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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Toulouse, your new home. WELCOME TO TOULOUSE - Photos: DR - Cover photo: © joseph_hilfiger, Fotolia - JULY 2021. JULY - Fotolia joseph_hilfiger, © photo: Cover - DR Photos: - Rubrik (91) C Production: YOUR ARRIVAL IN Welcome and orientation in the institutions - Université Fédérale de Toulouse counts 31 higher TOULOUSE / learning institutions and research organizations within the Académie de Toulouse (Education A central student Accueil - Welcome Desk to Authority): 4 universities, 1 national institute, 18 engineering and specialized schools, 1 university make installation and life easier for students hospital, and 7 research organizations: https://www.univ-toulouse.fr/universite The Accueil - Welcome Desk created by For information on welcome services in your Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, is institution, please consult the Campus France for students and researchers, both French and website for orientation. The site presents a series of international, to help them in settling in and Information Sheets covering welcome services in with their different administrative procedures. higher learning institutions: https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/recherche/ A specialized multi-lingual team welcomes and categorie/occitanie-552 guides students and researchers on housing, residence permits, day-to-day life, sports, National Services: recreation, culture and so much more. - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Year round the different services of the - doctoral students, researchers: Préfecture, Rectorat (Board of Education), http://www.euraxess.fr/fr CROUS and CAF will help you in setting up in Toulouse. Foreign doctoral students and researchers may also use the Welcome Desk. HOUSING IN TOULOUSE / Address: Accueil - Welcome Desk, 41 allée Jules- There are numerous solutions for housing Guesde, allée Matilda, 31000 Toulouse. in Toulouse: Student-only accommodations Hours: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. managed by CROUS, student housing and private Contact: [email protected] residences, and rooms in private homes. Reach all the welcome and orientation services in What’s most important is to take care of this as one click: https://welcomedesk.univ-toulouse.fr/ early as possible, before your arrival. All the information on housing in Toulouse is Developed in Toulouse: The Toul’Box available on the site: It is a personalized tool intended for students, doctoral https://welcomedesk.univ-toulouse.fr > S’Installer – students, and researchers to facilitate their move to Infos pratiques > Logement Toulouse and the region (airport pick-up, housing assistance and procedures, French lessons, etc.) A FEW TIPS Learn more: https://toulbox.univ-toulouse.fr/#offers Short-term housing Buddy System • Habitat Jeunes O Toulouse, downtown (Metro A You can be assisted by a local student in Toulouse! line, Jolimont station): www.otoulouse.org There are several options for assistance by a local • Apartment hotels: Consult the Toulouse Visitor student for a successful move to your host city: Center which has a listing of all possible lodging in Toulouse: https://www.toulouse-tourisme.com > - In your institution: préparer son séjour > hébergements https://welcomedesk.univ-toulouse.fr/ > S’ouvrir à l’international > Parrainage d’étudiants étrangers • Youth hostel, La petite auberge de Saint Sernin: http://lapetiteaubergedesaintsernin.com/ - With ESN, the national and inter-university association: https://buddysystem.eu/ • CROUS temporary lodging, BedandCrous: https://www.bedandcrous.com/ • Temporary lodging in private homes, Couchsurfing: https://couchsurfing.com/ Long-term housing • CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires 2 et Scolaires) student housing for Toulouse - If you need housing adapted to Occitanie. your special needs 58 rue du Taur, 31000 Toulouse. Contact the CROUS Service Social and they will Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm take action with your host institution. Some and from 2pm to 4pm. institutions have specialized services for special- Contact: 05 61 12 54 00 - www.crous-toulouse.fr needs students (housing assistance and also Website Trouver un logement: transportation and tuition). https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ To learn more, consult the dedicated pages on the On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost Welcome Desk site: food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, https://welcomedesk.univ-toulouse.fr > S’installer - food-trucks, etc.). Infos pratiques > Handicap et accessibilité • Student-only residences managed by public housing organizations (social landlords): Public housing (a room, studio, 1-bedroom, etc.) may be located in a student-only residence whether rent-controlled or not. You can also share a lease in public housing. For more information: http://welcomedesk.univ- toulouse.fr > S’installer > Logement > Choisir son logement > Les logements sociaux • Private Housing Platforms: Most institutions in Toulouse are members of Studapart, a private housing platform. Learn more: www.studapart.com Find other private housing by visiting, for example, the following sites: GETTING AROUND - https://www.adele.org - https://www.location-etudiant.fr > Toulouse TOULOUSE - https://www.immojeune.com - https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ If you arrive at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, • The CRIJ (Centre Régional Information Jeunesse), it’s easy to get downtown directly: Take the the regional youth information center for Occitanie, tramway, line T2 which leaves from in front of also has a listing of available housing (classified the airport. ads): https://www.crij.org/fr/ In town and the surrounding areas, use the • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, Tisséo public transportation network (bus, Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student metro, tramway), day and night: accommodation in private homes: www.tisseo.fr. https://www.lokaviz.fr/ There are regional trains for getting around • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, the region: www.ter.sncf.com/occitanie a national site for shared leases that’s free and The SNCF and the Region have put 1€ simple to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ tickets in place for local travel in Occitanie: https://www.ter.sncf.com > tarifs et • Other solutions available on the Campus France abonnements > EVASIO’ 1€ site: https://www.campusfrance.org/fr > Getting Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: Organized > Accommodation https://fr.ouibus.com/ or If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging https://www.flixbus.fr/ Visale is a new and free guarantor system: For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative www.visale.fr websites: - local: www.covoiturage-toulouse.com If you want to file an application for APL funds - national: www.blablacar.fr/ride-sharing/toulouse/ (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- lized housing aid) For greater independence, use the bike- share system, VélôToulouse, CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check available with over 240 docking stations: your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr www.velo.toulouse.fr 3 FIRST THINGS • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled FIRST / minor) visa and you attained the age of majority, you have to request for a “Titre de séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION prefecture where you live within 2 months following your majority. CVEC https://administration-etrangers-en-france. Before you can enroll in your institution, you must interieur.gouv.fr download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie Take note : To renew your student residency Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request campus life contribution fee. must be done during the 3rd month before the - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” - For additional information and special cases: (permit) on the website: https://administration- https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr > CVEC This tutorial will help you: Confirm Registration https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ Take note! Even if you have a oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 pre-registration letter, you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as guide you in the event of difficulties. soon as you arrive. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour Special Needs et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident Card and Travel Document) If you are disabled or have special needs, necessary arrangements may be made to contribute to your success (exams, courses). At the beginning of the school year, contact the Mission Handicap PRACTICAL coordinator or your institution’s Mission Handicap. INFORMATION / Contact list (per institution): https://welcomedesk.univ-toulouse.fr > S’installer > Handicap et accessibilité > L’accueil des étudiants OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank • To find out more about rights and obligations: account, online or in one of the 250 bank agencies The reception services of your establishment can located in Toulouse. In France, opening a bank account is a right: www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes GOOD TO KNOW bancaires> Droit au compte • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS long-term student visa: you must validate HEALTHCARE