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Nîmes, Your New Home DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Nîmes, your new home. WELCOME TO NÎMES - Photos: DR - Cover photo: © tichr, Fotolia - JULY 2021. - JULY Fotolia photo: © tichr, - Photos: DR - Cover Rubrik C(91) Production: Production: - Download the practical guide to “Studying in YOUR ARRIVAL Montpellier, Nîmes and Perpignan” (Étudier à IN NÎMES / Montpellier, Nîmes et Perpignan), available in French and in English: https://languedoc-roussillon-universites.fr/saiec > An International Welcome Desk for the university Guide students (in Montpellier) - Consult the international welcome desk site: www.saiec.fr The town of Nîmes is 60km from Montpellier Buddy System which has an International Welcome Desk for You can be assisted by a “buddy” in Nîmes! The students and researchers - Service d’Accueil universities in Montpellier, Nîmes and Perpignan International Etudiants/Chercheurs (SAIEC). as well as the Montpellier-Occitanie CROUS The SAIEC will assist you in your propose a free and personalized buddy system administrative and practical matters for international students. Local French or foreign regardless of your university (Université de student volunteers welcome you and provide you Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier with personalized assistance: 3, Université de Nîmes, Université de https://www.parrainage-international.fr Perpignan - Via Domitia). Welcome and orientation for doctoral students SAIEC is a year-round multi-service welcome and researchers platform manned by a multilingual team of The Occitanie Est EURAXESS Centre de Services students. offers free and personalized assistance for doctoral students, researchers and their families: www.euraxess-lr.fr SAIEC can assist you in different ways: Your Higher Learning Institution - A personalized road map, the e-international Regardless of your institution, please consult the welcome solution presents in a few clicks the steps Campus France website for orientation. The site to follow before your arrival and for setting up once presents a series of Information Sheets covering you’ve arrived! Access the road map: the different higher learning institutions: https://languedoc-roussillon-universites.fr/saiec https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > - An international buddy system (Montpellier, Documentary resources > Practical information Nîmes and Perpignan); for students and researchers > Reception - Euraxess researchers service arrangements in institutions Address: Accueil International Étudiants/Chercheurs If you cannot find your school in this list, then go (SAIEC), 8 rue de l’École Normale, 34000 Montpellier. directly to their website. Hours: Open year-round, Monday to Friday, see At Université de Nîmes, contact our Service des hours on the site: www.saiec.fr Relations internationales. Bureau de la Mobilité Internationale, Building D, Getting there: Tramway line 1, stop: Stade office D111 (1st floor), Vauban campus, rue du Phillipidès. Docteur Georges Salan, 30000 Nîmes. Contacts: Hours: -Information: 04 67 41 67 87 - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am to - Assistance with administrative procedures 12:15pm and 1pm to 5pm. bilingual French-English: [email protected] - Wednesday and Friday 8:30am to 12:15pm. Learn more: Contact: 04 46 66 36 46 (switchboard) or - Download the practical guide [email protected] for students in Nîmes which Site: https://www.unimes.fr > international > BenvenutoWelcome venir_etudier_a_unîmes BienvenueBoas-vindas presents more specifically the Bem-vindoWelkomBienvenido Willkommen different Université de Nîmes National and regional services campuses: - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr https://www.unimes.fr > - doctoral students, researchers and their families: Formations > Inscriptions > étudier http://www.euraxess.fr/fr à Montpellier, Etudiants étrangers > Venir Nîmes, Perpignan Guide pratique pour les étudiants internationaux étudier à Nîmes - doctoral students, researchers: www.euraxess.fr EditioN 2019 2 Other sites for example: HOUSING - https://www.adele.org IN NÎMES / - https://www.immojeune.com - https://www.location-etudiant.fr/ - https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ The Occitanie CROUS and the Montpellier universities • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, created the PHARE system Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student (Point Hébergement accomodations in private homes: Accueil et Recherche https://www.lokaviz.fr/ pour les Etudiants) to • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a provide international national site for shared leases that’s free and simple students with general to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ and housing information. • Other solutions available on the Campus France Representatives are present site : www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > in the SAIEC offices in Accommodation September and in October. Learn more: www.saiec.fr > LE PHARE. The CRIJ d’Occitanie (Centre Régional d’Information GETTING AROUND Jeunesse), the youth information network also publishes a guide to help students find NÎMES accommodations in the region: https://www.crij.org > Se loger > Guide logement Occitanie If you arrive at Montpellier-Méditerranée airport, there is a shuttle between A FEW TIPS Montpellier-Méditerranée airport and the Montpellier-Saint-Roch station in the city center. Short-term housing At the station there are trains for Nîmes. • Nîmes La Cigale Youth Hostel If you arrive at the Nîmes airport, there is a near the town center. shuttle service between Nîmes airport and the 257 Chemin de l'Auberge de Jeunesse. town center of Nîmes. Contact: 04 66 68 03 20. You can arrive directly by train to Nîmes Site: https://www.hifrance.org from Paris (less than 3 hours). Take note! There are two train stations, one in the city • Other types of residences with hotel services: center and the other (Nîmes - Pont du Gard) See the list of accommodations on the Nîmes which is located 14 km from the city: https:// Tourist Office site: www.sncf.com/fr > offres-voyageurs > nimes- https://www.nimes-tourisme.com > préparer mon pont-du-gard-avantages-nouvelle-gare sejour > hébergements The Tango public bus service is available Long-term housing for getting around town and surrounding • CROUS student housing for Montpellier - area: http://www.tangobus.fr > se déplacer Occitanie, local office in Nîmes. (student pass (Pass Etudes) at discount rate). CROUS, Antenne de Nîmes, Cité Universitaire, There are regional trains for getting around 1 rue Matisse, 30000 Nîmes. the region: www.ter.sncf.com/occitanie Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 12pm and 1pm The SNCF and the Region have put €1 to 4pm. tickets in place for local travel in Occitanie: Contact: 04 66 64 18 61 or https://www.ter.sncf.com > tarifs et [email protected] abonnements > EVASIO’ 1€ Website Trouver un logement: Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ https://fr.ouibus.com/ or https://www.flixbus.fr/ On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, websites: food-trucks, etc.). - local: http://covoiturage.gard.fr/ - national: https://www.blablacar.fr • Private Housing Platforms: The Université de Nîmes private accommodations And for more independence, there is the Tango platform where students can find ads: bike rental service: http://www.tangobus.fr > https://unimes.immojeune.com/ se déplacer > VéloTANGO 3 If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) Visale is a new and free guarantor system: www.visale.fr GOOD TO KNOW If you want to file an application for APL funds • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or personal- long-term student visa: you must validate ized housing aid), it online upon your arrival and imperatively CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check within the first three months of your stay your eligibility: 08 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr (in France) on the ANEF (Administration If you need housing adapted to numérique pour les étrangers en France) your special needs website: https://administration-etrangers-en- france.interieur.gouv.fr Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take action with your institution. • If you are an Algerian national or a student Some establishments have specialized services for with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with students with disabilities (assistance for housing, the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux and also transportation and tuition). mois” (Residency permit is to be requested Université de Nîmes has a Cellule Handicap to within 2 months of entry): your residency permit provide assistance to students with a disability: application has to be made at the Prefecture. https://www.unimes.fr > Vie de campus > Handicap • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled minor) visa and you attained the age of majority, you have to request for a “Titre de FIRST THINGS séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the prefecture where you live within 2 months FIRST / following your majority. https://administration-etrangers-en-france. interieur.gouv.fr ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION Take note : To renew your student residency CVEC permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request must be done during the 3rd month before the Before you can enroll in your institution, you must expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie (permit) on the website: https://administration-
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