The universities
The universities of Nantes, Angers, Le Mans and Laval are united within the PRES Universités Nantes Angers Le Mans. These universities belong to the Réseau des universités de l'ouest Atlantique (RUOA) which brings together the ten universities of the Great West present in the regions Pays de la Loire, Bretagne, Poitou-Charentes and Limousin.