The Jules Verne Technological Research Institute is one of the 8 selected at the national level within the framework of Investments for the Future. It aims to create in Nantes a vast research, innovation and training campus associating companies and training and research establishments around advanced production technologies in the field of composite, metallic and hybrid materials, in 4 key industrial sectors: aeronautics, naval, land transport, energy. The IRT will conduct research on key subjects for the industrial competitiveness of these sectors.