.audencia.com

AUDENCIA ATLANTIC CAMPUS 8 route de la Jonelière | BP 31222 | 44312 Nantes CEDEX 3 Tél. : +33 (0)2 40 37 34 34 | Fax : +33 (0)2 40 37 34 07 | www.audencia.com PARIS | NANTES | BEIJING | SHENZHEN

BUSINESS SUMMER TERM Summer 2019 Edition

www.audencia.com A TOP GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

Take your academic journey global this summer. Come to Audencia.

Studying at Audencia means learning at one of the best universities in France – a world-renowned management education and research institution.

Highly ranked and triple accredited, Audencia’s superior curriculum and deep connections with the business world translate into proven results for graduates of our programmes, whether they go on to further study or into the job market.

Audencia attracts students from 85 countries and faculty from around the world. And with more than 160 global academic partners, we offer a truly international environment for learning and engagement.

WE LOVE OUR HOST CITY. YOU WILL, TOO.

Located in beautiful, Paris welcoming Nantes

Nantes, a thriving modern metropolis with Nantes old-world flair, has been recognised as Europe’s most livable city. There’s easy- to-use public transportation with stops right on campus, just 15 minutes from the centre of town. Just two hours from Paris and a half hour from the Atlantic coast, it is a magnet for students and visitors, with countless historic sites and attractions. Major European destinations are also within easy reach by flight or train. AUDENCIA’S SUMMER TERM

A lively blend of learning & experience Whether you’re ready to launch your career or plan to go on to further study, Audencia is the ideal gateway to success.

→ Our intensive eight-week term, conducted entirely in English, features: • Superb and approachable academic staff with extensive practical expertise • Focus on marketing, management and communications “I had a fantastic summer and • Deep connections to French and global was able to meet students from businesses all around the world. Exchanges • Curriculum infused with global contexts and like these provide invaluable skills practices that you will be able to apply in • Small class sizes and dynamic group projects an increasingly global business • Weekly company visits with tours and staff world.” discussions • Unique four-day study tour to Brussels to Eric R., University of Cincinnati, learn about the European Union (optional) United States Summer Term 2018 participant → With built-in flexibility and lots of support, you can design your ideal summer: • Take optional French lessons • Earn academic credit, an official certificate and a transcript • Create a tailored programme of less than eight weeks (if desired) • Get thorough and attentive student services support HOUSING & STUDENT SERVICES

We help you take care of the details that matter.

→ From social activities to housing to campus facilities, our attention to every detail ensures a positive experience. • Professional, experienced and personalised student services • Extensive assistance from a dedicated summer housing expert with locating housing, whether in a private home or apartment in Nantes or with a host family • Great amenities such as computer labs, libraries and high-speed wifi

Check out our housing blog: www.audenciahousing.blogspot.fr/p/ summer-term-housing.html

Summer in Nantes is full of adventure! Our French students organise social outings for our Summer Term students – to local celebrations such as the Fête de la Musique and the Nuit de l’Erdre (music festivals) as well as trips to the beach, a special farewell dinner and much more. Like Audencia Summer Term on Facebook! PROGRAMME BENEFITS

Audencia’s Summer Term is an intensive programme designed for students who want to build international management and

“While at Audencia, business expertise, earn additional you can feel that credits or experience Audencia you are studying in a top business school: before committing to a full-time high-level education, challenging and postgraduate programme here. amazing ... Each week you focus on a single subject full-time, and it gives you the possibility to meet people from all over the world.”

Andrea F. MIP Politecnico di Milano, Italy Summer Term 2016 participant

→ You can take the full eight-week course for up to 30 ECTS credits, or select weekly courses to meet your needs and interests. Through this dynamic programme, you will:

• Broaden your business knowledge • Learn about European market and management practices • Enjoy a combination of courses, company visits and group projects • Visit companies such as Cartier, Louis Vuitton, EDF and Cointreau • Learn about the European Union on a four-day visit to Brussels

Credits are guaranteed by Audencia, but your home university decides whether to accept these credits within the context of your studies. Please discuss this with your study advisor in advance, directing your advisor to us with any questions about the content or level of the course. 2019 COURSES

Summer Term Schedule May 20 – July 12, 2019

Full course descriptions available on our website. Students may select one course per week. 1 US credit = 2 ECTS

WEEK DATES MODULES DETAILS

Branding and Advertising Strategies 1 May 20 – May 24 Cross-Cultural Management Social Media and Global Impact 2 May 27 – May 31 Global Sales Digital Marketing Leadership 3 June 3 – June 7 European Union: History, Institutions and International Relations For each module: International Marketing and Communications 4 ECTS credits, 4 June 10 – June 14 European Economics 24 hours Business Environment in Latin America Psychology of Money and Consumer Behaviour 5 June 17 – June 21 Europe’s Productivity Challenge European Finance 6 June 24 – June 28 Big Data, IT and Marketing Sport Business Management: From Traditional 7 July 1 – July 5 to E-sports International Business

8 July 8 – July 12 Study Trip to Brussels 2 ECTS

*Courses listed are representative and subject to slight changes.

Tuition STUDENTS FROM: Partner universities Other universities No additional tuition €500/week (tuition only) €750/week (tuition & student residence) *Discounts may apply according to the length of your stay. €900/week (tuition & luxury residence) APPLY TODAY!

Spend your summer in a prestigious Audencia programme.

www.international.audencia.com/ “My experience with Audencia short-term-programmes/ and in Nantes, France, was one I will always remember We welcome highly motivated students with a fondly. The good command of English at the bachelor’s and students were a pleasure master’s levels. to work with and applied the course material to their Students from Audencia’s partner universities must personal and professional be nominated by their programme coordinator. lives. They demonstrated a Audencia has 260 international partners around the level of comprehension and world. Check with your international office to see if understanding that I typically your institution is one of them. hope to see at the end of a 15-week semester. I recommend the Business Summer Term to Deadline global students interested in an Apply by March 15, 2019 enriching academic experience in a lively community.” Questions? Our Summer Term Manager can help. Scott F., guest instructor, Miami Contact us at [email protected] University, United States Summer Term Schedule May 20 – July 12, 2019

AUDENCIA ATLANTIC CAMPUS 8 route de la Jonelière | BP 31222 | 44312 Nantes CEDEX 3 Tél. : +33 (0)2 40 37 34 34 | Fax : +33 (0)2 40 37 34 07 | www.audencia.com | Summer in France at Triple-Accredited Audencia Business School

• Earn internationally recognized ECTS credits from a highly respected business school • Enjoy life and culture in beautiful Choose a 1-8 week Nantes, France, a thriving modern program with city with old-world flair options in May, • Choose from 16 modules in a June and July! wide variety of areas • Opt for a full program experience www.audencia.com/short-term or an abbreviated sampler Nantes Métropole | facts & figures

NANTES MÉTROPOLE DÉVELOPPEMENT Give your business the best possible start Situation 4

Connections 6 Sommaire Living environment 8

Economic environment 14 3

Major projects 20 Situation

Brest

Rennes 800 000 Angers inhabitants in Nantes Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire 5 Nantes = Stockholm, Amsterdam, Seville

Bordeaux Connections To see all direct connections

Amsterdam 3 flights per day 1hr 35 Airport Barcelona 2 flights per day 1hr 30 Bastia 6 flights per week 1hr 40 Bordeaux 4 flights per day 45 mins + 7 % average annual traffic TGV train station Brussels 6 flights per day 1hr 25 22 high speed TGV trains 3.7 million passengers Casablanca 1 flight per day 2hr 30 to Paris each day (2 hour journey) A new international airport in 2017 Dublin 3 flights per week 1hr 35 Düsseldorf 6 flights per week 1hr 40 No.1 national train station in the region (more p.22) Geneva 1 flight per day 1hr 15 Future redevelopment of the train station Top direct international connections: Lille 3 flights per day 1hr 05 to double its capacity: from 10 to 20 million London 3 flights per day 1hr 10 Brussels, Amsterdam, passengers Lyons 7 flights per day 1hr 10 Dusseldorf, London, 7 Madrid 2 flights per day 1hr 30 Madrid, Montreal, Venice Marseilles 5 flights per day 1hr 20 42 international destinations Montreal 2 flights per week 7hr 15 Large maritime port Munich 3 flights per week 1hr 40 Nice 3 flights per day 1hr 30 Linked to 400 ports around the world • Caen • Paris Paris 8 flights per day 1hr 35 o Brest• N .1 port on the Atlantic coast Rome 6 flights per week 2hr 05 Direct Nantes Saint-Nazaire/Gijón connection Strasbourg 3 flights per day 1hr 20 Vannes • • Rennes • Le Mans • Angers Toulouse 4 flights per day 1hr 15 Saint-Nazaire • • NANTES Tunis 6 flights per week 2hr 35 3h Venice 2 flights per week 2hrs 2h • Poitiers *Pour consulter l’ensemble des liaisons directes : www.nantes.aeroport.fr • Niort 1h La Rochelle •

• Bordeaux Distance / time by car Living environment Made in Nantes

"Nantes was voted A Nantes invention: European Green the busway, Capital for 2013" a circular bus route with its own lane

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Getting around Housing Average Average rent in the Nantes Diverse transportation home/work Métropole area in 2012: opportunities : bus, tram, busway, commute: “tram-train”, rental bikes 10.47 Euros per m², 25 minutes rates not included Nantes, voted 6th most “bicycle friendly city” in the world Purchasing price*: 2,73 € per m² 5,000 new housing opportunities by 2016 Living environment Made in Nantes

La Folle journée classical music festival, over 200 concerts throughout the week with Culture, recreation, tourism 130,000 ticket sales.

The Château des ducs de Bretagne The Marine Worlds 1,150,000 visitors Carousel 11 25 metres high, 35 creatures, Cultural festivals: room for up to 300 passengers Festival of the Three Continents, Nantes can carry up to Spanish Film Festival… The Heron Tree 52 passengers

47 metres in diameter, tall 12 metres 37 m² of green space per inhabitant 50 metres hight Former Green Capitals: COPENHAGEN: 28 m² VITORIA-GASTEIZ: 20.2 m² HAMBURG: 39 m² The Great Elephant Living environment Living in Nantes

Leasures two hours away Jason Cody A professor at Lake Forest College near Chicago, is an inorganic chemistry resear- Mont-Saint-Michel cher on a year’s sabbatical Food at Nantes’ Institut des Ma- tériaux. This is not his first Nearby vineyards, specialities of the The Atlantic Paris stay in Nantes: Nantes region 13 Coast “It’s the third time I have come to (seafood, vegetables…) The famous "Petit Lu" spend a year in Nantes in the last • Nantes 16 years. The quality of life here is The Chateaux great: friendly, quiet, great family The Vendée’s of the Loire Valley beaches day trips, very efficient transporta- tion.” Futuroscope 2h 1h Economic environment

Economic make-up 315 700 jobs jobs over 10 years Higher education 3rd urban area in France 276,000 students in the Grand Ouest region in terms of job growth 54,000 students sur Nantes 40,000 executive positions: + 15 % students over 15 years + 82 % over 10 years 10 % international students at the university: 15 Business survival rate: highest percentage increase across France 75 % vs. 65 % across France agriculture 0,5 % 3,100 engineering students industry 11 % 10 competitive national schools (Poly- tech’Nantes, Ecole des Mines, Audencia, Centra- construction 6 % le Nantes, Ecole du Bois, Ecole de design, Ecole d’architecture…)

services 82,5 %

sectors breakdown Economic environment

Vivalis DCNS STX Working in Nantes Saunier Duval Competitive clusters Merieux group Health, Eurofins Mechanical recognized by the French Spirit Hexcel Daher biotechnologies materials government: Michel United Biscuits Aeronautics Airbus Vorwerk Images et réseaux Conil Vorwerk, high-end GE Money Bank Atlanpole Biotherapies sectors of activities Food Tipiak household IBM 17 IDForCar electrical appliance Banks, Covea Lengow processing EMC2 (Metallic Assemblies manufacturer: finance, Creative ICT Kraft Food (LU) and Complex Composites) Nantes's appeal played a insurance & cultural Capgemini And the others : Sellermania huge role in the company's industries Accenture Atlantic 2.0, Alliance Libre De Portzamparc (leading open source cluster), decision to locate to the AIA Architects Novabuild city. The employee pool meant that we had no problems recruiting quality work teams. Economic environment Made in Nantes Emblematic buildings Business real estate Real estate rates – 2012 Auran/Cina study Services planning underway

New office rental market 19

€ / ex.VAT / ex.charges / m2 / year city centre suburbs nantes 150/200 120/150 Manny Skyline Yleo Paris / Ile de France region 540/770 255/320 (QCA/ La Défense Ouest) (1st and 2nd périphéry) The Manny building, an emblem A short distance from the TGV Created by C. de Portzamparc, of Nantes’ innovations in the train station, “Skyline” is made Yleo is made up of 46,000 m² of field of architecture, is home to up of a 7-floor and 8-floor offices, housing, and business Coupechoux headquarters. building, representing a grand facilities. total of 17,000 m². The project serves as a model development right at the heart of the Euro- nantes business district. 21

Ile de Nantes Once complete, over 5,000 professionals, students, Euronantes A number of large companies are already onsite: CIC, and researchers will be working under its roof. Capgemini, Henner-GMC, Bouygues Construction, Few cities can boast a project such as this: a stone’s To the south-west of the island, 90 hectares of Situated in up-and-coming urban neighbourhoods Fidélia Assistance, Véolia, Regus International… throw from the historic centre, the city is to be industrial wasteland are to be converted, and on the banks of the Loire River, Euronantes is the 200,000 m² of additional office space will be added to reconstructed upon its current site; a development will largely be used to centralize CHU university Atlantic coast’s largest business cluster. The centre the existing 400,000 m² by 2020. By this same date, of over one million square metres, 300,000 m² of hospital operations on a site stretching over more will eventually offer a total of 600,000 m² of office the redevelopment of the TGV station will be complete, which are reserved for economic activity. than 200,000 m². This represents a new competitive space in the very heart of the city,right next the TGV doubling its current annual passenger capacity. cluster for the Nantes metropolitan area and will train station (just 2 hours from Paris). Euronantes is La Fabrique, a bold cultural facility to the west, only strengthen its European appeal. extremely accessible thanks to a network of tram major projects major is a sign of the area’s artistic ambitions, with lines, Busway and the chronobus, and it offers a whole 100,000 m² to be dedicated to creative industries: host of services that are desirable for businesses and architecture, communication, and visual arts will employees alike. be housed here by 2014. on the web

The international agency Nantes Saint-Nazaire www.nantes-just-imagine.com

Grand Ouest IRT Jules Verne Offshore wind farm The reception of the foreign international airport The Jules Verne Technological Research In April 2012, the EDF-Alstom-Dong researchers in Nantes Institute project will take place to the consortium was awarded three state- www.nantes-chercheur.org/ By the end of 2017, the future Grand south of Nantes, not far from Airbus. controlled wind farm development Ouest Airport, situated 20km north Nantes Métropole 70,000 m² of premises dedicated to zones, one of which will be off the www.nantesmetropole.fr of Nantes, will welcome the business teaching, research, and innovation in coast of Saint-Nazaire. 80 new wind activity that is currently funnelled composite materials will bring together turbines will be built, which is the Business locating and development, 23 through the Nantes Atlantique airport. the major players in the naval, energy, equivalent of 480 MW of power, or economic information This new infrastructure will be in keeping and ground transportation industries: enough energy to provide electricity www.nantes-developpement.com with the economic and demographic Airbus, STX, PSA, DCNS, Segula… A total to 400,000 households. The economic development of the region, one of Technological innovation of around a thousand researchers and repercussions for the region are as www.atlanpole.fr the most dynamic across the whole of a hundred businesses will be housed significant as the project itself: two France (1 million additional inhabitants at the industrial vocational institute, Alstom factories in Saint-Nazaire would Tourism expected by 2030). translating into 5,000 jobs within 10 employ a total of 500 people. By the www.nantes-tourisme.com www.levoyageanantes.fr This future platform will be able to years. time it’s completed, the project could well generate over 2,000 new jobs. The accommodate 4 million people from Congress day one. wind park is expected to be up and www.lacite-nantes.fr running by 2018. Higher education www.univ-nantes.fr Document put together in collaboration with AURAN, urban planning agency for Sources : Auran / Cina / INSEE / Aéroport / Nantes Métropole / Le Voyage à Nantes the Nantes region. Crédits photos : Franck Gallen / Gaël Arnaud / Valéry Joncheray Conception graphique et réalisation : latelierdelestuaire.ultra-book.com Impression : Imprimerie Parenthèses Nantes Métropole Développement est un outil opérationnel au service des entreprises, créé et financé par la communauté urbaine de Nantes. L’agence associe également à son fonctionne- ment l’agglomération nazairienne, le dépar- tement de Loire-Atlantique, la CCI de Nantes, Give your business the best possible start la Chambre de Métiers de Loire-Atlantique et des entreprises du territoire. Elle est membre du CNER (Conseil National des Economies Nantes Métropole Développement, the economic development Régionales). agency created in 1998 by the Urban Community of Nantes, is tasked with bringing new companies to the territory and helping them get established. Its mission hinges on three actions: Nantes Métropole Développement - Location and setup engineering Agence de développement économique - Promoting the territory - Coordinating economic players 2 cours du Champ-de-Mars 44 019 NANTES Cedex 1 Tél. : 33 (0)2 40 35 55 45 The agency has a staff of 18, and is presided by Charles Gautier, [email protected] Vice President-Economic Development of Nantes Métropole, and www.nantes-developpement.com directed by Patrick Robert.

ISO 9001- certified business services. Since 1998, Nantes Métropole Développement has worked alongside This document was printed on 100 % recycled 800 businesses, offering support as they set up in the metropolitain paper using vegetable-based inks. area and contributing to the creation of over 11,000 jobs. June 2013 - 1000 copies