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Welcome to N7 TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL ADVICE > 3 STUDENT LIFE > 11 FOOD > 18 SPORT IN THE CITY> 27 VISITING MIDI-PYRÉNÉES AND FRANCE > 44 VISITING TOULOUSE > 36 INP-ENSEEIHT 2, rue Charles CAMICHEL B.P. 7122 31071 TOULOUSE Cedex 7 Tél. : +33 (0)534 322 000 http://www.enseeiht.fr Rédacteur en chef : Anne BRITTAIN Mise en page : Charline Suderie et Cédric Mirouze © Service Relations Entreprises & Communication Mars 2016 A poem By Thomas Longchamps, Jules Le Breton By Antoine Landry, Thomas Longchamps By Antoine Landry, Ayoub Namrani New, without friends … don’t be shy, Now let’s get serious for a moment, Foreign student, N7 is welcoming, Here comes the « integration », you will get You will have to work hard, whatever your It’s a new experience which never gonna be high, department, boring, With all the theme parties, above all the But if in class you pull your weight and pay You will discover a new school, WEI, attention, Where all the teachers and students are You will do funny things, you won’t know You won’t have to pass repeat session. cool. why. By Ayoub Namrani, Thomas Longchamps Located in the « Pink City », By Jules Le Breton, Ayoub Namrani By Antoine Landry, Jules Le Breton All days in there will drive you crazy, If you are in HYDRO, you will discover With many students and daily party, The school offers you different activities, water, Your journeys will be full of agony. You will dance, sing, do sports and go to Instead of GEA, where you will connect parties, wire, By Antoine Landry, Ayoub Namrani So many clubs which give you great oppor- While in EN, you are a GEA follower, tunities, Then in TR and INFO, you will be fed with Trust me you won’t regret, Then come aboard, it’s a chance to seize. software computer. I know it’s frightening, but don’t be upset, Foreign student, welcome to N7. 3 Find the perfect flat Hi future « N7ien » ! Congratulations for your integration at our each room. school, all you need now is a flat. And we are here to help you ! Keep in mind that everything you don’t notice during this inventory could be later used to keep your security deposit. Therefore, don’t hesitate to First question : where to find your flat ? Let me give you few ideas to point out each cleaving tile, scratch on floor and even the fact that the start your quest : flat is not clean. Most of people (especially students) use the website : Leboncoin. Youpi I’m tenant ! What should I know ? fr. It’s a really good option, because it’s free and well done. You’ll can fill your criterion (cost, size, area, key-word…). It’s will suggest you flats Your owner can’t come to your flat, with your permission, only if he as rented by agencies or privates and give you their particulars. warned you 72 hours before. Then, you can go on the BDE n7 website. They have a special rubric You are as responsible as your guarantor toward law as far as unpayed where you’ll find flats that were lived by students from n7 before. We can rent are concerned. thing that you’ll be looking for the same kind of flat, because you’re both If real charges exceed estimation he make you pay, he can ask for a student, so you might have the same budget, the same expectation and compensation. On the contrary, if you’ve paid too much charges com- then find something sticking with what you’re looking for. pared to reality, your owner has to refund you the difference. Warning : Still don’t find the unattainable ? No time to search on internet ? Many owners do nothing if you don’t ask it. You still have a last option : an agency. I just have to let you know that it will cost you money. Later in this article, you’ll see witch trap you have Leaving your Flat to avoid. Now you’re sure to find a lovely place to live. Let’s see how to rent Notice your rare flat. You have to send a notice in a registered letter with acknowledgement BALLERE Marie of receipt to warn your owner at least one month before your leaving for a furnished flat. Papers Inventory of fixtures Except in case of force majeure, never let the agency or your owner You left no stone unturned to find a flat ? Now you will go through proceed the invenory of fixtures without you. Never sign an inventory you the mill with the papers… ! don’t agree with. Take pictures as proof. You can’t pay the whole renovation of a flat if you stayed there only a To make a file you will need : period of time. Law take for granted that there is a normal wear in an _ your recent pay slips inhabited flat. _ your employment contract _ a certificate from the employer, but only if the tenant can only provide You can’t be charged with the substitution of keyhole if you have lost a one of the two previous documents key. You can only be charged with the duplicate key. _ your last tax notice _ your bank details (R.I.B.) In the event of a dispute _ last rent receipts of accommodation you busy You can file an application to the « tribunal d’instance » (district court) or _ deposit check. proximity court. No need to pay fees or hire a lawyer. If you can’t provide a rent deposit to the owners, due to your personal BEYET Antoine or family situation, the state can vouch for you, it is called CLE (Caution Locative Etudiante). You will have to make a file at www.lokaviz.fr Some Aids Vocabulary Furthermore, France sets up a support system to finance housing. While searching for your flat, CAF, whose building is beside N7, will financially help you. Check at you might have found words www.caf.fr where you can make free simulations. Have a special look on like «T1», «Studio Meublé», ALS (Aides aux LogementS), APL (Aide Personnalisée au Logement) «GES»… and it may have and ALF (Allocation de Logement Familiale). sound like double dutch to you, but in 10 lines, you will be a true French flat professional! BARRAS Thomas First, «Meublé» is an adjectif meaning that a studio «have everything Renting a flat you need to live on it, except household linen». So you won’t have to buy any furniture, while a «Non Meublé» studio simply means that Right and Duties of owner and tenant it’s not meublé(so you will have to buy them on leboncoin.fr, or Ikea). Find a guarantor All flats are labelled TX: the T means type(you might also find F, If you have difficulties in finding a guarantor, keep in mind that state but it is the exact same thing), and X is the number of room (but can stand surety for you, without nationality conditions. More info at bathrooms don’t count as a room). So, a «T2» is a flat with 2 rooms www.lokaviz.fr « Caution CLE » and a bathroom. Security deposit The «GES» means greenhouse gas, and «Classe Energie» means An owner can ask for a maximum of 2 month of rent (excluding charges) energy class. They are both labelled from A to G(A is the more envi- as a security deposit for a furnished flat and one month for an unfurni- ronment friendly). shed one. Finally, «EDF» is the national French electricity supplier (Electricité Inventory of fixtures De France). According to the law, there should be at least one light bulb lighting in By ACHARD Vincent 4 The absolutely true diary of an n7 student If you are a Latin American student arriving in Toulouse, and especially to n7 (yes! Not EN- SEIHT or École nationale supérieure d'élec- trotechnique …) this is the time you make a really big bowl of popcorn,sit in a really good place and read this until the end, because I am about to tell you what any foreing student arri- val flyer could tell you. Don't expected the fol- lowing lines to be this boring and meaningless advices they gave you before you left your school, this is the absolutely true diary of a real student, really arriving to the real n7 world, so read it and learn by yourself from the things that have happend to the ones who have ar- rived before. You better try as much local food as you can. The next step starts when the school finally You're in France, the country of cuisine, and delivers your student card. The first thing you every region as its own specialities. I've tried need to do is to go to “Jean Jaures” Subway to eat some Foie Gras (which is cooked duck station. It's very simple to find it, it's where the liver) and first, I was almost scared of eating 2 subways line are crossing. Their, you will some liver, but when I actually ate it, put on find the “Tisseo” office ! ( Tisseo is the com- bread and with good French wine … Yum ! pany that manage the transport network ; for BIG RECOMENDATION: Regardless what That was really something ! So try everything, information visit the website www.tisseo.fr you have heared or if it seems too much mo- and then you'll be able to say whether you like French- English – Spanish are available).