Competitive advantages
Bretagne has an outstandingly high level of initial education. Results in various examinations are always higher than the national average. It is also the region with the smallest proportion of unqualified young people.
24 % of Bretons are under 20 years of age; it is the pool of Bretagne’s future wealth. Thanks to the multi-disciplinary organisation of public and private universities and higher education establishments, on the spot, Breton students enjoy high level training meeting the requirements of the economic actors.
In Bretagne, the presence of almost 5 % of the French civil research workforce - i.e. more than 4,500 researchers of the public sector - offers great opportunities for synergy between universities and higher education establishments.
Numerous French and foreign groups have set up R&D laboratories thus benefiting from this favourable environment.
The 4 mains fields of excellence which occupy Breton researchers are:
- Marine science and technology
- Information and communication science and technology
- Agriculture and agribusiness
- Health sciences and technology
This favourable environment was evidenced by the government’s decision to select 4 Breton competitiveness clusters:
- Agribusiness : Valorial
- Pôle Automobile haut de gamme
- Pôle Mer
- Information and communication technologies: Images et Réseaux
