The Fête de la Science is a national event organised by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
Every year in early autumn, this scientific celebration takes place throughout France,internationally and in the French overseas departments and territories.
The Fête de la Science?
Every year for several days in the autumn, a wide range of exhibitions, lectures, tours, events, shows and venues are organised across the regions and departments of France to help visitors discover scientific themes and disciplines:
Astronomy, archaeology, food, taste, new technologies, digital arts, arts and crafts, the environment, water, energy, heritage, health, genetics, prehistory, the conquest of space, not forgetting chemistry, biology and physics.
Edition 2025
For its 34th edition, the Fête de la Science is taking place from 3 to 13 October in France and overseas, on the theme ofintelligence(s).
With an average of more than 2,800 events and almosta million visitors, including more than 226,000 schoolchildren, over the last 3 editions, this festival demonstrates the interest and appeal of science to the general public.
The programme
For each region of mainland France and theoverseas territories, a detailed programme is available, by department and by town, to help you find the entertainment, event or show that suits you best.
To access the full programme, region by region, or search for an event by date, location, type, theme, age or accessibility, go to this page:
Would you like to organise an event in your region? Go to the page dedicated to organisers
Region by region
In addition to this thematic and map-based search engine, you can also go directly to the dedicated areas for each region:
French regions
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpe s
- Burgundy-Franche-Comt é
- Brittan y
- Centre-Val-de-Loir e
- Great Eas t
- Hauts-de-Franc e
- Île-de-Franc e
- New Franc e
- Normand y
- New Aquitain e
- Occitani a
- Pays de la Loire
- Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’ Azur
Corsica and overseas regions
Overseas territories
Did you say intelligence?
Presentation of the 2025 theme for the Fête de la Science in France:
Every day, the news highlights both the achievements and the dangers of the spectacular development of artificial intelligence (AI). At the centre of fierce global competition, AI is making inroads into every field, opening the door to a new revolution. Having become more ‘intelligent’ than humankind, could the machine one day surpass humankind? But what kind of intelligence are we talking about?
For a long time, intelligence was seen as a human attribute. At the beginning of the 20th century, intelligence became palpable, almost mathematical, with the introduction of the concept of the intelligence quotient. Intelligence was then reduced to a number. The latest scientific advances show that it exists in forms as varied as they are nuanced. From the behaviour of cells to the astonishing capacities of plants, from the cognitive prowess of animals to the emergence of AI, the notion of intelligence manifests itself in many ways and challenges our thinking.
The 2025 edition of the Fête de la science invites the public to explore all forms of intelligence and to rethink what it means to be intelligent, beyond human boundaries.
Source: official press release
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