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May 24th
Information
The official invitation to the graduation ceremony will be sent to your audencia.com email address. Please make sure you check your spam regularly.
Please complete the questionnaire even if you cannot attend the ceremony. At any time, you can change your response by using this form.
Each graduate may be accompanied by a maximum of 2 guests. They must indicate their full names and e-mail addresses when they register.
Please bring your invitation, which will be sent to you by email following your registration, in paper format or present it to the security officer on your phone. No entry without an invitation will be allowed.
A separate check-in for graduates and guests will be set up to facilitate the flow and access to the event for all. You will be seated by program and will not be next to your guests.
When you arrive at the Zénith, we will give you your gown, cap and sash as well as a folder with your first and last name. You must keep it with you until you go on stage. You will walk across the stage successively by program.
The Zenith concert hall has been designed to accommodate people with disabilities and those accompanying them. To make sure you have a dedicated seat, please ask the people at the reception to guide you to your seat.
These seats offer excellent visibility of the stage.
The Program
- 6:00 p.m .: Doors to the Zénith open
Reception – Cloakroom – Dressing in graduation gowns – Delivery of a personal folder containing your diploma (to be kept until your visit to the stage) - 6.30 p.m .: Doors of the Zénith open for guests
- 7.30 p.m .: Closing of the Zénith doors
You must be seated in the room, in the space reserved for your programme - 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m .*: Graduation ceremony
The ceremony will be interspersed with speeches from your professors and the programme administration. We also have some surprises in store for you!
Order of appearance of the programmes on stage :
– Specialized Master® programs
– MBA & DBA Community
– Executive Programs - 9:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Cocktail reception
* the times indicated are subject to change
- 9.30 a.m.: Doors to the Zénith open
Reception – Cloakroom – Dressing in graduation gowns – Delivery of your diploma (to be kept until your visit to the stage) - 10:00 a.m. : Doors of the Zénith open for guests
- 11.00 a.m.: Closing of the Zénith doors
You must be seated in the room, in the space reserved for your programme - 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m .*: Graduation ceremony
The ceremony will be interspersed with speeches from your teachers and the programme management. We also have some surprises in store for you!
Order of appearance of the programmes on stage :
– Bachelor
– Audencia SciencesCom
– International Masters - 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Cocktail reception
* the times indicated are subject to change
- 5.00 p.m.: Doors to the Zénith open
Reception – Cloakroom – Dressing in graduation gowns – Delivery of your diploma (to be kept until your visit to the stage) - 6.00 p.m .: Doors of the Zénith open for guests
- 6.30 p.m.: Closing of the Zénith doors
You must be seated in the room, in the space reserved for your program - 6.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m.*: Graduation ceremony
The ceremony will be interspersed with speeches from your teachers and the program management. We also have some surprises in store for you! - 9:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.: Cocktail reception
* the times indicated are subject to change
Access & Accomodation
By Bus
- Line C3 direction “Armor” – stop “Zénith” (30 minutes journey from Nantes city center): See timetables for line C3
- From Nantes South Station: Line C3 direction “Armor” > stop “Zénith” (30 minutes journey)
- From the Airport:
- Take the “Nantes Atlantique” shuttle in the direction of “Commerce”, and get off at the “Le Lieu Unique” stop
- Correspondence with Busway C3, direction “Armor” – stop “Zénith”
(total journey time: 55 minutes)
- From the Faculties (Petit Port):
- Go to the “Fac de lettres” stop, take Line C20 towards “Gare de Chantenay”, get off at “Les Châtaigniers”
- Correspondence with Busway C3, direction “Armor” – stop “Zénith”
(total journey time: : 45 minutes)
By Tramway
- Line 1 direction “François Mitterrand” – “Schoelcher” station (35 minutes from Nantes station, then walk to the footbridge over the N444 (10 minutes) >> More information on line 1
Get ther by carpooling
- Visit the Nantes Métropole carpooling site by clicking here
The Zenith’s address
Boulevard du Zénith à Saint-Herblain (44800)
GPS coordinates:
Adress : 1 Boulevard du Zénith à Saint-Herblain
GPS coordinates: : 47° 13’ 49’’ Nord, 1° 37’ 44’’ Ouest
- From Rennes
Take the Périphérique Ouest (West-Bordeaux direction) and exit Porte de Chézine – Saint-Herblain (exit 34) - From Paris
Take the Périphérique Ouest (direction Bordeaux) and exit Porte de Chézine – Saint-Herblain (exit 34) - From Bordeaux
Take the Périphérique Ouest (direction West – Rennes) and exit Porte de Chézine – Saint-Herblain (exit 34)· - From Cholet
Take the Périphérique Ouest (direction West – Rennes) and exit Porte de Chézine – Saint-Herblain (exit 34) - From Vannes or St Nazaire
By RD 201 towards Nantes, then take the “Zénith” exit.
Appart’City Nantes Cité des Congrès – Appart Hôtel ***
5mn walking from La Cité Congress Centre
- Tel : 02 51 89 76 10
- Website
Mercure Nantes Centre Grand Hôtel****
- 20mn walking from La Cité Congress Centre
- Tel : 02 51 82 10 00
- Website
Hôtel ibis Nantes Centre Gare Sud ***
- 9mn walking from La Cité Congress Centre
- Tel : 02 40 20 21 20
- Website
Hôtel de France Océania ****
- 20mn walking from La Cité Congress Centre
- Tel : 02 40 73 57 91
- Website
Hôtel Mercure Nantes Ouest Saint-Herblain Zenith
- 5mn walking from the Zenith
- Tel : 02 72 01 00 00
- Site web
Campanile Nantes Saint-Herblain
- 5mn walking from the Zenith
- Tel : 02 40 92 15 33
- Site web
Bho Hotel
- 8mn walking from the Zenith
- Tel : 02 40 38 33 33
- Site web
Best Western Hotel Atlantys
- 8mn walking from the Zenith
- Tel : 02 40 63 99 63
- Site web