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Easy Going 2010-2011 International Students’ Guide > Sophia Antipolis Campus > Lille Campus > Paris Campus > Suzhou Campus Sophia Antipolis Campus Lille Campus Paris Campus Suzhou Campus Four International Campuses > Sophia Antipolis > Lille > Paris > Suzhou Campussophia ANTIPOLIS Table of contents Get ready for your international experience 6 > Your First Steps: Checklist . 6 > Getting Here . 7 Getting here by yourself > About the Sophia Antipolis Campus . 9 The campus and its facilities Campus Antipolis Sophia > Residence Permit . 11 Who & when? How to apply? FAQ > French System of Social Security . .16 > Accommodation . 19 How to find it? FAQ The different places The rent allowance > Financial Matters . 24 Bank account Banks in Sophia Antipolis Banks in Antibes & Juan-les-Pins Useful information Start living your french life 27 > Daily Life . 27 Communication Transportation Mail Shops for food Electronic adapters Laundromats Cost of living Get the French Touch 32 > Culture & Entertainment. 32 Shopping Sport activities Cinemas Visit the perfume factories Museums Concerts Snacks & restaurants Pubs & bars Night clubs > Wandering Around & Further . 36 Let’s discover the French Riviera Getting along the Coast Going further in France Let’s discover the European universe Useful contacts 41 > Emergency Telephone Numbers . 41 > Health . 42 Get ready for your international experience Your First Steps: Checklist Before your arrival: VISA Do not forget If you come from one of the following countries, (Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo Brazzaville, Czech Republic, Gabon, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Korea, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Senegal, Syria, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, USA and Vietnam) you have to contact Campus France to obtain your visa: www.campusfrance.org For other countries, you should contact the French Embassy of your country directly. Plane ticket If you need to apply for a Residence Permit, all the documents are listed on page 50 For EU citizens: get a European health insurance card Look for a flat: www.skema.edu/en/SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS/Housing%20Services 6 Getting Here From the airport > There is a bus from the Airport to SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus: Only €1, every 30 minutes Campus Antipolis Sophia If you arrive at Terminal 2 (T2), take the free bus to go to Terminal 1 (T1); then take the bus line 230 (direction “Gare routière des Messugues VSA” - Valbonne Sophia-Antipolis, stop at “CERAM/SKEMA”). http://www.cg06.fr/transport/lignes-tam/230.pdf > There is a bus from the Airport to Antibes & Juan-les-Pins: Only €1, every 30 minutes If you arrive at T2, take the free bus to go to T1, and then, take the bus line 200 (destination Cannes). You can stop in Antibes and Juan-les-Pins city centers. http://www.cg06.fr/transport/lignes-tam/200.pdf For all buses and shuttles (whatever your destination), please consult: www.nice.aeroport.fr/acces_stationnement_en/bus/default.asp > Cab companies: International Transports for multi-persons transportation: reservation possible 24 hours before your arrival: Cellular phone: +33 (0)6 09 77 32 06 Tel: +33 (0)9 60 49 70 40 - Fax: +33 (0)4 92 10 13 99 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.international-transport.fr (You can book a cab online) Transeurope 897, Chemin du Valbosquet, 06600 Antibes Contacts: Pascale +33 (0)4 97 23 99 04, Franco +33 (0)6 60 17 62 45 or +33 (0)6 63 20 61 65 Fax: +33 (0)4 93 33 61 78 A train (TER) from the station Nice-Saint Augustin (10 min walk from the airport) to go to the Antibes or Juan- les-Pins train stations. From the train station High-Speed and Express Trains (TGV and Train Corail) from the Riviera link the coast to all French regions and all major European cities. The TGV Méditerranée (high speed train) speeds you from Paris to Nice in 5 hours 25 minutes. To get to SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus, you should stop in Antibes or Juan-les-Pins and catch a bus. www.sncf.fr To go to SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus: > From Antibes train station you can take the bus line 100 Express. It costs only €1. > From Juan-les-Pins train station: when you go out of the train station, turn to the right to “Rue de l’Estérel”. You will arrive in front of the sea. You can take the bus line 1 (direction “Gare routière des Messugues VSA” - Valbonne Sophia-Antipolis) and stop at “CERAM/SKEMA”. It costs only €1. www.envibus.fr 7 By car France's motorway system links the Riviera to Europe. A few examples of distances in kilometres from Nice: Paris 950 km, Milan 320 km, Geneva 630 km, Barcelona 670 km, Rome 710 km, Munich 810 km, Brussels 1,220 km, Amsterdam 1,400 km. Reckon on an 8-hour drive from Nice to Paris. Driving to SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus: > If you come from Antibes - Juan-les-Pins, you should take the road “D35” driving to Sophia Antipolis. Follow the signs “Sophia Antipolis” and go to “Les Lucioles” accès 3. > If you come from Nice or Cannes, you should take the motorway “A8” and exit at number 44 (Antibes - Sophia Antipolis). Follow the signs indicating Sophia Antipolis and “Accès 3, Les Lucioles”. 8 About the Sophia Antipolis Campus > Access to SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus 60 rue Dostoïevski, BP 085 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France Campus Antipolis Sophia > Access to SKEMA Bachelor 157 rue Albert Einstein, BP 085 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France Tel: +33 (0)820 424 444 (0,12€/min) www.skema.edu SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis campus’ buildings can be accessed freely throughout the day or with a magnetic student card (early in the morning and late at night): Monday to Friday, from 7.30 am to 10 pm Saturday from 8 am to 6.30 pm Bus lines making a stop at SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus: 1, 9, 20, 100 and 640. www.envibus.fr Computer rooms Students have access to computer laboratories throughout the school. All computers have Internet access; there is one printer per computer lab. The library, called the “Médiathèque”, also has a few computers with Internet access. Laptop Internet access The school has a number of fixed computers, but it is recommended that you bring your own laptop. Don’t forget to bring the appropriate electricity converters if necessary. There are a lot of computer plugs throughout the school to which your computer can be hooked up: in the “Médiathèque”, the foyer, in designated laptop computer rooms and in various hallways. You can access the school network and printers via a network card. You can connect your own laptop to the free WIFI; the Front Office will help you to link to the network and provide you with a user identity. The Front Office: office 214 Monday to Friday: 9 am to noon and 1.30 pm to 4 pm 9 > Cafeteria The school cafeteria offers meals for €2.90. Monday to Friday: 11.30 am to 1.45 pm > Library The library is normally open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 7 pm. It is divided into two main rooms and a few study rooms and it houses approximately 13,000 different titles, adding up to 20,000 books. These are mostly management books, but other subjects can be found, including science, psychology, law, economics and languages. There is also a large collection of newspapers and magazines, numbering approximately 230 titles, which are available both in English and French. Avid readers of Time, the Economist and the Financial Post as well as Le Nouvel Observateur and L’Express will find more than enough to read. > Student associations Over 30 student associations that foster your personal development: cultural (theatre, arts, music, etc.), humanitarian, sports, professional. http://www.skema.edu/en/SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS/Associations These student associations are very active at SKEMA Sophia Antipolis Campus. > Interculture - A welcome for foreign students – Whose mission is to help international students’ integration into SKEMA Business School Sophia Antipolis Campus and in France – Organises events designed to help them settle in at SKEMA Sophia Antipolis Campus or enabling them to discover the region – Handles the reception of foreign students & sets up a buddy system – Helps international students every day (for instance: French course) > The AMD Association will be able to help you find a job: If you need money to pay for all of SKEMA Sophia Antipolis Campus activities, go to meet the student association, called AMD. Various job offers are proposed. Don’t hesitate to contact them. > Some of the main activities > WEI: integration weekend organized by the BDE (Student Board) – end of September > GALA: organized by the Gala association – mid November > SEMISKI: 4 days of skiing organized by X’trem – January > Le FESTI: National Theatre Festival of Grande Ecoles and Universities, it brings together amateur drama groups (national and international) for an entire week > SKEMA Beach Session: national tournament of beach soccer, beach rugby, volleyball, sand ball, etc. organized by the BDS (Sport association) – April Every Thursday an association organises a party on the beach or in a club. (Entrance €8 for SKEMA students.) > Sport You have the possibility to practice sports at SKEMA Sophia Antipolis Campus (fitness, badminton, basket- ball, dance, climbing, soccer, golf, rugby, tennis, sailing, etc.). You can for instance join our famous soccer team, handball team or rugby team. Think about bringing a medical certificate for sport For any questions: Nathalie SANCHEZ [email protected] 10 Residence Permit Who & when ? If it is mentioned on your visa: “dispensé temporaire de carte de séjour” Campus Antipolis Sophia > You don’t need to apply for a Residence Permit Dhélia Larive For European citizens, Residence Permits are not required.