Institut national des sciences appliquées de Rennes

The Rock'n Solex festival is a French student festival, combining Solex racing and music, first held in 1967. It combines Solex races during the day and music concerts every night.

The University of Rennes 1 is a public university located in the city of Rennes, France. It is under the Academy of Rennes. It specializes in science, technology, law, economics, management and philosophy. There are currently about 26,000 students enrolled, with about 1,800 members of teaching staff and 1,700 other staff members employed by the university. In 2023, the University of Rennes 1 will merge with four schools in the "UNIR" project, in order to create a new University of Rennes.

École nationale supérieure de chimie de Rennes (ENSCR) a French engineering College created in 1919. The school trains engineers in chemistry. Located in Rennes, the ENSCR is a public higher education institution. The school is a member of the University of Rennes 1.

École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Rennes (ESIR) a French engineering College created in 2009. The school trains engineers in two specialties: materials and information technologies. Located in Rennes, the ESIR is a public higher education institution. The school is a member of the University of Rennes 1.

The Jardin botanique de l'Université de Rennes is a botanical garden maintained by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Rennes 1, Avenue du General Leclerc, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France. The garden consists of greenhouses, herbarium, and a collection of plant models: Greenhouses - located on the university's Beaulieu campus. At the start of the 20th century, they were dispersed across Rennes with a botanical greenhouse on rue De Robien and a greenhouse for experimental biology at place Pasteur. When the science faculty moved to the Beaulieu campus in the 1960s, the greenhouses were consolidated. At present, they contain three rooms (temperate, hot and arid, hot and humid) which are used primarily for teaching and genetic research. Herbarium - Nearly 300,000 specimens; open to researchers but not the general public. Wooden models of plants - from the Berlin Museum in compensation for World War II damages. Designed for botanical instruction, they are also remarkable works of art.

The Institut de recherche en informatique et systèmes aléatoires is a joint computer science research center of CNRS, University of Rennes 1, ENS Rennes, INSA Rennes and Inria, in Rennes in Brittany. It is one of the eight Inria research centers. Created in 1975 as a spin-off of the University of Rennes 1, merging the young computer science department and a few mathematicians, more specifically probabilists, among them Michel Métivier, who was to become the first president of IRISA. Research topics span from theoretical computer science, such as formal languages, formal methods, or more mathematically oriented topics such as information theory, optimization, complex system... to application-driven topics like bioinformatics, image and video compression, handwriting recognition, computer graphics, medical imaging, content-based image retrieval.

The Institute of Research and Technology b-com (French: Institut de Recherche Technologique b-com), stylized and known as b<>com, is one of eight Institutes of Research and Technology endorsed by the French government in 2012. b<>com is a technology pioneer and provider for companies that want to digitally boost their competitive edge. b<>com is chaired by Vincent Marcatté, who is also President of the Images & Réseaux business cluster and Vice President of Open Innovation at Orange Labs. The main campus is based in Rennes, in the Via Silva neighborhood of Cesson-Sévigné. Secondary sites are located in Brest, Lannion, and since September 2016, Paris. b<>com is a member of the French Institutes of Technology (FIT) which encompasses the eight French IRTs.

The Canton of Rennes-Nord-Est is a former canton of France, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département. It had 18,225 inhabitants (2012). It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. The canton comprised part of the commune of Rennes.

The canton of Rennes-2 is an administrative division of the Ille-et-Vilaine department, in northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Rennes.It consists of the following communes: Rennes (partly)

Cesson-Sévigné (French pronunciation: ​[sɛsɔ̃.seviɲe]) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a suburb directly to the east of Rennes, bordered on its west side by the University of Rennes and the Technopole Atalante. It is primarily a residential area for the middle class. The south side is a mix of commercial and industrial areas, the largest to the east of Rennes. One of the French famous grande école Telecom Bretagne also known as ENST Bretagne has one of its campus here. This campus is renowned and reputed for its work in networking domain.

The Jardin botanique du Thabor, also known as the Jardin botanique de la Ville de Rennes, is a compact but significant botanical garden located at the eastern side of the Parc du Thabor, Place Saint-Mélaine, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the region of Brittany, France. It is open daily without charge. The garden was established in 1868 and consists of circular walkways around 11 beds growing over 3,000 species. The larger park contains 129 species of trees, including 34 conifer species, as well as 373 shrub species. Its holdings also include about 1500 herbarium specimens. Between 2008 and 2018, the park was renovated. This was complicated by the presence of buxus parasites.

The Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Rennes (or "Rennes Institute of Political Studies") also known as Sciences Po Rennes, is a French university established in 1991 in Rennes, the regional capital of Brittany. The institution is one of 10 political science institutes in France and is considered one of the grandes écoles.