Graduates' career paths
The success of a school is measured by the professional success of its alumni
The school is committed to the professionalization of its studies. The employment rate of 80% of young graduates is an important indicator of success and shows that this work of bringing together the business world is bearing fruit.
Around the world
Alumni are employed 12 months after graduation
Today, the school has more than 4,500 graduates, all fields of study included. Whether they are in France or abroad, working for a company, in an agency or have created their own business, their career paths are many and varied. All former students are part of the Alumni community of L'École de design Nantes Atlantique.
Alumni regularly come to share their professional experience during open houses, graduation ceremonies and in the form of conferences/roundtables with the different classes. You are a graduate of the school? Are you an Alumni of the school? Join the LinkedIn group!
Impacts
Design has become a strategic priority for any company thinking about its future. Being a designer today means tackling strategic challenges and helping to shape the world of tomorrow.
L'École de design Nantes Atlantique has launched the publication "All Designers" to highlight the inspiring journeys of our alumni. You’ll discover their perspectives as designers addressing technological, environmental, and societal challenges.
You can also check out the "Impacts" articles, which highlight the career paths of our alumni after graduation:
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Our designers are everywhere, always with the same commitment, the same societal responsibility to design the world in which they intend to help us live better tomorrow.
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Entrepreneurship in design
L'École de design Nantes Atlantique encourages its students and graduates to develop an entrepreneurial posture, to go as far as possible in the realization of their projects and even to embark on the entrepreneurial adventure.
The school's prospective and professionalization department directs project leaders to the most appropriate contacts and incubation centers. Some projects are incubated in the school's Design Labs.
Alexia Audrain is the designer of the OTO hugging chair, dedicated to autistic people.
"The important thing in my entrepreneurial experience is to carry a project with human and social values. That's what we expect from tomorrow's designers."
Franck Grossel founded Instead, a company that makes eco-designed furniture from brewery grains.
"As a cabinetmaker, on a 3rd industrial revolution approach, I wanted to evolve my profession and propose a new way of designing and understanding the products that surround us."
*Employment survey conducted among graduates of the Class of 2022