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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 !

Daytrip “Nature and Culture” : Guérande, Le Croisic, marais salants

Saturday May 30th, 2026 from 9.15am to 8.15pm

Come spend a day enjoying land and ocean, histoy and nature, Bretagne and Pays de la Loire. The association organises a daytrip starting with an 1.5hr private bus drive to Guérande where you’ll enjoy a one hour guided tour (in English) of the medieval city center, followed by some free time in the city to lunch or shop and explore. Then we’ll enjoy a discovery visit of the salt marshes with a professional guide explaining in English the eco-system and the hand harvested salt craft of this region. We’ll finish the afternoon in the little sea resort and harbor of Le Croisic where you’ll be able to stroll, shop, go to the beach or take a little hike by the coast line, according to your preferences. The bus will bring us back to Nantes around 8pm.

Registration (mandatory) opens on Monday May 4th at 6pm on Hello Asso (details and link sent by email)

Fee is 24.50€ per person (it includes the guided visits and private bus transportation, does not include lunch) 

No reimbursment unless presenting a doctor’s note.

1 guest maximum per registered researcher, unless you came to Nantes with your spouse and a child/children, possibility of getting a third or fourth ticket only in that context. Children need to be 6 years old at minimum.

City wall of Guérande

Little streets of Guérande

Salt marshes

Salt marsh guided tour

Le Croisic harbor

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.

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Members of the association