Poitiers, Your New Home
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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Poitiers, your new home. WELCOME TO POITIERS - Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©Toanet - Fotolia.com - JULY 2021. - JULY - Fotolia.com photo: ©Toanet - Photos: DR Cover Rubrik (91) C Production: For more information: YOUR ARRIVAL IN - download the Welcome Guide POITIERS / for international students (French/ English): https://www.univ-poitiers.fr The One-Stop Desk for international > s’ouvrir à l’international students > venir à l’Université de Poitiers > guide On arrival, go to the international students - see the site: https://www.univ-poitiers.fr > s’ouvrir desk at Université de Poitiers. à l’international > venir à l’Université de Poitiers The Communauté Urbaine de Grand Poitiers, Welcome and Orientation for Researchers Université de Poitiers, CROUS and other associations and cultural services are Researchers and doctoral students may go to their available to welcome you and assist you with: One-Stop Desk at the Euraxess service center at • residence permits, Université de Poitiers. • the application for public housing funding Buddy System with the Caisse d'Allocations Familiales (CAF) • sports, culture, health, You can be assisted by a local student in Poitiers! • special activities for international students. Two possibilities: • Université de Poitiers has a buddy support system for international students that lasts a semester: http://mdl.univ-poitiers.fr > étudiants > parrainage Address: Université de Poitiers, Direction des • The ESN (Erasmus Student Network) association relations Internationales, Guichet accueil des of Poitiers also proposes a Buddy System: étudiants internationaux, Hôtel Chaboureau http://poitiers.ixesn.fr/buddy-system (Building E 11), 49 place Charles de Gaulle, 86000 Poitiers. Your Higher Learning Institution Getting there: Bus number 0, 1, 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, Regardless of your institution in Poitiers, please 21, Notre-Dame stop. consult the Campus France website for orientation. Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12:30pm The site presents a series of Information Sheets and from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. covering the different higher learning institutions: Contact for international students up to masters https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > level: +33 (0)5 49 45 30 87 or Documentary resources > Practical information [email protected] for students and researchers > Reception Contact for international researchers and doctoral arrangements in institutions students: 05 49 45 42 64 or If you cannot find your school in this list, then go [email protected] directly to their website. Contacts in Poitiers: - At the University, the Service des Relations Internationales personnel has local correspondants in each UFR, school or institute: https://www.univ-poitiers.fr/choisir-luniversite/ organisation/annuaire-des-services/#contacts or [email protected] . at the ISAE-ENSMA: [email protected] . at Sciences Po Poitiers: [email protected] . at the Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image: [email protected] National Services - Students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr - doctoral students, researchers: http://www.euraxess.fr/fr 2 HOUSING • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student IN POITIERS / accomodations in private homes: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ There are numerous solutions for housing • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a in Poitiers: Student-only accommodations national site for shared leases that’s free and simple managed by CROUS, student housing and private to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ residences, and rooms in private homes. • Other solutions available on the Campus France What’s most important is to take care of this as site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > early as possible, before your arrival. Accommodation The CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information Jeunesse) If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging Poitou-Charentes has a local site, Jeune à Poitiers: Visale is a new and free guarantor system: - a very comprehensive housing guide: www.visale.fr https://www.jeuneapoitiers.fr > me loger - classified ads: If you want to file an application for APL http://logements.pourlesjeunes.com/ > se loger à funds (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or Poitiers personalized housing aid), CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check A FEW TIPS your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr Short-term housing • The Auberge de Jeunesse de Poitiers, a youth hostel in a park. GETTING AROUND Address: 1 allée Roger Tagault, 86000 Poitiers. Contact: 05 49 30 09 70 or [email protected] POITIERS Site: http://www.fuaj.org • For inexpensive hotels close to the station and Getting to Poitiers from: city center, see the Poitiers Tourism Office web - Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport, take a site (multilingual) which lists all possible housing direct TGV Atlantique high-speed train to solutions: Poitiers (2hr30mins). http://www.ot-poitiers.fr/ or send an email to - Orly airport, take the shuttle to [email protected] Montparnasse station in Paris then a direct TGV high-speed train to Poitiers city center Long-term housing (1hr30mins). • The Poitiers CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres - Bordeaux airport, take the shuttle to the Universitaires - Regional Center for University Saint-Jean station in Bordeaux then a direct Services) for student housing. TGV high-speed train to Poitiers. Address: 13 rue Théodore Lefebvre (Building A7), - Paris take a TGV high-speed train at 86000 Poitiers. Montparnasse station: https://www.oui.sncf/ Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10am to 12:30pm and The Vitalis public bus service is available for 1:30pm to 4:30pm, and Fridays, 10am to 12:30pm. getting around the town and surrounding Contact: 05 35 37 17 05. area: https://www.vitalis-poitiers.fr/ Website: http://www.crous-poitiers.fr/ There are regional trains for getting around Website Trouver un logement: the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ https://www.ter.sncf.com/nouvelle-aquitaine On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost Don’t forget the bus for low-cost travelling: food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, https://fr.ouibus.com/ food-trucks, etc.). or https://www.flixbus.fr/ • Private Housing Platforms: For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative Other offers for student lodging, managed by private websites, for example: https://www.blablacar.fr organisms, are also available in Poitiers: For example, visit: For greater independence, rent a bike with - https://www.adele.org Cap sur le vélo, the bicycle rental service for - https://www.immojeune.com/ Grand Poitiers: https://www.grandpoitiers.fr > - https://www.location-etudiant.fr déplacements > vélos - https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ - https://www.studapart.com 3 If you need housing adapted to your special RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) needs Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take GOOD TO KNOW action with your institution. Some establishments have specialized services for students with • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS disabilities (assistance for housing, and also long-term student visa: you must validate transportation and tuition). it online upon your arrival and imperatively At the Université de Poitiers, a welcome service for within the first three months of your stay disabled students will work with you to meet our (in France) on the ANEF (Administration special needs: http://www.univ-poitiers.fr > Trouver numérique pour les étrangers en France) une formation> Se faire conseiller> Etudier en website: https://administration-etrangers-en- situation de handicap france.interieur.gouv.fr Contact: [email protected] • If you are an Algerian national or a student with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux mois” (Residency permit is to be requested FIRST THINGS within 2 months of entry): your residency permit FIRST / application has to be made at the Prefecture. • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION minor) visa and you attained the age of majority, you have to request for a “Titre de CVEC séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the prefecture where you live within 2 months Before you can enroll in your institution, you must following your majority. download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie https://administration-etrangers-en-france. Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and interieur.gouv.fr campus life contribution fee. - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ Take note : To renew your student residency - For additional information and special cases: permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request https://www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > must be done during the 3rd month before the CVEC expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” (permit) on the website: https://administration- Confirm Registration etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, This tutorial will help you: you are not officially enrolled.You must confirm https://www.youtube.com/ your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 • To find out more about rights and obligations: The reception services of your establishment can guide you in the event of difficulties. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident Card and Travel Document) PRACTICAL INFORMATION / OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank account, online or in one of the 80 bank agencies located in Poitiers. 4 In France, opening a bank account is a right: www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes bancaires> Droit au compte (> Finances > Bank SAMU: Call 15 Emergency Medical Services Accounts > Right to Open an Account) Police emergency: Call 17 in the event of violence, theft, robbery. HEALTHCARE Fire Department: Call 18 in the event of fire, gas leak, water damage, natural catastrophe, or In France, receiving medical treatment is practically traffic accident.