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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Nice, your new home. WELCOME TO NICE - Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©Didier RITZMANN, Fotolia.com - JULY 2021. - JULY Fotolia.com photo: ©Didier RITZMANN, - Photos: DR - Cover Rubrik C(91) Production: Production: YOUR ARRIVAL Welcome and orientation in other institutions Regardless of your host institution, please consult IN NICE / the Campus France website for orientation. The site presents a series of Information Sheets covering the different higher learning institutions: A Welcome Desk for international students https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > Documentary resources > Practical information In Nice, a Welcome Desk was put in place for students and researchers > Reception for information and to support you in your arrangements in institutions administrative procedures, especially for If you cannot find your school in this list, then go residence permits and health insurance. directly to their website. At the start of the academic year in September, National Services Université Côte d’Azur, the CROUS, and other - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr partners (Prefecture, health insurance) are - doctoral students, researchers: on-duty to simplify these procedures. http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Address: Maison de l’Étudiant Olivier Chesneau, 5 boulevard François Mitterrand, 06300 Nice HOUSING (tram: Vauban stop). Hours: Consult the practical information on the IN NICE / website, for days and office hours (residence permits, health insurance): http://unice.fr > There are numerous solutions for housing in International > Etudiants internationaux > Nice: Student-only accommodations managed by Démarches et procédures > Informations pratiques CROUS, student housing and private residences, Contact: 04 92 15 50 88 or [email protected] and rooms in private homes. To learn more, consult notably: What’s most important is to take care of this as - Université Côte d’Azur website and the pages early as possible, before your arrival. dedicated to international students (bilingual • The Université Côte d’Azur site provides you with French/English site): http://unice.fr/international/ information to help you find housing. It also provides etudiants-internationaux a complete list of private student residences: - CROUS website: https://www.crous-nice.fr/ http://unice.fr > international > etudiants- service/maison-de-letudiant-olivier-chesneau/ internationaux > demarches-et-procedures > logements Welcome and orientation for researchers and • The CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information doctoral students Jeunesse), the regional youth information center At Université Côte d’Azur, the Welcome Center for Provence - Alpes - Côte d’Azur publishes. (EURAXESS Service Center) welcomes and supports UCA-guest researchers, professors, and doctoral the Guide Logement students in their administrative procedures. (housing guide): Contact: 04 89 15 12 26. https://www.infojeunesse- Site: http://univ-cotedazur.fr > international > paca.fr > Nos services > reseau-et-services-des-relations-internationales > Orientation-information > welcome center Logement Buddy System - free classified ads on its site: https://annonces.infojeunesse- You can be assisted by a local student in Nice! paca.fr/ With the ESN student association (Esrasmus Student Network), and the Buddy System where a foreign student is mentored by a French student, you have the advantage of personalized support: https://nice.ixesn.fr/ ou https://www.facebook.com/ESN.Nice/ 2 A FEW TIPS If you want to file an application for APL funds (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- Short-term housing lized housing aid), • Les Camélias, the Nice youth hostel in the city center. CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check Address: 3 rue Spitalieri, 06000 Nice. your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr Contact: 04 93 62 15 54 or [email protected] Site: https://www.hifrance.org • for other types of temporary residences, use the Nice Tourist Office site’s search engine: http://www.nicetourisme.com Long-term housing • The Nice-Toulon CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for University Services) for student housing. Address: CROUS, Maison de l’Étudiant, 5 boulevard François Mitterrand, 06300 Nice (tram: Vauban stop). Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9am to 4:30pm, and Friday, 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Contact: 04 92 15 50 50. The Nice CROUS website publishes lots of useful information: https://www.crous-nice.fr GETTING AROUND The website Trouver un logement: NICE https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost To get to Nice from Paris, you can take the food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, train (6 hour trip) or fly (1 hour): food-trucks, etc.). https://www.oui.sncf/ To get to the city center from the Nice Côte • Private Housing Platforms d’Azur airport, take the 98 bus, the 99 bus, or Some ten higher learning institutions in Nice are Tram 2. members of Studapart, a platform for private housing: https://www.studapart.com To learn more about means of transportation Other offers for student lodging, managed by private in Nice, visit the dedicated page on the organisms, are also available in Nice. For example, visit: Université Côte d’Azur site: http://univ- - Adele site: https://www.adele.org cotedazur.fr - ImmoJeune site: https://www.immojeune.com > international > reseau-et-services-des- - Location-Etudiant site: relations-internationales > welcome center https://www.location-etudiant.fr For getting around the city and surrounding - Housing Anywhere site: area, use the public transportation https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ (tramways, bus) network managed by Lignes • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, d’Azur for transportation in Nice and its Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student metropolitan area: https://www.lignesdazur. accommodation in private homes: com/ (bilingual French-English site). https://www.lokaviz.fr/ There are Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a express regional trains for getting around the national site for shared leases that’s free and simple region: https://www.ter.sncf.com to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ Coaches are also an option for low-cost travel: https://fr.ouibus.com/ or • Other solutions available on the Campus France https://www.flixbus.fr/ site : www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > Accommodation For ride-sharing see the site https://www.blablacar.fr If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging For greater independence, rent a bike with Visale is a new and free guarantor system: Vélobleu, the Nice bike-share system: www.visale.fr https://www.velobleu.org/ 3 If you need accommodation adapted to your RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) special needs Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take action with your institution. GOOD TO KNOW Some establishments have specialized services for students with disabilities (assistance for housing, • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS and also transportation and tuition). long-term student visa: you must validate it online upon your arrival and imperatively Université Côte d’Azur created a Service within the first three months of your stay d'Accompagnement des Étudiants en situation (in France) on the ANEF (Administration de Handicap (SAEH), a support service for special numérique pour les étrangers en France) needs students: http://univ-cotedazur.fr > campus website: https://administration-etrangers-en- > handicap france.interieur.gouv.fr • If you are an Algerian national or a student with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with FIRST THINGS the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux FIRST / mois” (Residency permit is to be requested within 2 months of entry): your residency permit application has to be made at the Prefecture. ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled minor) visa and you attained the age of CVEC majority, you have to request for a “Titre de Before you can enroll in your institution, you must séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie prefecture where you live within 2 months Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and following your majority. campus life contribution fee. https://administration-etrangers-en-france. - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ interieur.gouv.fr - For additional information and special cases: Take note : To renew your student residency https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request > CVEC must be done during the 3rd month before the Confirm Registration expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” (permit) on the website: https://administration- Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm your enrollment with the This tutorial will help you: institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as https://www.youtube.com/ soon as you arrive. watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ 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) 4 budget, you can compare student health insurance PRACTICAL plans on the Internet. INFORMATION / HOUSING INSURANCE In France,