IES Abroad Nantes – French Language Immersion & Area Studies

Nantes just might be the perfect place to improve your French language skills. That’s because it’s not a tourist destination like Paris or the French Riviera, so English is rarely spoken. But Nantes is a spectacularly beautiful city on the Loire River, featuring gorgeous architecture (including its own castle), charming (and charmingly quirky) attractions, and beautiful outdoor spaces.

Nantes is also home to some of the most delicious food France has to offer (think crêpes, fish with beurre blanc, buttery cakes, and, of course, wonderful regional cheeses.) It’s also very manageable, eco-friendly, and great to bike around in.

Our French Language Immersion & Area Studies Program has two important goals: to improve your written and verbal proficiency in French through language and area studies courses, and to introduce you to contemporary France and its role in the European Union. A beautiful city on the Loire River, Nantes offers wonderful food, outdoor spaces, and stunning modern and classic architecture. Nantes is the ideal place to improve your French—with few anglophones and a focus on full immersion, you’ll have the opportunity to fully integrate into French society and function completely in French.

This program has a close relationship with the Université de Nantes, so you will have many opportunities to enroll in local university courses. IES Abroad courses are taught in French by native French faculty, many of whom are professors at the Université de Nantes. You have access to the university libraries, computer labs, cafeterias, and sports facilities, and you are welcome to join student clubs and other social and sports organizations. You may also enroll in an art course at the École des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire, or take Business and Communications courses in English at the AACSB- and EQUIS-accredited Audencia Business School.

Four or more semesters of college-level French are required in order to participate in this program.

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Application Procedure:

Applying to an IES Abroad program is easy—just follow the three study abroad application steps outlined below. If you have any questions during the application process, visit the FAQs or contact your Program Advisor at 800.995.2300. You can do this!

1.    Check the application deadline and review the application requirements for your study abroad or internship program of interest. Plan to submit all of the required information by the deadline.

2.    Create an account or log in to complete and submit the initial online study abroad application.

3.    After 1-2 business days, sign in to your MyIESabroad account to view and submit the rest of the application requirements. You will also receive regular emails about deadlines and missing items.

Something unexpected is just around the world. Are you ready? Apply now at: https://www.IESabroad.org/apply