Programmes

The international dimension is at the heart of the École des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire, which welcomes students of various nationalities and encourages its students to go abroad throughout their studies. In 2021, 29% of the school's students will be international.

In addition, many foreign speakers (artists and professionals) are invited to lead classes and workshops throughout the year.

Since 2015, the school has been offering training programs adapted to international students under the name Beaux-Arts International.

These programs include a personalized welcome (visa procedures, housing, banking, etc.), a reinforced learning of the French language as well as a refresher course in art or design. The courses are taught by a team of international artists and professionals with a strong intercultural sensitivity.
Students continue their studies at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Fine Arts or go on to other art or design schools.

The national and international preparatory class

Programme International Equivalence

Study mobilities

to come on exchange or go abroad

Students from our partner institutions can apply to their institution to come to the École des Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire for one or two semesters of academic exchange.
Students from the school can go to one of these institutions.

Our school thus encourages international mobility, thanks to various mobility and funding schemes (Erasmus +, Envoléo, Ofaj and school scholarships).

In 2021, the school has 36 partnership agreements with partner institutions of higher artistic education in 22 countries. Students can go to one of these partner destinations for one or two semesters of study.

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Discover our campuses

Numerous short and medium-term educational stays are offered to students. Destination: our international campuses: Marfa (USA), Asia (South Korea) and Dakar (Senegal).

These research sites are above all platforms for debate, research and production that engage students, artists and researchers in multiform exchanges.

Fieldwork Marfa

In 2019, the school founds Fieldwork Marfa Consortium, a network of 9 art schools engaged in joint educational and research projects in Marfa, Texas.
This consortium brings together three North American institutions: CalArts, California Institute of the Arts, USA; University of Houston, Texas, USA and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada;
two European institutions Glasgow School of Art, UK and HEAD - Geneva, Switzerland;
four French institutions Beaux-Arts de Paris, Atelier de Sèvres, Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire and Université de Nantes.

The Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire is also an active member of the ELIA network (European League of Institutes of the Arts) which brings together 250 art schools in 41 countries (mainly in Europe). ELIA regularly co-organizes events in the form of colloquiums or conferences.

Erasmus Day 2022. Photo : Carmel Keane

Erasmus +

The Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire is a signatory of the Erasmus+ Charter and participates in the Erasmus+ program which supports the mobility of students, teachers and staff in higher education in Europe.

ELIA (European League of Institute of the Arts)

The Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire is also an active member of the ELIA network (European League of Institutes of the Arts) which brings together 250 art schools in 41 countries (mainly in Europe). ELIA regularly co-organizes events in the form of colloquiums or conferences.

Fieldwork: Marfa

Un espace-atelier à ciel ouvert pour des projets artistiques à l’échelle 1
Photo Charles Stankievech

Marfa TX

Lost Horses, 2012, avec Ty Mitchell. Film couleur, sonore, 38 min

Production École supérieure d’art de Clermont Métropole

Marfa TX

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Marfa TX

Donald Judd, Chinati Foundation

photo Charles Stankievech

Seoul Suncheon

Suncheon Bay

Seoul Suncheon

Corée du Sud, 2019, mené par Stéphane Thidet, Christiane Carlut et Alain Declercq,
avec les étudiants des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire et de l'ENSAD - Paris