Student life Useful Information The International Relations Office HOUSING CALENDAR of the ENS Paris-Saclay provides assistance for all Academic calendar & holidays international students’ housing. Academic year: 01.09.2020 → 30.06.2021 To book a room on the Saclay campus: -> logement.campus-paris-saclay.fr Autumn semester: 01.09.2020 → 18.12.2020 Spring semester: 04.01.2021 → 30.06.2021

HEALTH INSURANCE In France, health insurance is free for all international students. INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS Registration: -> etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr GATE The Guichet d’Accueil des Talents Etrangers (GATE) is an international welcome desk, opened from August VISA INFORMATION to December, dedicated to all international students All necessary information regarding your and researchers accomodated on the Saclay campus. visa request can be found on the new France Transport, health insurance, residence permit, housing Visa website: and opening a bank account, all questions you may -> france-visas.gouv.fr/en_US/web/france-visas/ have on arrival will be answered. welcome-page -> gate.paris-saclay.fr The École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay 2020 – 2021 (ENS Paris-Saclay) is the Université Paris-Saclay’s INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GUIDE 2019-2020 GUPS rigorously selective graduate school for research and higher education careers, and upholds the highest -> ens-paris-saclay.fr/sites/default/files/2019-07/ Guichet Unique Paris-Saclay (GUPS) is the online HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS scientific standards. International-Students-guide_ENG_2019-20.pdf housing platform for all students on the Saclay campus -> logement.campus-paris-saclay.fr Ms Catherine Stephan-Evain As both a school and centre for research, the ENS Paris-Saclay is faithful to the Écoles normales INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY ADVISORS supérieures’ tradition of excellence. Through its 1 Buddy Program Incoming mobility diploma, it provides “normaliens” with bolstered Mr Tristan Duchenne research-led disciplinary training with an The Buddy Program is a free international mentoring [email protected] international and multidisciplinary outlook in programme for international students who have the fields of fundamental sciences, humanities and recently arrived in France for their studies during either social sciences, and engineering, which will lead semester. Thanks to the program, each international Outgoing mobility & Erasmus Referee them to a master’s degree or doctorate. student is matched with a local student (buddy), Ms Khadidja Ouadah [email protected] In 2020, ENS Paris-Saclay move into a building who can support their administrative procedures, designed by Renzo Piano in the Plateau de Saclay. show them around, share local tips for students and It will reinvent itself within the Université make them discover the French way of living. ASSISTANT FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Paris-Saclay, with new teaching and -> www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/news/ Ms Léa Nathan international-mentoring-program-launch- research departments, new laboratories, PhD track of-the-buddy-program SECRETARY – ACCOUNTANT programmes for students, and with its research and training programmes being backed Ms Elisabeth Depond up by the opportunities provided by the cluster Ms Isabelle Thiel (part-time) ©Alfonso Rodriguez 2019 Rodriguez ©Alfonso French as a foreign language and the Université Paris-Saclay. By forming the Graduate school for research and ENS Paris-Saclay provides all international students CONTACT higher education careers with its with free French as a foreign language courses. [email protected] partners as part of the Université Paris-Saclay, Intensive courses are available throughout September as the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay well as free classes throughout the year long depending ADDRESS fulfils its role as an ENS within an exceptional on the student’s level. École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay setting that responds to contemporary issues. 4 avenue des sciences www.ens-paris-saclay.fr/en Preambule CS30008 The Preambule is a welcome day dedicated to all 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex newcomers at ENS Paris-Saclay. Students will meet all students’ associations, administration services such as the international relations office or the registration and student life office. This welcome day gives the opportunity for privileged discussions.

Science Accueil ENS Paris-Saclay is a member of the Euraxess certified Science Accueil association , which supports administrative procedures, housing assistance, cultural Foubert 2020 : Jérôme – Communication ENS Paris-Saclay events, French courses for international students and 1 researchers. Name given to ENS Paris-Saclay students -> www.science-accueil.org/en admitted upon the success of the entrance examination. Normaliens are considered as intern ©Alfonso Rodriguez 2019 Rodriguez ©Alfonso design graphique civil servants for the French administration. Curriculum & Disciplines – In the first and / or the second year of their Master’s degree: international students can apply directly via the Université Paris-Saclay portal: International students can apply at 4 different stages -> www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/ of their curriculum: apply-to-master-programs – In the last year of their Bachelor’s degree: international students can either be admitted through – For admission in a PhD programme: applications the competitive entrance examination or based on their can be directly discussed with ENS Paris-Saclay academic file; laboratories.

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