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THE EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL Dear 1 hour 30 minutes from London Contents 1 hour from 30 minutes from , 03 Welcome to ESPOL

Congratulations on your acceptance to ESPOL 04 Enrolment checklist for your exchange! We hope your time What to do as exchange student here will be a success 05 Lille both intellectually and socially. ESPOL’s wide Benefits of studying variety of classes offer you the possibility to in Lille discover new and exciting topics in , international relations and social in a 06 Your ESPOL contacts truly bi-lingual environment. Why not benefit 08 Recent speakers from your time here and improve or even start learning French through our special language 09 ESPOL & LivinFrance classes for exchange students. Beyond this, you join forces to simplify can get involved in various student associations your stay ! to make new friends from and across the 10 at ESPOL world. In particular, benefit from the “buddies system” organised by COSMOPOL our very 11 Some projects own student to help integrate foreign supported by ESPOL students arriving at ESPOL. With them, or on your own, we hope you will discover Lille, its’ 12 Who studies in ESPOL Graduate Programmes delicious gastronomic specialities (le welsh, la carbonnade flamande; le potjevleesch, les 14 A Thursday in my life gaufres and more), its’ unique and the at ESPOL French “Joie de vivre”. We hope you will enjoy your time at ESPOL and we are looking forward 16 ESPOL’s vibrant international to welcoming you very soon in Lille! community

18 Accommodation

19 Visa

20 Travelling to Lille

23 Our campus

24 Cost of living in Lille

25 Pre-departure checklist Felix

26 Incoming students VON NOSTITZ ESPOL grades and exam rules Director of International Mobility & Associate Professor 28 Exams and mid-term rules in political science

2 3 Enrolment checklist Lille Benefits of studying in Lille What to do

of the population36% 1 4 5 is under 25 The Eurodistrict Crossroads Lille’s of strategic location and be nominated by your Finalise your registration Find out if you need a visa to the area’s rich Home online study in France resources have made it one of the most fought over in 2 6 Europe, a visible today particularly through the numerous memorials To register, please prepare in the from the last the following supporting two World Wars, toured by documents: national and international visitors each year. Lille can -A recent photograph (in JPEG) boast all the conveniences -ID Card or passport (for of being at the centre of an European countries) or passport urban zone with 2 million Read the email sent for non-European Students Join the Facebook page/group Home to inhabitants yet remains a by the international -Updated transcripts of records Lille Catholic “human-sized” university mobility coordinator in English University since city with a population of -Language certificates of 7 250,000. Visitors can get (Elise Millois) 1875, Lille is a English or/ and French (only if around easily on foot or by vibrant and dynamic 3 you wish to follow classes taught bicycle. Public transport in French) university city at the also offers the metro, -Birth Certificate translated centre of Western Europe. the tramway, and into French (for non-European With swift connections many buses. Students) + to Brussels (35 minutes), -European Health Card (for Paris (60 minutes), and London European Students) (80 minutes), Lille is perfect for students planning to visit and study List of courses (Bachelor 130,000students You have to register before: Programme and Master Europe. And there is always much to BrusselsParis Programme), our courses are see and do in Lille itself – a welcoming Receive an email from -June, 15th for FALL (1st) multicultural haven. London Semester and all academic year not available yet, but you can [email protected] have a look on our Courses with your username -November 15th for the SPRING (2nd) semester. List for 2018/2019 and : and password to do your registration online.

4 5 YOUR ESPOL The ESPOL team

ESPOL’s core Alexis MASSART, Janis GRZYBOWSKI CONTACTS Director of ESPOL, Associate Associate Professor in political is made up of an Professor in political science science & Director of Bachelor’s degree in International Relations experienced and Oliwia BARAN interdisciplinary team Pierre-Yves NERON Head of Development Associate Professor in of professors. Our and social ethics & Director of Zach BASTICK the Bachelor’s Degree in Political professors have worked Science Post-doctoral researcher and been trained in the in political science Giulia SANDRI best across Associate Professor Philippe BONDITTI in political science the globe, including, Associate Professor inter alia: in political science Elise MILLOIS International Mobility Coordinator Anne-Sophie BONNEL Academic officer Christelle ROUSSEL Brown University, Academic Supervisor François BRIATTE Harvard University, Academic Advisor Antonella SEDONE the London School of Economics, Post-doctoral researcher University, Oriane CALLIGARO in political science Associate Professor Science Po Paris, in political science Aurélie SEILER the University of California General Secretary at Berkeley, Thierry CHOPIN Professor in political science & Alex TÜRK the Université Catholique Associate director of the ESPOL- LAB Research Centre Associate Professor in de Louvain, constitutional , Senator for the Nord department the , Brendan COOLSAET Associate Professor in Agatha VERDEBOUT the University of East Anglia, environmental and development the , studies & Director of Masters Associate Professor in political programmes science and the . Christian DE BOISSIEU Giulia Sandri Felix Von Nostitz Felix VON NOSTITZ Please consult the EPSOL website for more Professor in economics Director of International Mobility information on our teaching staff. & Associate Professor in political Deputy Director of international mobility and Associate Director of international mobility and Associate science Professor in Political Science Professor in Political Science. Camille ETMANS Communications officer [email protected] [email protected] Sabine WEILAND Associate Professor in political science & Director of the ESPOL- LAB Research Centre

Elise Millois The core faculty is supported and complemented by high-profile external speakers from renowned International mobility coordinator. She manages administrative aspects of your exhange universities and professionals from leading international organisations and companies, artists, (visa procedure once in France, registration...) diplomats and ambassadors, members of the armed forces, etc., who hold teaching positions in our [email protected] study programmes or contribute as invited speakers.

6 7 RECENT ESPOL & LivinFrance SPEAKERS join forces to simplify your stay !

Livin-France is the free international student’s platform which gives you the possibility to make all of your administrative procedures, subscribe to mandatory services and get helped before & during your arrival in France within 3 clicks!

You will find services such as :

At ESPOL At Lille Catholic University Administrative Accommodation Job Offers, Buddy Online and procedures ( CAF, offers, French in your school, physical assistance OFII, VISA…) guarantor, arrival pickup… to support you Thomas Jean Fernando Jeremy electricity… during all steps J. BIERSTEKER QUATREMER CARDERERA RIFKIN Professor at the Graduate Journalist at Libération Spanish Ambassador to Bestselling author, social Institute Geneva, Director France theorist, political advisor of the Global Governance Johan Centre Muhammad VERBEKE Cyril LivinFrance team is here to support and guide YUNUS Former Belgian Ambassador DION you during your stay and the whole settling Manon to the USA, the UK and the Founder of the Grameen GARCIA UN Writer, film director Bank, 2006 Nobel Peace process in france Prize Writer, Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Paul Bernard WATKINSON KOUCHNER Subscribe now, it’s FREE ! Gilles Head of the French Co-founder of Doctors delegation to the UNFCCC PARGNEAUX without Borders, former French Minister of Foreign Member of the European and European Affairs Parliament

8 9 Some projects Research supported by ESPOL

at ESPOL Digital technology and democracy: a research project supported by the National Research Agency ESPOL-LAB, the ESPOL research centre, is composed of a team of professors and (as part of the EPHEMER project) researchers who actively contribute to the development of knowledge in political science. Questioning of the boundaries of politics and its relationship to society is at the heart of ESPOL-LAB’s scientific project. What is the scope of political decision-making? What are the drivers and who are the principal actors? What do new forms of violence and interna- tional conflicts, immigration policies and border controls, and transformations in interna- tional development tell us about our current times?

As they are at the core of academic intellectual work, ESPOL-LAB’s activities are the scientific counterpart of the teaching provided Their research focuses on three within the School and make clusters that structure the ESPOL a unique intellectual environment for students. laboratory’s scientific activities ESPOL-LAB is member of the ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research), the • Quality of Democracy primary political science • Regulations research network in Europe. The team supports the Revue • International reconfigurations Internationale de Politique Comparée. EPHEMER O.C.T.A.V. ESPOL-LAB participates in the EPHEMER (Ethique et Pédagogie Holoptique pour un EnseigneMEnt RECONNECT O.C.T.A.V. (The Collaborative ESPOL-LAB activities en Réseau, Ethics and Holoptic Observatory on Terrorism, Anti- Pedagogy for Network-based Terrorism and Violence) is a take various forms: Teaching) project, piloted by the ESPOL-LAB is a partner of research network supported by four Lille Catholic University within the RECONNECT (Reconciling Europe universities: ESPOL-ICL, Université framework of the Future Investment with its Citizens through Democracy Paris 8 (CRESPPA-LabToP-CNRS), a general seminar in which guest French and foreign re- Plans (Plans d’investissement and the Rule of Law) (https:// CERI-Sciences Po, and Université searchers from other academic institutions present their d’avenir, PIA) of the French Ministry reconnect-europe.eu/). This is a Libre de Bruxelles (ULB-REPI). Its work; of Higher and Research. 4-year multidisciplinary project researchers analyse contemporary Sabine Awarded funding of €1 million funded by the European Commission transformations in violence and lectures and university colloquia; by the French National Research under the H2020 programme. politics in light of issues related to Weiland Agency, this project consists of The consortium of 18 academic ‘terrorism’ and ‘anti-terrorism’. both, a mechanism of pedagogical institutions from 14 countries, They carry out their studies in two more occasional events (‘brown bag seminar’) during which Associate professor transformation and a research coordinated by KU Leuven, seeks to formats: a research seminar in which the laboratory researchers discuss their research themes; in political science project based on experimental analyse the challenges facing the academics from various disciplinary & Director of the data and simulations.ESPOL- EU today, in particular with regard backgrounds participate, and ESPOL-LAB Research reading groups whose sessions are devoted to comparative LAB’s contribution focusses on the to democracy and the rule of law. ‘practitioner meetings’ in which Center readings of some major works in the discipline. potential of digital democracy, in ESPOL-LAB members are more security, defence, intelligence, particular on the transformative specifically participating in work justice, education and social work effects of new information and package 6 Practices of Democracy professionals are invited to express communication technologies on and work package 11 Counter- their views on the difficulties they political representation. terrorism. encounter in their work.

10 11 Who studies at ESPOL graduate programmes?

70% 25% Bachelor’s

of students come from of ESPOL degrees held by abroad: Afghanistan, USA, students are Nigeria, , Russia, scholarship our students: etc. holders

Social sciences 50% 50%

Success rates of ESPOL Political graduate students science

Master in Global and European Politics: 80% Master in Food Politics: 78% Master in International Security: 90% International Relations

Law

Economics

12 13 A Thursday

7:00 AM 9:00 AM 11:00 AM

in my life I wake up, take a shower, prepare I go to school - the first seminar of the day Coffee and eat my breakfast - and most is “Armed Conflict and Peace Building” Break importantly do my 5 minute daily Farhad meditation I really enjoy the way the class is structured. The class is divided into two groups; one advocating the author(s) of the assigned Ahmad articles - the other group criticising the article. Two students are assigned to take ALUMNI student of the the lead on each side (each week two Masters programme in at ESPOL different students). This kind of practice International Security is crucial not only for acquiring analytical and public speaking skills but also to get to the crux of the argument from both sides.

7:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:00 PM 2:30 PM 1:00 PM 11:10 AM

I eat dinner at I go to the gym. I go to my dormitory I go to the library to prepare for the I eat lunch with classmates at the The next seminar the university and take a 15-min next day’s classes: University canteen. Most of the “Theories of Security” begins canteen. power nap. time the unfinished discussions/ I do a critical reading of continue in the canteen. The class starts with a presentation I eat a fresh snack and the assigned article for the Other times we discuss major by one of the students - which he/ prepare for the gym. international development events around the globe. she is graded on (it counts for 40% class and take notes of the grade)

I do the homework exercise for At the end of the presentation my course. Our the class turns into a discussion class is made up of international session; everyone shares their students from different schools insights - moderated by the of the University. professor

The professor wraps up the discussion and makes his/her final 8:00 PM 11:00 PM remarks about the topic discussed.

I go to my weekly Language I go back home and prepare Exchange (Lille blabla language my schedule for the next day. table) event that I run. I read for 30 minutes before going to bed.

14 15 ESPOL’s vibrant international 150 3 86% Our partner community universities partner degrees fully of all ESPOL students universities in English study abroad

Outgoing ESPOL students

1 16

3.30 avg The number of students

16 4 3 2 1

Incoming International Students

1 8

2.75 avg The number of students

8 4 3 2 1

16 17 Accommodation VISA

It is very difficult to find housing once in Lille, so we strongly recommend making sure that you have accommodation arranged before your arrival in France.

Stay in a university dorm Other housing options: If you wish to book a room in a university dorm, all the information you need (list of dorms, description, rent price, housing application procedure, etc.) is available on the website of ALL (Housing Office): These are some websites for students who wish to find housing outside the campus:

How to apply for accommodation

1 Complete the application form 2 Confirm your application by on the ALL website (or ask for paying the fee (either by card, a paper form at the Admissions bank transfer or cheque). Office). 4 Your application will be either: 3 Your application will be Successful: you will be sent a commitment processed (you will receive a contract (this should be returned before EU/EEA citizen The ‘Studying in Your local Campus the date stated on the contract) response within 8 weeks). France’ procedure France office Unsuccessful: your application fee will be Citizens from the European reimbursed. Union, the EEA or Switzerland are exempted from the visa procedure. Students who reside in one of the For further information on visa 1 IMPORTANT: You can enter, stay and study in 42 countries concerned by the requirements, you may also visit The University offers offers France with a national identity “Studying in France” procedure the local office Campus France in the possibility of finding an card or a valid passport. must make a specific request for your country. Your accommodation reservation is not confirmed until your contract is accommodation through a enrolment in an institute of higher received along with the first rent payment. Any incomplete forms will dedicated platform: education. not be processed. Non-EU/EEA citizen You must enrol in your degree program through the online “Studying in France” application You must contact the French procedure before applying for a Consulate of your country to visa. Set up by the Ministry of obtain a long-stay visa (for any Foreign Affairs, the procedure is 1 stay in France exceeding 90 days). 47 Boulevard Vauban (second completely dematerialised and Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Information A tourist visa is not sufficient and floor) Lille manages all of the enrolment Faso, Burundi Cameroon, Chile, China, students will face being expelled and Contact: procedures for an institute of Colombia, Comoros, the Republic of the from France after 90 days and any Congo, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Open from Monday to Friday up to the visa diplomas or credits obtained will United States, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, India, 8.30 am to 6.00 pm request. Following the “Studying Logement (Housing Office) – not be recognised. Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, in France” online application is All logement Tel: +33 (0)320 159 770 Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, mandatory to obtain a student You need to have received the Mauritania, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, visa. Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, acceptance letter before starting Senegal, Singapore, Taiwan, Togo, Tunisia, Moreover, the All sport offers many sports activities, in group (team sports, classes…) or alone (fitness room). the visa application procedure. Turkey and Vietnam. For more information: www.all-lacatho.fr

18 19 Once you are a student at ESPOL, you will have By plane By train access to a various IT support systems: Lille has two major train stations:

Agora account iCampus/Moodle account lacatho email account Agora will be useful throughout iCampus is a platform on which your Once you are a student at ESPOL you the semester, be sure to connect professor will upload documents will get a personal e-mail address regularly and particularly to check the concerning the courses. To log in to within the university account. This “News” section. There you will find the website, you need to use your address will be the one you have to use information about academic matters, student ID as username. The password for all communication with professors special events taking place at ESPOL, is the same as the one you use to log and the academic team. last-minute information about the in to Agora. schedule, a change of room, or a professor’s absence.

Library account Hyperplanning This account will let you use the Library Your student badge This website is a tool to check your online catalogue. You will be able to schedule, classroom numbers and create one, once your registration is Lille Lesquin International Airport Gare de Lille Europe You will receive a personal badge professors’ schedules. finalised. giving you access to all University This airport is small but convenient for entering Lille Lille Europe lies at the heart of the Brussels-Paris- buildings and the Library. or travelling on to nearby areas across the border London high-speed rail corridor. TGV and Eurostar in Belgium. Both major and budget airlines operate trains stop here; the TGV / Thalys journey from Brussels scheduled services. Unlike larger airports there is takes little more than 30 minutes, the TGV from Paris hardly any walking as the check-in desks are directly about an hour, and the Eurostar from London an hour inside the entrance and the security gates are directly and 22 minutes through the Channel Tunnel. Check behind the check-ins. A direct coach connects to the SNCF website to see train timetables Travelling to Lille central Lille (stops outside the main railway station) in 20 minutes, and runs once an hour costing €7 one- If you are travelling from the United Kingdom, Eurostar way, while a return ticket is €9. A taxi into the centre is the best option to reach Lille through the Channel costs about €20. Tunnel. The journey time to Gare de Lille Europe is 1hr 22 mins from London St Pancras International, 1hr 8 mins from Ebbsfleet and just 56 mins from Ashford. Train connections run regularly by ferry from Calais.

Brussels South Charleroi Airport TGV trains to (3 hours), Nantes (4 hours), Strasbourg (3 hr 20 mins), and Marseille (5 hours) Located some 120 km (75 miles) from Lille, BSCA also link to Lille. offers a wide range of European destinations through low-costs giants Ryanair and Wizzair, as well as a few other LCCs. It is a popular option with Lille’s student population. Reaching the Belgian airport can be tricky without a car, though Flibco offers an hourly service Gare de Lille Flandres to the airport. The journey lasts 1 hr 40 min and can cost as little as €5. Otherwise, you can take a train This station is mostly served by regional TER trains from Lille-Flandres train station to Charleroi, then Another option is to take the TER, slower moving hop on the bus to the airport. This journey should take regional trains, offering fairly cheap journeys to you a little more than 2 hr. many locations in France and Belgium. The transit bureau for the Nord-Pas-de-Calais offers weekend “Trampoline” passes, with which a round trip on TER trains between Lille and several Belgian cities can be purchased for a set price of €20-€40, with the Paris Charles de Gaulle freedom of choosing your own train times. Be careful though: depending on the train, cities may be referred The average journey time between Lille-Europe to by either their French or Dutch names, which can and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport is 1 hour and 16 get confusing. minutes and the fastest journey time is 49 minutes. Important On an average weekday, there are 17 trains per day travelling from Lille-Europe to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The average price is €50 (one way ticket). If you arrive in Lille between Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September 2019, please know that there will be a huge public event in Lille: “la Braderie de Lille” (the largest flea market in Europe) which can cause some logistic difficulties. Some places and streets in Lille will not be accessible by car. For more details, please check:

20 21 By bus Our campus

ESPOL is located in the Vauban district (le quartier Vauban), the main student neighbourhood, as is Lille Catholic University, which is the biggest campus in France, and its 30,000 students take up a large part of it. This area goes from Boulevard de la Liberté to Rue de la Bassée, while encompassing La Citadelle and the Rue Léon Gambetta. To get around, it is easy to use the metro and stop at Cormontaigne or Port de Lille (the red line 2), otherwise you may use the bus services (line 12, 18, Citadine or Liane 1) which go along the Vauban boulevard. another way to get around in Lille is the V’Lille (bicycle), and a few stations are situated on the Boulevard Vauban, Rue Colbert and Rue de Toul.

OUIBUS the French bus company run by the SNCF, Eurolines, and Flixbus run coach services between Paris, Brussels, London, Amsterdam, Bruges, and PLACE CATINAT

more. The bus station is located at Gare de Lille AVENUE ARCHITECTE CORDONNIER RUEDE CALAIS

Europe. SAINT-OMER DE RUE RUE ADOLPHE RUE

RUEDU PORT RUE COLBERT RUE IESEG RUE DE BOULOGNE RÉS. ST OMER RUE DE LA DIGUE

RUESOLFERINO

RUE DE TOUL Getting around VERS PORT DE LILLE HEI

RUE BEAUCOURT DECOURCHELLES BEAUCOURT RUE RUE PHILIPPE-LAURENT ROLAND By public transport & bike IESEG SOLFÉRINO ISA

FMM RUE DU PORT DU RUE

FOYER

RUE COLBERT RUE HOTEL ACADEMIQUE ST LUC

BOULEVARD VAUBAN BUV ISEN ALBERT LE GRAND RESTAU U AEU

RUESOLFERINO RÉS. RUECOLSON RÉS. V.CHARONDIÈRE ST VERS ST MICHEL AUGUSTIN

CORMONTAIGNE MEUREIN RUE MAISON

DE L’ÉTUDIANT SALLE RUE DU PORT DU RUE BOULEVARD VAUBAN OMNISPORT The most comfortable way to travel around the city N. SÉGARD is by metro (Métro de Lille), but some stations are CAMPUS located at a considerable distance from landmarks and ST RAPHAËLESPOL

recreational amenities. Among other modes of public VERS transport buses, trams and city bikes are available. GAMBETTA Lille has two metro lines that connect the centre of the city with several suburbs, and two tram lines from Gare de Lille Flandres to and , two other major cities in the Hautes de France region. There are also bus lines that service all parts of the city.

Single tickets are €1.60 + a €0.20 charge for the There are 4 buildings on campus you may have class in: rechargeable ticket. 24-hour day-passes are available for €4.80 - other ticket types are available for longer stays. Machines accept cash and cards. The tickets cover the Transpole metro, buses and trams to any Saint Raphael The Academic Hall destination - longer distance intercity trains (to (83 rue du Port), ESPOL’s main building (Hôtel Académique, 60 boulevard Vauban) Roubaix for example) require separate tickets.

For full details, visit Ilevia Public transport Robert Schuman Rizomm (58 rue du Port), the University’s Law School (41 rue du Port)

22 23 Cost of living Pre-departure in Lille checklist

According to the national student’s union in France, students in Lille have an average cost of living of just over €800 a month, with an average rent of €467 a month. All in all, €800 might be a little bit tight if you want to really enjoy yourself, eat out sometimes and make the most of the Lille nightlife, but it’s not a bad estimate.

Health Financial What to pack

Arrange your health, If applicable, complete Passport, visa and entry travel and liability the form to open a French clearance papers insurance. For European bank account or complete students : get your EU all the required Erasmus Travel insurance Health Card documents (check with documentation your home University) Cash, travellers’ cheques, Contact the public health Make sure you have cash credit cards organisation in your own in euros to cover your country to check whether costs in the first two Contact details and Housing you need to take any Social life costs weeks. directions for your and food costs specific precautions. accommodation Accommodation Power converter and/or The average rent is about €470, Eating out in Lille is as expensive as you make it; there are great pizza and Courses adapter but could be as high as €600 or low burger joints for a pittance, but also fine dining establishments that will and travel as €350, so it’s a matter of finding cost as much as your rent. All in all, you will be able to afford eating out Clothes for all weather the right place for you before fairly regularly as long as you’re not desperately trying to minimise costs. conditions it disappears off the market. In terms of utility bills, you’ve got: Complete the immigration Check out the courses list Cinema Restaurant Coffee Wine process (if required). validated by your home Electricity ticket dinner €1€-€2 (small glass) university €20-€35 €2-€4 Book your Around €40 per month (total) €6-10 Beer (pint) accommodation. Research the course Baguette 1 load of laundry guides for the options Landline and Wifi Haircut €4-€8 €1 in a laundromat Book your travel tickets; if available for your Around €40 per month (total) €20 - €35 €5 you need an entry visa, do programme Restaurant Sandwich not book your tickets until lunch €3-€5 you have received your €10-€15 entry visa.

24 25 Incoming students Essential class rules ESPOL grades and exam rules Indicative grading system

Grade Courses grades (out of 20) International ECTS French Grades GPA out of 4.50 Equivalence Grading Scale

Under 10 Ajourné Fail FX, F 0.00-1.99 out of 20

10/20 Passable Pass/Sufficient E: grades obtained by 2.00 the final 10

From 10.1 /20 D: grades obtained by Passable Satisfactory 2.01-2.99 to 11.99/20 the next 25%

From 12/20 Good C: grades obtained by Assez bien 3.00-3.99 to 13.99/20 (cum laude) the next 30%

From 14/20 Very Good Bien B: grades obtained by 4.00-4.25 to 15.99/20 (magna cum laude) the next 25%

A: grades obtained by Above 16/20 Très bien Excellent 4.26-4.50 summa cum laude the best 10% of students

Version: July 2019 –Disclaimer: The contents of this handbook is subject to change. Please make sure you have the latest version.

The French grading scheme bibliographical references), or Last, grades 14-16 / 20 mean ‘very an accumulation of little things good’, and 18+ / 20 is ‘excellent’. has its own peculiarities, (structure, spelling, examples) Very few (undergraduate) Attendance to all classes is compulsory, even All readings are distributed in class or can but the descriptions below were missing or wrong enough students get to that level, because though we do not check for student ID at the be found on “ICampus” (Moodle). Further will fit most undergraduate to bring the grade below average. many lecturers and professors will Because both of these conditions never let a student with more than entrance. instructions to access teaching materials might courses. are often met (again, at least at two spelling mistakes per page be delivered in class. the undergraduate level), those get a 14+. An essay graded 18+ / You are not required to come to tutorials or two grades are relatively common. 20 can legitimately be used as a seminars: you are only required to attend the Any grade below 8 / 20 is a clear fail template to show what is expected To drop or to add a class after the deadline, you lectures. (in French: ‘très insuffisant’). Most Grades 10-11 / 20 are described from the students, but no lecturer must ask for permission by sending an email to of the time, grades below 6 / 20 as ‘passable’ grades in the French or professor will grant a grade of [email protected]. are quite rare – except in one case, system – enough to make a student 17 / 20 or 18 / 20 more than once All absences need to be excused, either by plagiarism, which is mentioned pass a course, but definitely not in or twice a year, and the top grades providing admin with a medical certificate, in the (undergraduate) student any remarkable way. According (19 / 20 and 20 / 20) are even more Frequently check your academic calendar rulebook. Plagiarism means 0 / 20 or by providing any other appropriate to the same grading scheme, rarely used. explanation by email. to learn about rooms and class reschedulings. and possible additional sanctions, grades 12-13 / 20 correspond to at ESPOL’s discretion (the harshest ‘somewhat good’ (‘assez bien’) or In short: the passing grade at being, getting expelled). ‘good’. Generally speaking, 95% ESPOL is always 10 / 20, and grades If absent on a final exam or a mid-term exam, of above-average grades will be in in the 8–9 and 10–13 ranges are you will awarded a 0 / 20 grade. Grades 8-9 / 20 are marginal the 10-13 range. most frequent, while it is almost Do not go back home before your final exams!!! fails (in French: ‘insuffisant’). Those happen in December and in May of every impossible for a grade above 16 / Always catch up with the classes that you Either one big thing about the 20. year, and the re-sit session happens at the end assignment was wrong (e.g. no miss: get the class notes/materials, and ask for of June (if you stay for the whole academic year clear research question or relevant coursework. or the Spring/2nd semester).

26 27 Exams and During the exam

mid-term rules No student is allowed to take an exam if he/she arrives after Restroom use Leaving the the beginning of the exam. during the exam classroom at the end of the exam Before the exam Each student must contact the academic officer immediately No student is allowed to if he/she is late. leave the classroom before No student can leave the st the end of the 1 hour of the classroom within the first hour Students are invited to examination. of the exam. raise their hand to request additional sheets or paper. Students are not allowed to The Supervisors shall inform leave the classroom if the exam the students when only 10 No communication is lasts 1 hour or 1h30. minutes are left before the end permitted during the of the exam. examination. Students are not allowed to leave the classroom during the Once the termination of the last 30 minutes. exam is announced, students must stop writing. Official records of students leaving the classroom are provided to the academic Students disrespecting the rules supervisor. described here shall be expelled from the exam. Only ONE student at a time. Students misbehaving or disrespecting the procedure of discipline during the examination are subject to the Director’s subsequent measures Students should be present 15 minutes prior to Students may not put items on their desks other and sanctions. Such sanctions the beginning of the exam. than a pen, pencil, identity card… will also be supervised by the Disciplinary Board (Conseil de Mobile phones must be switched-off and kept Handbags, purses, coats and other clothing Discipline). in handbags (use of other electronic devices is items should be placed in the designated area. forbidden). Students must take their seats where their Students must avoid bringing beverages names are displayed. contained in plastic glasses to eliminate the risk of toppling them over desks or documents. Students are not allowed to touch the documents on their desks. Students must store their documents in their bags, except allowed documents. Exam topics are not visible as they are positioned upside-down in the exam sheet on Students must observe silence while entering the students’ desks. Students may see the topics and leaving the classroom. only when they are told to do so.

To be allowed to take part in the exam, students must present their student card or their official identity cards with ID pictures and to leave them on their desks during the exam.

28 Re-sit sessions / retake exams General information

For the Spring / 2nd For the Fall/1st semester : Student card Plagiarism Semester AND for students staying for If you fail and exam and need to retake it, and you are staying at ESPOL the whole academic For security reasons, all students must wear their ID/Student card in a Plagiarism is total or partial, only for the Fall / 1st Semester: visible place. literal ore veiled use of a text that Year : is someone else’s intellectual In order to be allowed to sit a retake examination, you need to ask your You will receive a student card at your arrival. This card allows you to property without acknowledging home university to send us a written, official request by email to access to the different buildings of the Catholic campus, the source, and leading people to The re-sit/retake sessions will be including the library. This student card works as an ID; it proves that you think that it is one’s own, for an [email protected] organized at ESPOL, usually during are a student from ESPOL. It is forbidden to lend it to anybody. examination, an assignment or the last two weeks of June. So, if assessment. Any assessed work Once we receive the written request by your home university, we can you need to retake a exam AND If you lose your card, please go to the security lodge (PC Sécurité) of the identified as plagiarism will be ask the lecturer/instructor of the course whether they agree to organize you stay for the whole academic a special resit session for you. If the lecturer(s) agree(s), ESPOL will year or ONLY for the spring/2nd main building (Hôtel Académique) to receive a one-day temporary badge, considered as a fraud and will be provide the necessary information to the exchange student and their semester the only opportunity to in exchange of any photographic ID document, such as your passport punished as such. Verifications home university about which kind of work the student will have to do retake an examination is to take or driving license. If you cannot find your student card after one week, are made through IT solutions: for the resit session: write an essay or research paper to be submitted part in the resit sessions planned please ask for another one at the general welcome service located in front all written material, essays and electronically, sit through a written examination to be supervised and at the end of June (check the of the main entrance of the Catholic University de Lille, 60 Boulevard assignments are analysed through organized by the home university. academic calendar). Vauban. It costs 10€. an anti-plagiarism software).

Your student number is also your username to use the different platforms: Any text considered as a fraud Agora, Moode (called I-Campus), etc. will be given a grade of 0/20. Moreover, the student could Suitable dress and correct behaviour are of the utmost importance at have to re-submit the written ESPOL and in all the Catholic University of Lille campus. All interactions assignment/essay/coursework with University administration, teaching staff, other employees and again, and the submitted work fellow students must be carried with respect. could be rejected or the student could be excluded from sitting the The buildings and equipment must be treated with the greatest care final examinations session. and attention. Smoking is forbidden in all the building of the Catholic Plagiarism and other forms of University of Lille. fraud will be judged upon by a disciplinary board, which can All students must arrive on time. Once the course has begun, the student decide to adopt stricter measures might not be allowed to enter into the class. The cell phones must be such as permanent exclusion from turned off in class. ESPOL. ESPOL 60 BOULEVARD VAUBAN CS 40109 59016 LILLE CEDEX T. 03 59 56 79 76 T. 03 59 56 79 80 [email protected]

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