The association's offices will be closed on April 17th, 20th and 24th. We thank you in advance for your comprehension.

April 8th : Sale opening for the guided visit of the Nantes Art Museum on April 25th. Info about registration sent by email.

French class registration opens on Tuesday April 7th !

Personalised support and services for free in Nantes

You are a foreign researcher arriving in Nantes ?
We are helping you settling in !
Register to benefit from our services.

Visas – Residence permits

ACCOMMODATION- The House for Foreign Researchers (MCE)

Health insurance

Intercultural programme

Bank account – Taxes

French courses

Family issues

Driving license

The organisation Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes (Foreign Researchers in Nantes)

With the EURAXESS Services Centre label given by the European Commission, the organisation Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes provides free and personalised assistance to international researchers (PhD students, postdocs, professors, researchers) and their families settling in Nantes – Saint-Nazaire area and whose host institution is a member of the organisation.

Find out more about us

To benefit from our services, register with ALFRED !

ALFRED is the date base from the EURAXESS France network for foreign researchers in France. Please register so that we get your information and help you to our best. The data is confidential and only accessible by your relevant EURAXESS Services Centre.

Intercultural programme

The Agenda Interculturel is a programme of events prepared by our organisation : cultural outings and social opportunities. Come and meet other foreign researchers living in Nantes !

Guided visit at the Art Museum of Nantes

April 25th, 2026 from 11am to 12.45 pm

Presentation in English by a professionnal art history guide of all the major artworks in the Museum. Visit with a small group 9 centuries of masterpieces in an hour and half tour : from italian primitive painters to contemporary art, from Perugin to Chagall via De la Tour or Monnet…

Then free time to wander in the museum

If the weather is on our side, feel free to plan a pique-nique that we’ll have all together at the botanical garden near the museum, after the visit...

Ticket fee: 8.50€ per person

Registration mandatory, information sent by email.

Only 24 seats, registration open only to reseachers registered with the association + one guest (spouse, friend, colleague…).

Classical music night at Cité des Congrès

Tuesday March 10th, 2026 from 8pm to 9.40pm

ONPL concert « Mahler» : symphonic orchestra will open the night with a Messiaen piece, followed by several pieces from Alma Mahler, and finaly Gustav Mahler’s fourth symphony, accompanied by soprano singer Annika Synnove Beinnes.

Ticket fee is 10€ per person

1 guest per researcher max, unless you need a third ticket for your kid.

Info on registration process sent via mailing list.

Registration opens Monday February 23rd at 6pm

Don’t hesitate to email us if you have any question.

LOCAL FOOD TASTING PARTY

Wednesday February 11th, from 6.30 to 9 pm, at the Maison des Chercheurs (MCE)

Come and sample various local delicacies: salty, meaty, fishy, greeny, sweet, all tastes should be satisfied with our galette de sarrasin, crêpes, andouille, rigolette, gâteau nantais, muscadet, salicorne, curé nantais cheese and so much more…

You’ll discover new food and meet new fellow researchers. Don’t miss out !

Free upon registration by email

Friends and family welcome (In the limit of 1 person invited per registered researcher. We don’t count kids always welcome of course) !

Look at the full programme for this semester