« Nantes: perhaps, with the exception of Paris, the only city in France where I feel that something worthwhile might happen to me, where certain eyes burn all too brightly for their own sake [ ...] where for me the rhythm of life is not the same as elsewhere, where certain people still nourish a spirit of supreme adventure, Nantes, a city from which friends can still come to me, Nantes, where I loved a park: the Parc de Procé.”

André Breton, Nadja,1928

NEW!  Call for applications 2021/2022

NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE  Beaux-Arts international
                                             art  &  design

Beaux-Arts International includes three training courses at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Art designed for international students.

Année Preupédeutique Internationale API (Foundation Year) is aimed at students who have passed the baccalaureate, graduated from secondary education (lycée) or equivalent. The courses combine artistic subjects and French language upgrading skills. This year is equivalent to an L1 or integrated preparatory class and prepares students for entry into an L2 at the Nantes Saint-Nazaire school of Art or for entry into other higher schools of art and design in France and Europe.

Programme International Equivalence (PIE) prepares students for parallel admissions to advanced schools of art and design in France and in Europe, associating speciality courses, personalized accompaniment with intensive upgrading in the French language.

Created in 1904, the Nantes Saint-Nazaire School of Art is located in the heart of a very active cultural and artistic region in France, just a two-hour train ride from Paris: it has a major Arts Museum, Le Voyage à Nantes, le lieu unique, the Frac des Pays de la Loire, the Grand T, Le Grand Café and le LiFE in Saint-Nazaire… All essential for preparing art students to become tomorrow’s artists.