Research and education

Université de Bretagne Occidentale (University of Western Brittany)

Primarily research centre of western Brittany, Brest and its surrounding area is the home of several research and elite educational establishments:

a multidisciplinary university, Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) Brest has also several grandes écoles and other undergraduate or graduate schools: École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB) (in Plouzané next to Brest) Télécom Bretagne (ENST Bretagne) (in Plouzané next to Brest) École nationale supérieure de techniques avancées de Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne, formerly ENSIETA) Institut supérieur de l'électronique et du numérique de Brest (ISEN Brest) École Supérieure de Commerce de Bretagne École Navale (French Naval Academy) (in Lanvéoc next to Brest) To be noted that Brest is one of the hosts for the Indiana University Honors Foreign Language Program Brest has several research organisations: the largest Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) centre (in Plouzané next to Brest); about 1000 people work there. Le Cedre (Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution) the French Polar Institute (in Plouzané next to Brest) The Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM)