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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Reims, your new home. WELCOME TO REIMS - Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©Elisabeth - Fotolia.com - JULY 2021. - JULY photo: ©Elisabeth - Fotolia.com - Photos: DR Cover Rubrik (91) C Production: YOUR ARRIVAL IN Buddy System You can be assisted by a “buddy” or a family in REIMS / Reims! Thanks to Buddy System and Buddy Family, you One-Stop information desk for students at the can be put in contact with a URCA student or a local Espace Reims Campus family who will help you settle in during your stay at URCA. More information: For many years, the City Council of the Grand Reims and the CROUS of Reims have set up a Buddy System: https://www.univ-reims.fr > Guichet Unique (centralized reception desk) International > Mobilité des étudiants > Venir étudier to assist you in completing the administrative à l’URCA > Buddy system procedures required. Buddy Family: https://www.univ-reims.fr > The Guichet Unique - Espace Reims Campus, International Mobilité des étudiants > Venir étudier à which is open from the end of August to the l’URCA > Buddy Family end of September, is the one-stop shop for Welcome and orientation in the institutions making an initial contact with all student services, including the CROUS, the University - At Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne for of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, the CAF and your welcome and orientation: the Prefecture. - Direction des Études et de la Vie Universitaire (DEVU) which handles international students who are not with an exchange program (degree-seeking Address: students). Guichet Unique - Espace Reims Campus, Contacts: 03 26 91 84 91 or [email protected] 31 rue du Général Sarrail, 51100 Reims. Access: Boulingrin and Gare Centre bus/tram stops. - Direction des Relations Extérieures et du Hours: Développement International (DREDI) which handles - from end August to end September, Monday to international exchange students Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Contacts: 03 26 91 87 60 or [email protected] - from end September to end August, - If you are enrolled in another institution, please from Monday to Friday, from 8:30am to 12pm and consult the Campus France website for orientation. from 1pm to 5pm. The site presents a series of Information Sheets Contact: 09 69 39 19 19 or covering the different higher learning institutions: www.messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > For more information: Documentary resources > Practical information - consult the international pages on the bilingual for students and researchers > Reception website of Université de Reims: arrangements in institutions https://www.univ-reims.fr > International > Mobilité If you cannot find your school in this list, then go des étudiants directly to their website. - download the International Student Guide: Download the guide here: https://www.univ-reims.fr National Services > International Mobilité des étudiants > Venir étudier - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr à l’URCA - doctoral students, researchers: Welcome and orientation for researchers and http://www.euraxess.fr/fr doctoral students Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA) is a member of the Euraxess network which HOUSING organizes greeting of doctoral students and foreign researchers. IN REIMS / Address and phone number: Villa Douce, 9 boulevard de la Paix, 51000 Reims, There are numerous solutions for housing in 03 26 91 84 28. Reims: Student-only accommodations managed Website: https://www.univ-reims.fr > Mobilité des by CROUS, student housing and private enseignants chercheurs - Pôle Euraxess residences, and rooms in private homes What’s most important is to take care of this as early as possible, before your arrival. 2 • The CRIJ Grand-Est (Centre Régional • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, d’Information Jeunesse), the regional youth Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student information center Champagne-Ardenne accomodations in private homes: provides lots of information to help you find https://www.lokaviz.fr/ your accommodations on its Info Jeunes (youth • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a information) website: https://jeunes-ca.fr/ national site for shared leases that’s free and simple to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ A FEW TIPS • Other solutions available on the Campus France site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > Short-term housing Accommodation • The Auberge de Jeunesse de Reims (Reims youth If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging hostel), which is located in a park. Visale is a new and free guarantor system: Address: Centre International de Séjour de www.visale.fr Champagne, 21 chaussée Bocquaine, Parc Léo Lagrange, 51100 Reims. IfyouwanttofileanapplicationforAPLfunds Contact: 03 26 40 52 60. (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- Site: https://www.cis-reims.com lized housing aid), • For other low price accommodations, use CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check the search engine on the Reims Tourist Office your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr (multilingual) website: https://www.reims-tourisme.com > Hébergements Long-term housing • CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et Scolaires) student housing for Reims. Address: Espace Étudiant Reims Campus, GETTING AROUND 31 rue du Général Sarrail, 51100 Reims. Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 12pm and 1pm REIMS to 5pm. Contact: 09.69.36.19.19 To get to Reims, it takes 45 minutes from Site: http://www.crous-reims.fr/ Paris. See the comprehensive dedicated page - https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ on the URCA website: CROUS Student Guide: https://www.univ-reims.fr/minisite_138/ > http://www.crous-reims.fr > Présentation > Comment arriver ? Le Crous > Guide de l’Étudiant For getting around the city and the suburbs, use CITURA public buses and trams, the On campus, the CROUS also public transport network of the agglomeration manages all low-cost food services of Reims: (university restaurants, cafeterias, https://www.citura.fr/ food-trucks, etc.). There are regional trains for getting around • Private Housing Platforms: the Grand Est region: Other offers for student lodging, managed by private https://www.ter.sncf.com/grand-est organisms, are also available in Reims: Don’t forget the bus for low-cost travelling: For example, visit: https://fr.ouibus.com/ or - the Studapart site, a university platform for private https://www.flixbus.fr/ housing; one of the Reims business schools is For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative affiliated:https://www.studapart.com > Rechercher websites, for example par ville > Reims https://www.blablacar.fr - other specialist sites: To be more independent, use rental bikes. - https://www.adele.org/ You can consult the Tourist Office offer: - https://www.immojeune.com/ https://www.reims-tourisme.com > À faire, - https://www.location-etudiant.fr/ À vivre, À voir > Loisirs > Activités sportives > - https://housinganywhere.com Manu Loca Vélo 3 If you need housing adapted to your special needs • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take minor) visa and you attained the age of action with your institution. majority, you have to request for a “Titre de Some establishments have specialized services for séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the students with disabilities (assistance for housing, prefecture where you live within 2 months and also transportation and tuition). following your majority. At Université de Reims, a Mission Handicap https://administration-etrangers-en-france. organization listens, advises and supports students interieur.gouv.fr with disabilities: https://www.univ-reims.fr Take note : To renew your student residency > Vie des Campus > Handicap 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” (permit) on the website: https://administration- FIRST THINGS etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr FIRST / This tutorial will help you: https://www.youtube.com/ ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 CVEC Before you can enroll in your institution, you must download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie • Tofindoutmoreaboutrightsandobligations: Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and The reception services of your establishment can campus life contribution fee. guideyouintheeventofdifficulties. - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour - For additional information and special cases: et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized Card and Travel Document) > CVEC ConfirmRegistration Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, PRACTICAL youarenotofficiallyenrolled. INFORMATION / You must confirm your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) much easier day-to-day if you open a bank account, online or in one of the 110 bank agencies located in Reims In France, opening a bank account is a right: GOOD TO KNOW www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS bancaires> Droit au compte long-term student visa: you must validate it online upon your arrival and imperatively HEALTHCARE withinthefirstthreemonthsofyourstay In France, receiving medical