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SAINT-ÉTIENNE METROPOLITAN SAINT-ÉTIENNE, AREA: EXPLORING SEAT OF THE MY CITY DEPARTMENT, one of 12 departments which make 400,000 residents up the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Region, and the 2nd largest city CITY OF SAINT-ÉTIENNE: in the Region, after and Campus will guide before 170,000 residents you through your first steps in France and exploring Saint-Étienne, your new Université Jean-Monnet de home. AUVERGNE RHÔNE-ALPES Saint-Étienne: REGION, WELCOME TO nd 2 FRENCH 20,000 students, REGION in terms of including international SAINT-ÉTIENNE hosting foreign 3,200 students, students (42,000 international 6 doctorate-awarding schools, students) 33 research units

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CAMPUS FRANCE AUVERGNE RHÔNE-ALPES 35 rue Raulin (Bureau 304) 69007 Lyon By appointment only, Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm Contact: 04 81 88 00 40 CAMPUS FRANCE 28 rue de la Grange aux Belles, 75010 - 01 40 40 58 58 - www.campusfrance.org Production: Agence Huitième Jour - Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©Agence LIN / Ville de Saint-Étienne / Christian Bruchet / Ville de Saint-Étienne LIN / ©Agence photo: DR - Cover - Photos: Jour Huitième Agence Production: ARRIVING IN Sponsors A FEW TIPS If you want to apply for the APL You can be assisted by a sponsor in Saint-Étienne! (Aide Personnalisée au Logement -personalized SAINT-ÉTIENNE / In some schools (for example, Télécom Saint- For short-term lodging housing aid) Étienne or Ecole des Mines), a student mentoring • The Centre International de Séjour André The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales - family program has been put in place. Contact your Wogenscky, a youth hostel located in the heart of allowances fund) is available to assess your rights: One-stop Desk, the Students Welcome Desk school’s International Relations Department. the city center. 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr Address: 14 bis rue de Roubaix, Your Higher Learning Institution 42000 Saint-Étienne. If you need housing adapted to your special From end August to end October, a Students needs Welcome Desk is open for international Depending on the institution, two information Contact: 04 77 45 54 72. students to provide different services: services are available: Site: https://www.cis-st-etienne.com/ Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take - one-stop for residence permits with the - International Relations Department • Other types of residences: use the Saint-Étienne action with your institution. Prefecture services (1st time applications and (welcome and orientation desk) Visitor Center site’s search engine which has a listing Some establishments have specialized services for renewals). - the Admissions Department (enrollment and of all housing types: special-needs students (housing assistance and - assistance in putting together the administrative procedures office) https://www.Saint-Étienne-hors-cadre.fr > also transportation and tuition). administrative files. National Services s’organiser > dormir Jean-Monnet University in Saint-Étienne has put - housing assistance. in place an Disabilities Welcome Bureau which - Students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Long-term housing is available and attentive to students with special - doctoral students, researchers: • CLOUS student housing, the Saint-Étienne Centre needs: https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr > vie étudiante Address: Espace Info Jeunes, http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Local des Œuvres Universitaires, the Regional Center > études et handicap 6 rue de la Résistance, 42100 Saint-Étienne. for University Services, is a local branch of the Lyon Hours: end August to end October, Monday to Friday, CROUS. 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm. Address: 11 rue Tréfilerie, 42000 Saint-Étienne. HOUSING IN Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. A Mission for Welcoming International Audiences SAINT-ÉTIENNE / Contact: 04 77 81 85 50. GETTING AROUND In Saint-Étienne, at Jean-Monnet University, the The Lyon CROUS site: http://www.crous-lyon.fr/ Mission d'Accueil des Publics Internationaux On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for all SAINT-ÉTIENNE (MAPI), or the project for making international In Saint-Étienne, there are numerous solutions low-cost food services (university restaurants, students welcome, is open year-round, and also for finding lodging: the housing park reserved for cafeterias, food-trucks, etc.) To get to Saint-Étienne, Châteaucreux train has the task of helping and supporting foreign students and managed by CROUS, student and station, you can take a direct train from Paris audiences (students, doctoral students, and private residences, and housing in private homes. • Private Housing Platforms (3 hours): https://www.oui.sncf/ researchers) when they arrive in Saint-Étienne. What’s most important is to take care of this as - www.studapart.com: A platform listing private You can also arrive directly at Lyon Saint- Address: Direction de l’International, 2nd floor, early as possible, before your arrival. accommodations which work with a Saint-Eienne Exupéry International Airport, and then take 21 rue Denis Papin, 42100 Saint-Étienne. establishment. • Jean-Monnet University gives advice and tips for the Ouibus shuttle from the airport. Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 12:30pm finding housing: Find other private housing by visiting, for example, and 1:30pm to 5pm, and Fridays, 8:30am to 12pm. https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr > international > the following sites: To get to Jean-Monnet University campus Contact: 04 77 43 79 70 or etudiant international > vie pratique > logement - https://www.adele.org/ from the train station, take Tramway T3 [email protected] - https://www.location-etudiant.fr/ Châteaucreux - Bellevue and stop at: Campus • The CRIJ, Centre Régional d’Information - https://www.immojeune.com/ Tréfilerie. Learn more: Jeunesse, Info-Jeunes, the regional youth - https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ - The International Student information center for Auvergne Rhône - Alpes For getting around the city and suburbs, use Guide (bilingual English/ publishes classified ads: • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, the public transportation (tramways, bus) French): https://www.info-jeunes.fr/ Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student network managed by Stas: https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr accomodations in private homes: https://www.reseau-stas.fr/ • The City of Saint-Étienne publishes Loire Habitat Résidence La Métare https://www.lokaviz.fr/ 30,> rue PalluatInternational de Besset LES LOGEM >ENT SEtudiant25, bd. Paul Michelon There are Auvergne Rhône-Alpes regional 04 77 42 34 42 UNIVERSITAIRES 04 77 25 14 62 http://minu.me/96rw a guide, Se Loger à Saint-Étienne, with 130 chambres simples rénovées de 9 La demande de logement en résidence m²€ 174 . Cogecoopinternationaluniversitaire > géréeVie par les PratiqueCROUS est à Chambres réhabilitées> 10 m²€ : 240 26, cours Gustave Nadaud 34 studios de 12 m² dont 8 adaptés trains for getting around the region effectuer avant les résultats d'examen • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a 04 77 32 40 35 ou d'admission dans des formations aux personnes à mobilité réduite 360 € lots of information and addresses to www.cogecoop.fr spécifiques. La demande de logement en Près de l'Université J. Monnet, campus résidence universitaire est le deuxième Métare, IUT, ENISE et de l'Ecole des WELCOME TO UNIVERSITY! EriliaGuide volet du Dossier Social Etudiant (des) Mines. (reductions possible): 21, avenue de La Rochetaillée national site for shared leases that’s free and simple commun à une demande de bourse. 04 77 57 31 31 La saisie doit être effectuée entre le 15 Résidence La Palle help you in your rental housing search: INTERNATIONAL www.erilia.fr/site/Erilia/Accueil janvier et le 30 avril précédant la rue Henri Matisse rentrée universitaire sur le CROUS. 04 77 81 85 50 Habitation Moderne Familiale www.crous-lyon.fr Studio meublé 18 m²€ : 297 to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ https://www.ter.sncf.com/auvergne-rhone-alpes STUDENT GUIDE 36, rue Jules Ledin A proximité de l'UFR des sciences, de 04 77 37 74 06 l'IUT, l'ISTASE, ENISE et Ecole des Mines. http://www.Saint-Étienne.fr > sainté Centre Local des OEuvres www.hmf.fr Universitaires 11, rue Tréfilerie Résidence Théâtre Alliade Habitat 04 77 81 85 50 47, rue de Tarentaize SE LOGER A Coaches are also an option for low-cost 6, rue Badouillère 04 77 81 85 50 et vous > jeunesse > vie quotidienne > • Other solutions available on the Campus France 04 77 47 87 87 ● Résidences universitaires publics Studio meublé 30 m²€ 439 www.alliade.com Studio meublé 18 m²€ 349 . SAINT-ETIENNE Résidence la Cotonne En centre ville, près du campus Carnot, travel: https://fr.ouibus.com/ or Bâtir et loger 17, Bd Raoul Duval de l'ESADSE, de l'Ecole d'Architecture et 15, rue Bérard 04 77 57 30 14 de Télécom Saint-Etienne. Colocation ? L’aide à la démarche locative site: www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > 04 77 49 23 50 Chambres réhabilitées 9m²€ 240 dont 8 Studio ? www.batiretloger.com chambres adaptées aux personnes à Résidence Tréfilerie Résidence ? mobilité réduite (ALS). 18 et 20, rue Richard https://www.flixbus.fr/ ICF Sud-Est Méditerranée 04 77 81 85 50 Tous les bons plans 15, rue Burdeau ²€ logement à logement - MAPI presentation form: A proximité de l'Université Jean Monnet, 181 T1 à partir de 18m à 368 dont 6 04 77 38 93 99 campus Tréfilerie et Denis Papin, et de adaptés aux personnes à mobilité Saint - Etienne ! http://minu.me/96s0 l'IFSI Croix Rouge. réduite 20 T1 bis à partir de 30 m² à 478 € (APL) sur le campus Tréfilerie de Pour tout renseignement concernant Résidence des Arts (uniquement pour les l'Université Jean Monnet. For car-pooling, refer to the collaborative https://www.univ-st-etienne.frles prestations et prêts pour le > International enseignants chercheurs) logement, contacter : 11 rue Gambetta ● Résidences privées Caisse d’Allocations Familiales www.crous-lyon.fr/html/acces.html If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging 3, avenue Emile Loubet 30 studios meublés www.pagesjaunes.fr € - the Euraxess services0 820 25 42 20 (0,112(researchers /min) ➔ and PhDwww.a dele.org websites: www.caf.fr

Pour les aides à la caution, au dépôt www.saint-etienne/jeunesse de garantie et autres prestations Visale is a new and free guarantor system: students) : https://www.univ-st-etienne.frPasseport Habitat > - local site https://movici.auvergnerhonealpes.fr/ 15, place Jean Jaurès 04 77 34 10 10 www.entrepriseshabitat.com www.visale.fr - national website: https://www.blablacar.fr international > enseignant-chercheur-post- doctorant-doctorant > accueil le point contact For greater independence, use the Saint- Euraxess Étienne Metropolitan area VéliVert network - Jean-Monnet University site: and bike-share system: https://www.velivert.fr/ https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr > international 2 3 As a student, you can also take advantage of the FINDING A JOB OR AN INTERNSHIP FIRST university medical services. In these health centers GOOD TO KNOW STEPS / where consultations are free, you will be greeted 3 addresses: • If you arrive in France with a VLS-TS by a team of doctors, nurses and social workers • Internships: Jean-Monnet University presents a long-term student visa: you must validate it who can give personalized advice about health and very complete list of useful links to help you find an ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION online within three months of arrival: prevention. internship: https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr > https://administration-etrangers-en-france. formation > orientation/insertion > insertion interieur.gouv.fr CVEC INSURE YOUR HOME professionnelle It is mandatory that you download proof of • If you are an Algerian national: depending on • Jobs: the Saint-Étienne CRIJ (Info Jeunes payment of the Contribution Vie Etudiante et de your campus, your residence permit application In France, housing insurance is mandatory. Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, the regional youth Campus (CVEC) – the student and campus life is made at the Préfecture or with the Service The “garantie risques locatifs” - rental risk guarantee information center) has a list of job postings contribution fee before you can enroll in your des Relations Internationales at your campus. - is housing insurance which you can you subscribe available: https://www.info-jeunes.fr/ > Emploi/Job with your bank or a private insurance company. institution. Take note: to renew your residence permit, you • Student jobs: find a student job that’s compatible Online subscription is also often possible. - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ must apply within two months prior to its expiry. with your studies on the CROUS Jobaviz site: - For additional information and special cases: Learn more: http://www.jobaviz.fr/ https://www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > CVEC www.smerra.fr www.assistance-etudiants.com Confirm Registration www.assurances-etudiants.com Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, THINGS TO DO you are not officially enrolled. EVERYDAY You must validate your enrollment with the IN SAINT-ÉTIENNE / institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as LIFE / SAMU: 15 Emergency Medical Services Police emergency: 17 in the event of violence, soon as you arrive. PLAYING A SPORT theft, robbery. OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT RESIDENCE PERMIT Fire Department: 18, in the event of fire, gas • Your school or university provides special access If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it leak, water damage, natural catastrophe, or to sporting activities. Contact your institution’s Information will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank traffic accident. Sports department. 112 European emergency services number • At the one-stop Students Welcome Desk from end account, online or in one of the 120 bank agencies • At Jean-Monnet University, the SUAPS is the that’s accessible from anywhere in the European August to end October. This department handles located in Saint-Étienne. university service charged with organizing physical Union in addition to the French numbers above. procedures for residence permits in liaison with In France, opening a bank account is a right: and sporting activities for students: the Prefecture services (1st time applications and www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr/fr/suaps.html renewals). bancaires> Droit au compte • In Saint-Étienne which develops sports for Address: Espace Info Jeunes, LEARNING FRENCH everyone, available for everyone, you will also find 6 rue de la Résistance, 42100 Saint-Étienne. HEALTH CARE Learning French is an opportunity to be seized! Find numerous activities offered by the city: Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00am to 1:00pm what works best for you: http://www.Saint-Étienne.fr/ > découvrir et sortir > In France, receiving medical treatment is practically and 2:00pm to 18:00pm. - by consulting the Campus France site or the sports free but you must be insured. As a result, signing up • At the Mission d’Accueil des Publics Français Langue Etrangère (FLE) - French as a for medical insurance is mandatory. Internationaux (MAPI) the rest of the year. foreign language - centers and universities which BE ACTIVE Address: Direction de l’International, 2 e étage, offer courses at all levels year-round: Attend cultural and sporting events, or join a social 21 rue Denis Papin, 42100 Saint-Étienne http://ecolesdete.campusfrance.org Connect to the or community group, through one of the numerous Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:30am to 12:30pm and - by asking in your institution, at city hall, or in your https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr site to local or national student clubs and associations. 1:30pm to 5pm, and Fridays, 8:30am to 12pm. host city’s Maison des Associations - community register, to understand your rights, and to take Learn more: centers. • At the Loire Prefecture (Saint-Étienne). the necessary steps. - contact your school (Campus Life Bureau) for Address: 2 rue Charles de Gaulle, information. 42000 Saint-Étienne. - visit the pages reserved for campus associations Hours (Residence Permit Department): Monday, Learn more: on the Jean-Monnet University site, which counts Wednesday, and Friday, from 9:00am to 11:30am https://www.campusfrance.org > S’organiser > Santé over 50 associations in different domains: and from 1:00pm to 3:30pm. https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr > vie étudiante > Contact: 04.77.48.48.48, Monday to Friday, 7:30am associations to 7:30pm, and interactive vocal server 24/7: - consult the national sites: www.animafac.net 04 77 48 45 54. or www.letudiant.fr http://www.loire.gouv.fr > prefecture de Saint-Étienne • Learn more about your rights and obligations: www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et document de circulation

4 5 GAINING CULTURE AND PARTYING MUST-SEE IMPORTANT SEPTEMBER • Saint-Étienne offers many ways to cultivate • European Researchers Night: researchers meet yourself or party. Theaters, movie theaters, concerts, PLACES / ANNUAL EVENTS / the general public. museums, exhibitions, and festivals are on the • Journées du patrimoine (Heritage days), free visits program and most of the time, at reduced cost for In 2000, Saint-Étienne was the first French city to FEBRUARY of cultural venues. students: http://www.Saint-Étienne.fr/talents be awarded the label Ville d'art et d'histoire (Town • Festival of Burlesque Arts, the largest gathering for OCTOBER • In Saint Etienne, www.saintepass.fr is an Internet of Art and History) for its industrial heritage. humor in France (reduced rates). • Science Festival, in numerous venues throughout site which inventories all the best deals for young • The Art and Industry Museum, to plunge into the the city. people! It allows you to take advantage of free industrial and social context of the Saint-Étienne MARCH cultural and sporting activities: Movie theaters, region (reduced rates). • International Design Biennial, a major design event • Science Village, in the Saint-Étienne Rotonda, a space for playful exploration (events, exhibitions, concerts, theaters, operas, sports matches, • The Cité du Design, located in the former Saint- in France exhibitions, festivals, museums. performances). Étienne Arms Manufacture (student rates). • Festival des Curieux Voyageurs, the festival for This service is for young people up to age 25. It is curious travelers, a film festival for travelers and NOVEMBER offered by the City of Saint-Étienne in partnership • The Couriot Shaft, the Mining park museum, a explorers with multiple events (reduced rates). with 80 cultural and sports establishments. former mining shaft transformed into an industrial • the SaintéLyon, a night race between Saint Etienne and mining museum with recreation of the mine MAY and Lyon, the most important nature raid in France. • At Jean-Monnet University, you have the galleries. advantage of a Carnet Culture, a culture • Fest’U, the city’s unavoidable must-see university DECEMBER • Geoffroy-Guichard stadium: this stadium is a notebook composed of coupons which can be cultural event. • Saint Barbara Festival, a Saint-Étienne tradition used in 60 partner cultural sites in the Saint- legend in France! Visit the Verts Museum and you’ll • European Night of Museums: another to way to with parade and fireworks (the Mining Museum has Étienne Metropolitan area (book stores, theaters, learn why. discover museums, and for free. free visits on this occasion). performance centers, movie theaters, and • Square Jean-Jaurès, a tree-lined and floral square museums): https://www.univ-st-etienne.fr > vie with its basin and music gazebo which comes alive JUNE Learn more: http://www.Saint-Étienne.fr/ (rubrique culture/festivals). étudiante > culture et loisirs during the summer. • Fête de la musique: music everywhere in town (free • For entertainment or to pick up some culture, in • Saint-Étienne Planetarium, with an exceptional concerts). Saint-Étienne, there are: astronomical simulation video apparatus (reduced • Trax, a dance festival for hip-hop in all its forms and - 4 movie theaters with multiple screens (student rates). styles. rates, rewards program), including 1 art-house • Le Corbusier site in , at 15 km from Saint- cinema, Le Méliès, and the municipal Film Library. Étienne, the largest building complex in France and JULY - AUGUST - 5 important museums (reduced student rates) Europe created by the famous architecture. • The Couriot Before, in the park located at the base including the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Learn (and see) more: of the Mining Museum. An open-air dance hall Art, with an important collection of contemporary http://Saint-Étiennetourisme.com/ ambiance and musical events. works, and the Cité du Design. Saint-Étienne is the • Festival des 7 Collines, the 7 Hills multi-disciplinary French city designated “Creative city for design” by festival centered on dance and the contemporary UNESCO: https://www.citedudesign.com//fr/home/ circus. - around ten performance halls, theaters, opera, and a Center for Scientific, Technical, and Industrial Culture, the Rotonda, installed within the Saint- Étienne École Nationale Supérieure des Mines (School of Mines. - a dozen book stores, including an institution, Librairie de Paris, opened in 1961. - 6 convenient media libraries, a network organized around the central media library: http://mediatheques.Saint-Étienne.fr/exploitation/ • In Saint-Étienne, for going out or staying abreast To stay informed, actively listen to others and the world, and of events, read the leading regional daily paper, Le share and dialogue with students, follow social media where Progrès, available in newsstands or on the Internet: Campus France has an especially strong presence! https://www.leprogres.fr/loire-42-actualite Remember to sign up on the France alumni network to take part You can also check the very comprehensive agenda EXCHANGE in discussion groups on various subjects, take advantage of on the Saint-Étienne Métropole Visitor Center cultural outings, and consult job and internship offers. website: http://Saint-Étiennetourisme.com/ SHARE

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