Licence Géographie et aménagement at Nantes Université

The Licence Géographie et aménagement provides theoretical and fundamental knowledge in human and social geography and in physical and environmental geography, and trains students in the acquisition and processing of geographic information.

Faculty: Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement (IGARUN)  |  Duration: 3 years (L1 to L3, 6 semesters, 1,500 hours of teaching), Campus Tertre, Nantes  |  Study mode: full-time; language of instruction: French  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Location: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

What you will study

Methods of cartography and GIS, remote-sensing data analysis, survey and its processing, and field observation and measurement, with a disciplinary block in geography and planning and optional units (sociology, history, archaeology, sport) and progressive specialisation from L2. An option Métiers de l'enseignement is available in L2 and L3 for the Capes in history-geography.

Career pathways

Preparation for the master's degrees in Géographie, aménagement, environnement et développement (GAED), Urbanisme et aménagement, or the teaching master (M2E) at the Inspé; also licence professionnelle in geography, planning, urban planning, cartography and geomatics.

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