The École Normale Supérieure de Cachan has a branch on the Ker Lann campus, just outside Rennes.
An École Supérieure for political science is based in Rennes called the Institut d'études politiques de Rennes.
The computer science and applied mathematics research institute IRISA is in the suburbs of Rennes.
The Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (defense procurement agency) operates the CELAR research center, dedicated to electronics and computing, in Bruz, a suburb.
The École Supérieure d'Électricité - Supélec has a branch in the east of the city (Cesson-Sévigné)
The grande école Institut National des Sciences Appliquées
