La Rochelle, Your New Home
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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring La Rochelle, your new home. WELCOME TO LA ROCHELLE Contact: 05 46 45 87 27. YOUR ARRIVAL Site: https://www.univ-larochelle.fr > Recherche et IN LA ROCHELLE / innovation > La recherche à l’université > Accueil des chercheurs et doctorants internationaux. Welcome for students enrolled at La Rochelle Buddy System Université ADRIEM Association. Meet with local families and At La Rochelle Université, a small university, your spend time together. main point of contact is the Direction des Relations Contact: ADRIEM (Association pour le Internationales, the International Relations Développement des Relations Internationales Department (DRI) which will help you complete avec les Etudiants du Monde), 07 82 83 14 32 or essential administrative procedures. [email protected] A personalized welcome service has been set up for Site: https://www.agglo-larochelle.fr/-/ils- all new international students with a support team of accueillent-les-etudiants-du-monde mentors to help them find accommodation, complete Welcome and orientation in other institutions their enrollment and obtain residence permits. If you are enrolled in another institution, please Address: La Rochelle Université, International consult the Campus France website for orientation. Relations Department (DRI), Technoforum building, The site presents a series of Information Sheets ground-floor, 23 avenue Albert Einstein, covering the different higher learning institutions: 17000 La Rochelle. https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:45am to 12:30pm Documentary resources > Practical information and 1.30pm to 4.45pm (except Wednesday afternoons). for students and researchers > Reception Contact: 05 46 45 87 47 or [email protected] arrangements in institutions Learn more: If you cannot find your school in this list, then go - check the University web pages for international directly to their website. students, whether exchange students or free-movers (regular admission): https://www.univ-larochelle.fr National Services > International > Venir étudier à l’université. - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr - download the Student Guide: https://www. - doctoral students, researchers: univ-larochelle.fr > International > Venir étudier à http://www.euraxess.fr/fr l’université > Étudier en programme d’échange or Étudier en candidature libre. - view the welcome videos for young international students on the La Rochelle CIDJ website: HOUSING http://www.infojeunesse17.com > Mobilité internationale > Bienvenue à La Rochelle IN LA ROCHELLE / Le CDIJ de La Rochelle In La Rochelle, there are numerous solutions for The La Rochelle CDIJ, (Centre Départemental finding lodging: Student-only accommodation Information Jeunesse), the youth information center, managed by the CROUS, student and private is also an interlocutor to guide you setting up in La residences, and housing in private homes. Rochelle: Housing, healthcare, student jobs, culture, What’s most important is to take care of this as international, clubs and associations, etc. early as possible, before your arrival. Address: Ecole Dor, 24 rue Saint Jean du Pérot (in the courtyard on the right), 17000 La Rochelle. • The Student Guide published by the University (see Hours: Monday to Friday, 1pm to 6pm. above) provides a number of tips and addresses. Contact: 05 46 41 16 36 or [email protected] You can also check out the accommodation pages on the University website: Welcome and orientation for doctoral students https://www.univ-larochelle.fr > Vie étudiante > Vie and researchers pratique > Logement étudiant. La Rochelle Université is a member of the Euraxess • The Association Rochelaise d’Hébergement Pour network which works to facilitate researcher les Etudiants et les Jeunes (ARHPEJ, formerly mobility in Europe. known as ARPAE), is an association for student Researchers and doctoral students may use the and youth housing. Working in partnership with the Euraxess portal (http://www.euraxess.fr/fr) or City of La Rochelle and La Rochelle Université, it contact the university’s Direction Recherche et manages over 640 units: https://arpae.fr/ Partenariat Innovants. 2 • The Comité Local pour le Logement Autonome • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a des Jeunes (CLLAJ), a local committee for youth national site for shared leases that’s free and simple housing, publishes classified ad on its site for to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ housing: https://www.cllaj.asso.fr/ • Other solutions available on the Campus France • The La Rochelle CDIJ (Centre Départemental site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > d’Information Jeunesse), the youth information Accommodation. center, gives advice on its site as well as a housing guide (Guide Logement) published by the Nouvelle- If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging Aquitaine CRIJ. Download here: Visale is a new and free guarantor system: http://www.infojeunesse17.com > Vie pratique > Le www.visale.fr logement. If you want to make an application for public housing funding (the APL “Aide Personnalisée A FEW TIPS au Logement”), the CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check your eligibility: Short-term housing: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr • La Rochelle youth hostel, at the Minimes marina. For accommodations adapted to your special Address and phone number: avenue des Minimes, needs, contact the CROUS Service Social which will 17000 La Rochelle, 05 46 44 43 11. work with your host institution. Website: https://www.aj-larochelle.fr/hostel/ or by telephone on +33 (0)5 46 44 43 11 Some institutions have specialized services for special-needs students (housing assistance and • For any other types of temporary accommodation, also transportation and tuition). please use the search engine on the Tourist Office website: https://www.larochelle-tourisme.com > Séjourner > Hébergements. Long-term housing • CLOUS student housing, the La Rochelle Centre GETTING AROUND Local des Œuvres Universitaires, the regional center IN LA ROCHELLE for university services, is a CROUS Poitiers satellite office. If travelling to La Rochelle from Paris, take Address: Cité Antinéa, 15, rue de Vaux de Foletier, the train (around 3 hours by TGV - the high- Les Minimes, 17000 La Rochelle. speed train): https://www.oui.sncf Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 12pm and 1pm to 5:40pm. For travelling in and around the town you can Contact: 05 46 28 21 30. use public transport (buses and sea-buses!) Poitiers CROUS site: run by the Yélo network which manages https://www.crous-poitiers.fr/ transport in and around La Rochelle: Trouver un Logement site: https://yelo.agglo-larochelle.fr https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ (special rates for students aged under 26 and a single travel-card for all types of transport). On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for all low-cost food services (university restaurant, There are Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional trains for cafeterias, food-trucks). getting around the region: https://www.ter.sncf.com/nouvelle-aquitaine • Private Housing Platforms or https://transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr Other offers for student lodging, managed by private Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: organisms, are also available in La Rochelle https://fr.ouibus.com/ or Try these sites: https://www.flixbus.fr/ - https://www.estudines.com For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative - https://www.appartcity.com websites - https://www.adele.org - national site: https://www.blablacar.fr/ - https://www.immojeune.com - local website: https://yelo.agglo-larochelle. - https://www.location-etudiant.fr fr > Voiture > Covoiturage. - https://housinganywhere.com For a bit more independence, you can rent a • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, bike from Yélo which also runs a self-service Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student bike system: accommodation in private homes: https://yelo.agglo-larochelle.fr > Vélo. https://www.lokaviz.fr/ 3 At La Rochelle Université there is a Relais Handicap for disabled and special needs students. Take note : To renew your student residency This service was put in place to promote smooth permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request progress and success in their studies: must be done during the 3rd month before the https://www.univ-larochelle.fr > Vie étudiante > expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” Etudiants en situation de handicap. (permit) on the website: https://administration- etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr This tutorial will help you: FIRST https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ THINGS FIRST / oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION • To find out more about rights and obligations: CVEC The reception services of your establishment can guide you in the event of difficulties. Before you can enroll in your institution, you must www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) Card and Travel Document) - Connect to: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - For additional information and special cases: https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > CVEC. PRACTICAL Confirm Registration INFORMATION / Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. If you stay in France for more