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EHESP
The EHESP School of Public Health was set up to provide a school of higher public health studies in France. The organization implemented serves the strategic guidelines of the institution presented in its objective and performance contract for the period 2014 to 2018. A new strategic project is currently under development. It will result in a new objectives and performance contract 2019-2023 signed by the two ministries supervising the EHESP School of Public Health: the Ministry for Solidarity and Health and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
EHESP has four missions:
- to provide initial training for senior public sector managers and inspectors in the health and welfare services
- to provide higher education in public health, in close partnership with other institutions
- to contribute to research in public health
- to promote international relations, in particular through exchanges with similar educational institutions.
90 lecturers, grouped into 4 departments, provide training for senior management in health and welfare services, in a national and international context.
- 12 training programs for healthcare professionals
- Masters, post-masters and doctoral degrees
- Institution-specific Diplomas
EHESP also offers 10 certificates and more than 250 “short” training programs that are updated each year in various public health fields, discover all the professional development programs.
EHESP also offers preparatory courses for a number of competitive examinations for positions as civil servants in ministerial and health facilities, both in class setting and through distance learning, as well as training courses tailored to the needs of each facility
The relevance and quality of teaching are an integral part of applied research. Research is carried out by 4 education and research departments including 12 research chairs, 1 environmental health research laboratory (LERES), 9 research organizations in partnership including 3 joint labs and a research team.
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ENSTA Bretagne
ENSTA Bretagne is a prestigious French engineering school with an established reputation in the maritime, defense and high-tech sectors. Its excellence is recognized in many fields including all aspects of the naval industry as well as defense equipment and technology, and including the aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, energy, digital and information technology and research sectors.
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IMT Atlantique
IMT Atlantique is one of the top 10 engineering schools in France, and one of the top 400 universities in the world in THE World University Ranking. It is a general engineering grande école financed by the Ministry of Industry and Digital Communication, and the first Institut Mines Télécom “Mines-Telecom” Technological university, founded on January 1st, 2017 from the merger of Mines Nantes and Télécom Bretagne.
IMT Atlantique is:
- a Higher Education Institution with first-rate research potential, internationally recognized for its research (present in 5 disciplines in the Shanghai, QS and THE rankings).
- a resolutely multi-site institution reflecting the world in which we live. An institution with a strong local presence, and a commitment to contributing to local development
- an institution which is aware of its environmental and societal responsibility. In 2019 it was awarded the sustainable development & social responsibility accreditation.
- and finally, an institution that trains executives capable of understanding and mastering the complexity of the highly interconnected systems of the future, by combining their knowledge of the systems with that of the networks that link them.
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INSA Rennes
Created in 1966, INSA Rennes is a member of the INSA Group, the leading French network of state graduate and post graduate engineering schools, composed of 6 schools in France, 7 partner schools and 1 international INSA in Morocco.
Research and innovation are the key elements of INSA training, which benefits from the expertise of its 130 professors and lecturers . With six laboratories of international renown, three technological platforms and numerous industrial partners, INSA Rennes stands out for two poles of excellence: Information &Communication Science &Technologies / Materials, Structures & Mechanics
With almost 2 000 students, INSA Rennes is a prestigious “Grande Ecole”, a graduate and post graduate school of sensible proportions. INSA Rennes delivers high level scientific training conforming to the highest official European standards: Masters in engineering / Masters by research / Doctorates (PhD)
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Rennes School of Business
Rennes School of Business is considered to be the most international School of Management in Europe. With 95% of faculty members being non-French, 55% foreign students, classes in English and a network of more than 350 partner universities worldwide, Rennes School of Business gives the students a unique opportunity to learn in a continuous international environment from first year to graduation.
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Université de Bretagne Occidentale
A public institution founded in 1971, UBO is a medium-sized university (around 23,000 students) offering a wide range of programmes in all fields. It is a member of the Université Bretagne Loire (UBL), a regional coordination structure for higher education.
French research is essentially academic in nature, encompassing the work of university laboratories and their partner organisations. UBO is home to 34 laboratories, some of which are supported by prestigious French research bodies, such as CNRS, INSERM, and IRD.
There are four principal areas of research at UBO :
- Marine Sciences
- Health, Agrifood and Materials
- Maths-ICT
- Humanities and Social Sciences

Université Bretagne Sud
Université Bretagne Sud is a public institution of a scientific, cultural and professional nature. Since 2020, it has been led by the president, Virginie Dupont.
UBS is a multidisciplinary institution that offers undergraduate, graduate and PhD courses in many fields: literature and languages, social sciences, engineering, computer sciences, mathematics, law, economics, business.
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Université de Rennes
The University of Rennes brings together training departments (UFR, faculties, schools, institutes), research centres and five Grandes Écoles who participate in the development and implementation of the strategy of the University of Rennes: École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique (EHESP), École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), École Normale Supérieure de Rennes (ENS Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (INSA Rennes), Sciences Po Rennes.
The University of Rennes also works in association with the Université Rennes 2, the École Nationale de Statistique et Analyse de l’Information de Rennes (ENSAI) and the Institut Agro Rennes-Angers to pursue and develop joint projects.
National research organisations – CNRS, INRAE, Inria, Inserm – and the university hospital, the CHU de Rennes, participate as partners in the development and implementation of the scientific strategy of the University of Rennes.
- A New Multidisciplinary Institution with a Public Service Mission of Higher Education and Research.
- Research: developing intensive research to serve society, encouraging open science and stimulating innovation and transfer.
- Training: advancing and transmitting knowledge by transcending disciplinary boundaries, and through pedagogical innovation and diversification of pathways.
- Student experience: creating the conditions for a quality student experience, promoting the success and fulfilling professional integration of students.
- CSR: contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, and especially to the well-being of students, staff and stakeholders.
- International: cooperating internationally and participating in the development of the European Higher Education and Research Area.
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Rennes 2 University
Rennes 2 University is the largest centre for research and higher education in the fields of human and social sciences in western France.
As one of the major public universities in France almost exclusively devoted to arts, humanities and social sciences, Rennes 2 strives to provide excellence through education and innovation within a dynamic learning environment. Our university welcomes more than 24,000 students to its 5 different faculties:
- Arts, Literature, and Communication
- Modern Languages
- Human Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Sports Sciences
Rennes 2 main campus is located in the heart of the city Rennes, the capital of picturesque Brittany. The university helps contribute to regional and national dynamism through the variety of our educational offer, research and cultural vitality. Rennes itself is the 8th largest student city in France, with more than 60,000 students.
While fostering local cooperation has always been a part of Rennes 2’s DNA, it also has an increasingly global perspective. With over 3,000 international students and 265 partners worldwide, the students and staff are now, more than ever, creating strong relationships with university and research institutions around the globe.
Rennes 2 students also benefit from an exceptional and diversified linguistic offer of 19 foreign languages. Rennes 2 is also home to the premier French-language learning center – the CIREFE.
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