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Intercultural programme

ACCOMMODATION- The House for Foreign Researchers (MCE)

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.

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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 !

A day at Mont Saint Michel

Saturday May 17th, 2025 – from 7.30 am to 8.30pm

A day at the Mont Saint Michel, a must see!!!

Meeting at 7.30am in MCE neighborhood, we leave Nantes by private bus for a 2.5hr coach ride. Once at Mont St Michel, we first have a one hour guided tour (one group in English, one group in French) to learn about this unique place history and its village gathered on that tiny rock in the middle of the bay. At 12.30, you’ll have 2 hours of free time on Mont St Michel to wander, visit, and admire this historical world famous site. Either you take time to stroll and eat or you visit the abbey and rush for a sandwich.
At 2.30pm, we meet again to start a two hour guided tour in the bay, walking barefoot on the humid sand, to discover the unique ecosystem of the bay (quick sands, tidal bores…).
At 5.30 pm we meet back at the coach to ride back to Nantes. Arrival in city center scheduled at 8.30 pm

27.50€ per person (The fee includes the 2 guided walks and bus transportation. The fee does not include lunch or the abbey entrance ticket, if you choose to visit it.)

Online registration will start on Friday April 18th at 6pm. Limited seating. Make sure to register to only one of the two groups (one link for the visits both in English, one link for the visits both in French).
Registration links and details will be sent by email by mid-April.
Contact us if you didn’t receive it.

One guest possible per researcher member of the association. Kids welcomed if 7 and older, but parents please keep in mind it is a LONG day and parental supervision is mandatory during the visit of the bay (quick sands are real and dangerous for a unsupervised kid !)

Art Museum of Nantes

April 26th, 2025 from 11:30am to 1 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

Ticket fee: 8.50€ per person

Registration mandatory, information sent by email.

Only 24 seats, registration open only to reseachers registered with the association and their spouse.

LOCAL FOOD TASTING PARTY

Thursday March 13th, 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