Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire

What Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire does

Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire is a French public higher education institution for the visual arts, operating as an Établissement public de coopération culturelle (EPCC) under the supervision of the French Ministry of Culture and as a component of Nantes Université. It was formed in 2018 through the merger of the Nantes school (founded 1905) and the Saint-Nazaire school (founded 1985), and delivers state-recognized DNA (Licence) and DNSEP (Master) art degrees across two campuses: the main Nantes campus on the Île de Nantes (relocated 2017) and the Saint-Nazaire campus near the submarine base (new building inaugurated 2021/2022). The school enrolls approximately 419 students, including 30% international students supported by 44 international exchange agreements, and runs preparatory classes, a work-study DNSEP track, research-creation doctorates and the Chaire Sous le paysage international research chair.

The product portfolio spans degree programs, continuing-education public courses for children, adolescents and adults (about 1,300 participants across both sites), outreach to K–12 schools, cultural programming through its Open School pole, and an Artothèque of roughly 700 contemporary artworks accessible 24/7 via the artdelivery.fr platform. The underlying technology stack is conventional educational infrastructure — a multilingual website, an internal student portal (scolarite.beauxartsnantes.fr) and an e-commerce art-lending platform — with no proprietary AI, ML or data platform described.

Revenue is overwhelmingly public: operating subsidies from Ville de Nantes, Nantes Métropole, Saint-Nazaire Agglo Carène, Département de Loire-Atlantique, Région Pays de la Loire and the Ministère de la Culture. Tuition fees are regulated by CROUS scholarship coefficients (€75–€900 per year depending on cycle and échelon), public course fees range from €25.87 to €49.50, and the artothèque generates modest transaction revenue from artwork sales and lending. The customer base is structurally diversified across degree-seeking students, international applicants, public-course participants and partner schools, but the funding base itself is concentrated among a handful of French public entities.

Name

Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire

Legal name

École des beaux-arts de Nantes Saint-Nazaire

Website

https://beauxartsnantes.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1905

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire is a French public art school (EPCC) under the Ministry of Culture, delivering state-recognized Licence and Master art degrees across Nantes and Saint-Nazaire campuses to roughly 419 students (30% international), alongside public art courses, a 700-work Artothèque, cultural programming and research-creation doctorates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (611610), Museums (712110)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Arts Colleges (Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking) (EDAHAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Visual Arts (Drawing, Painting, Illustration) (EDAAAGAA), Visual Arts Instruction (Drawing, Painting, Sculpture) (EDAMAAAA), Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH)

Keywords

• Art education
• Higher education
• Fine arts training
• Visual arts degrees
• Public art school

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition fees (Droits d'inscription): Tuition fees are established based on CROUS scholarship coefficient. Fees vary from 75€ to 900€ depending on scholarship level and study cycle.
2. Artothèque / Art delivery service: Art delivery service allows reservation and acquisition of artworks from the school's collection of approximately 700+ works. Revenue from artwork sales.
3. Public courses (Cours publics): Fees for public courses for children, adolescents, and adults. Course fees range from 25.87€ (reduced) to 49.50€ depending on age and status.
4. Public funding and subsidies: Subsidized by Ville de Nantes, Nantes Métropole, Ministère de la Culture, Département de Loire-Atlantique and région Pays de la Loire as an EPCC.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire is a French public higher education institution for visual arts that delivers degree programs (DNA Art undergraduate and DNSEP Art graduate), preparatory classes, doctoral research, and public art courses. Beyond formal education, it runs an Artothèque (art lending service) making its collection of nearly 700 contemporary works accessible to the public, and an Open School cultural programming offering exhibitions, events, and conferences.

Product overview

Beaux-Arts Nantes Saint-Nazaire is a French art school offering a comprehensive educational portfolio through its two campuses in Nantes and Saint-Nazaire. The school provides a single Art specialization across the LMD (Licence-Master-Doctorat) European system: a 3-year DNA Art undergraduate degree (Licence level) with pathways including Construire, Diffusion Art Multiples, Peinture, Image, and Scène; a 2-year DNSEP Art graduate degree (Master level) including an alternating work-study option; and doctoral research-creation programs. Beyond formal degrees, the school offers preparatory classes (national and international), the Art Summer School, and specialized international programs (PIE and API). Public engagement services include Cours publics (art courses for children, adolescents, adults), artistic education partnerships with schools, and the Artothèque/Artdelivery service for lending works from a collection of nearly 700 pieces. Cultural programming through Open School provides exhibitions, events, conferences, and a podcast. Research initiatives include the Chaire Sous le paysage international research chair. A student intranet portal supports academic management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Open School: Cultural and artistic pole within the school that runs exhibitions, events, and public programming
• Artothèque de Nantes
• La Cité du dessin
• Art Summer School

Products and services

• DNA Art (Diplôme National d'Art) 3-year undergraduate art degree (Licence level) with pathways including Construire, Diffusion Art Multiples, Peinture, Image, and Scène; available at the Nantes and Saint-Nazaire sites (the latter as the Territoires, Paysages, Espaces Publics mention). For students seeking a professional art diploma.
• DNSEP Art (Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% international students
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ANDEA (Association nationale des écoles d'art)minorOthersNational association of art schools in France, membership provides networking and advocacy for art education institutions.
• APPÉA (Association nationale des prépas publiques aux écoles supérieures d'art)minorOthersNational association of public preparatory classes for art schools.
• ELIA (European League Institutes of the Arts)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network of art schools facilitating international exchanges and collaborations among art institutions across Europe.
• ADRA (Association de développement et de recherche des artothèques)minorOthersAssociation for the development and research of artothèques, supporting art lending services.
• Culture EPCCminorOthersNational committee linking public cultural cooperation establishments.
• Bonus - Ateliers d'artistes de la Ville de NantescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for artist workshop program and 'Les Vagabondes' artothèque exhibition featuring alumni works with support from Centre national des arts plastiques, Département de Loire-Atlantique and Ville de Nantes.
• Nantes UniversitécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity integration as a component of Nantes Université; co-diploma programs; joint doctoral research creation program launched October 2024.
• Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtothèques en ruralités program; public art commissions including 'Les temps changent' and 'Messages/Images'.
• Casa de VelázquezminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual residency exchange for artists; 'Itinerancia' exhibitions showcasing returning artists.
• Fieldwork MarfaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational residency program in Marfa, Texas with open-air studio space for student artistic projects.
• La Chambre (Saint-Nazaire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExhibition space for 'L'Océan comme méthode' events at La Chambre, Saint-Nazaire.
• Ville de NantescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary municipal funder as part of EPCC; supports Open School activities and art delivery service; 2020 acquisition of 130 artworks from 94 local artists during pandemic.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Haute école des arts du Rhin (HEAR Strasbourg): Multi-site public art school formed from merger (Strasbourg/Mulhouse) offering fine arts and design programs. Comparable in EPCC governance, multi-site operations, and DNA/DNSEP programs; useful peer for benchmarking merged art school dynamics.
• École européenne supérieure de l'image (ÉESI Angoulême-Poitiers): Public art school with dual campuses offering DNA/DNSEP programs in image/illustration/graphic design. Similar size, multi-site structure, and EPCC governance, with comparable international student outreach.
• École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (ENSBA Paris): France's flagship public fine arts school offering DNA and DNSEP degrees under the same Ministry of Culture framework. Most direct peer given identical program structure, Paris location draws top national applicants that the school must compete against for prestige and selectivity.
• École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon (ENSBA Lyon): Lyon-based public fine arts institution offering DNA/DNSEP programs and similar artothèque services. Comparable in size, public funding structure, and degree portfolio, making it a structural peer for student recruitment and program benchmarking.
• École supérieure d'art et de design Marseille (ÉSADMM): Public art and design school in Marseille offering DNA/DNSEP with Mediterranean focus. Comparable peer in scale, public funding structure, and degree offerings, with similar artothèque and international programming.
• École supérieure des beaux-arts de Bordeaux (EBABX): Public fine arts school in Bordeaux offering DNA/DNSEP programs with similar dual-cycle structure and Ministry of Culture oversight. Closest peer by size, public EPCC status, and regional positioning outside the Île-de-France.
• École supérieure d'art de Lorraine (ÉSAL Metz/Épinal): Multi-site public art school in Lorraine offering DNA/DNSEP programs. Comparable by scale, public funding model, and recent campus consolidation dynamics given the school's own 2018 Nantes/Saint-Nazaire merger.

Others

• Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP): National arts funding body partnering on Artothéques en ruralités and public commissions. Ecosystem participant that funds and amplifies the school's art lending and exhibition programming.
• ELIA (European League Institutes of the Arts): European network of art schools facilitating international exchanges. Network partner that enables the school's 44 international exchange agreements and student mobility.
• Nantes Université: Parent university ecosystem that the school is integrated into, enabling co-diplomas and joint doctoral programs. Not a competitor but a strategic ecosystem partner shaping the school's research and degree offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BeauxartsNantes
• Instagraminstagram.com/beauxartsnantes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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