Each year, L’École de design Nantes Atlantique trains 1750 students including 350 apprentices and 800 to 1000 interns through continuing education. It has a network of 1000 partner companies and 3500 graduates
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique offers highly professionalized training courses (internships, apprenticeships, prospective studies, workshops, projects) and awards a Master’s degree in design (MDes) certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation and the National Diploma of Art and Design (DN MADE, 3 years of study equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree) via the academic route and work-study programs within the framework of the Vocational Training Center (CFA).
Resolutely international, L’École de design Nantes Atlantique, through its international studios, Africa Design School and NACAA, is established in 6 countries, all over the world: in Pune (India), Shanghai and Hangzhou (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Montreal (Canada) and Cotonou (Benin) with Africa Design School and Africa Studio.
A center for design and innovation, the school has opened 5 Design Labs, platforms for design-led research and innovation dedicated to social, technological and environmental changes:
- Care Design Lab (environmental and social health & quality of life),
- Food Design Lab (new eating habits),
- Digital Design Lab (digital innovation),
- City Design Lab (transition to sustainable cities)
- Media Design Lab (communication and information issues).
