Avignon, Your New Home
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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Avignon, your new home. WELCOME TO AVIGNON - JULY 2021. - JULY Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©saiko3p, AdobeStock Photos: DR - Cover - Rubrik (91) C Production: - all students can contact the Echanges student YOUR ARRIVAL IN association which is part of the ESN network AVIGNON / (Erasmus Student Network): https://www.esn.org/ and via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gloupix.esnavignon Student Welcome services at the Université Welcome and orientation in other institutions d’Avignon If you are enrolled in another institution, please Université d’Avignon has set up various forms of consult the Campus France website for orientation. support to provide the best possible welcome for The site presents a series of Information Sheets students: covering the different higher learning institutions: - a Welcome Desk at the CROUS (help finding https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > accommodation, applications for residence Documentary resources > Practical information permits, useful information), organized in for students and researchers > Reception conjunction with the University and the Conseil arrangements in institutions régional de Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (PACA); - language classes and methodology training; If you cannot find your school in this list, then go - student welcome and orientation program directly to their website. in September and in January-February, before National Services classes start. Address: Maison de l’International, Hannah Arendt - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Campus, Service des Relations Internationales, - doctoral students, researchers: 74 rue Louis Pasteur, 84000 Avignon. http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm. Contact: [email protected] or 04 90 29 89 / 04 90 16 25 81. HOUSING IN Learn more: AVIGNON / - see the dedicated pages for international students (bilingual French/English University There are solutions for housing in Avignon: website): www.univ-avignon.fr > International. Student-only accommodations managed by - download Guide Pratique, the international CROUS, student housing and private residences, students’ guide: www.univ-avignon.fr > International. and rooms in private homes. Welcome and orientation for doctoral students What’s most important is to take care of this as and researchers early as possible, before your arrival. At Université d’Avignon, the local Euraxess team • The Université d’Avignon’s “Guide Ppratique provides personalized welcome services for pour les Étudiants Internationaux” foreign researchers and doctoral students. provides information and advice for Address and phone: Local Euraxess Point of finding accommodation: Contact, Maison de la Recherche, Avignon http://univ-avignon.fr > University, 04 90 16 25 73. International. Website: www.univ-avignon.fr > International > • The CRIJ (Centre Régional Chercheurs étrangers. d’Information Jeunesse) for the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Buddy System (PACA) region, the regional youth You can be assisted by a local student in Avignon! information center has created Several services are available to help you: a very comprehensive housing - free-mover foreign students, not on an exchange guide “Trouver un logement”, with lots of useful program, can take advantage of the International addresses in the Vaucluse département. Download Buddy program. it here: Email: [email protected] https://www.infojeunesse-paca.fr/ to be put in touch with a French student in the same > Information-orientation > Logement. field of study. - international students on an exchange program A FEW TIPS can use the Copilotes program to get in touch with a student in Avignon before their arrival in France: Short-term housing [email protected] • L’Auberge de jeunesse Bagatelle youth hostel 2 (rooms and dormitories). If you want to file an application for APL funds Address: 25 allée Antoine Pinay, F-84000 Avignon. (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- Contact: 04 90 86 30 39. lized housing aid), Website: CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check https://www.campingbagatelle.com/auberge-avignon/ your eligibility: +33 (0)8 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr • La Résidence Le Clos du Jardin Neuf (emergency accommodation in a network of residences for If you need housing adapted to your special young workers). needs Address: 6 avenue de Bonaventure, 84000 Avignon. Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take Contact: 04 86 19 41 00. action with your institution. Website: https://apiprovence.org/ Some establishments have specialized services for • For other types of temporary accommodation, students with disabilities (assistance for housing, please see the Student Guide compiled by the and also transportation and tuition). Université d’Avignon or use the search engine on At Université d’Avignon, a Relais Handicap was the Avignon Tourist Office website: set up to work with and support students with https://avignon-tourisme.com > Séjourner > Se disabilities: loger. http://univ-avignon.fr > Organisation > Services Centraux > Relais Handicap. Long-term housing • Aix-Marseille - Avignon CROUS student housing (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for University Services). Address: Avignon University, 74 rue Louis Pasteur, 84000 Avignon. Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 4.00pm. Contact: +33 (0)4 90 80 65 20. GETTING AROUND Website: http://www.crous-aix-marseille.fr/ On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost AVIGNON food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, food-trucks, etc.). From Paris proper or the Paris airports, the easiest way to get to Avignon is by train • Private Housing Platforms (3 hours by TGV): https://www.oui.sncf Other offers for student lodging, managed by private To get to the University from the TGV station, organisms, are also available in Avignon. take the shuttle service to the city center. Try these sites: - https://www.adele.org For getting around the city and surrounding - https://www.immojeune.com area, use the public transportation network - https://www.location-etudiant.fr managed by Bus Plus for transportation in - https://housinganywhere.com Greater Avignon: http://www.tcra.fr/ • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student There are PACA regional trains for getting accommodation in private homes: around the region: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ https://www.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence- alpes-cote-d-azur • Shared Leases: Consult La Carte des Colocs, a Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: national site for shared leases that’s free and simple https://fr.ouibus.com/ or to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ https://www.flixbus.fr/ • Other solutions available on the Campus France For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > websites Accommodation. - national website: https://www.blablacar.fr/ If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging - regional website: http://www.covoiturageavignonvaucluse.fr/ Visale is a new and free guarantor system: www.visale.fr For greater independence, rent a bike with Vélopop', the Greater Avignon bike-share system: https://www.velopop.fr/ 3 FIRST THINGS Take note : To renew your student residency FIRST / permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request must be done during the 3rd month before the expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION (permit) on the website: https://administration- etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr CVEC Before you can enroll in your institution, you must This tutorial will help you: download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie https://www.youtube.com/ Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ campus life contribution fee. oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - For additional information and special cases: • To find out more about rights and obligations: https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized The reception services of your establishment can > CVEC. guide you in the event of difficulties. Confirm Registration www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et document de circulatio (Foreigners > Resident Card Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, and Travel Document) you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) GOOD TO KNOW PRACTICAL • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS INFORMATION / long-term student visa: you must validate it online upon your arrival and imperatively OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT within the first three months of your stay (in France) on the ANEF (Administration If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it numérique pour les étrangers en France) will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank website: https://administration-etrangers-en- account, online or in one of the 60 bank agencies france.interieur.gouv.fr located in Avignon. In France, opening a bank account is a right: • If you are an Algerian national or a student https://www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with bancaires (droit au compte). the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux mois” (Residency permit is to be requested HEALTHCARE within 2 months of entry): your residency permit application has to be made at the In France, receiving