Nantes, Your New Home
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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Nantes, your new home. WELCOME TO NANTES - Photos: DR - Cover photo: © joseph_hilfiger - Fotolia.com - JULY 2021. JULY - Fotolia.com - joseph_hilfiger © photo: Cover - DR Photos: - Rubrik (91) C Production: YOUR ARRIVAL IN Buddy System You can be assisted by a local student in Nantes! NANTES / The association Autour du Monde-ESN Nantes, at no charge, puts a local student in contact with a A one-stop Guichet Unique for international newly-arrived international student. Above all, it's a students at Université de Nantes sharing and outreach relationship which simplifies setting up for foreign students in Nantes: http://www.esn-nantes.org/ At Université de Nantes, the one-stop desk Welcome and orientation in other institutions is the central meeting place for international Depending on the institution host, two information students when they arrive in the city. services are available: the Service des Relations All the information necessary for setting up Internationales (international relations) and the and settling down in Nantes is available there: Service de la Scolarité́ (Admissions). • assistance with administrative procedures Regardless of your institution, please consult the (university enrollment, residence permits); Campus France website for orientation. The site presents a series of Information Sheets covering • housing, insurance, health; the different higher learning institutions: • campus and cultural life, associations, https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > transportation. Documentary resources > Practical information When the terms start in September and in for students and researchers > Reception January, Université de Nantes and its partners arrangements in institutions including the Prefecture and CROUS are If you cannot find your school in this list, then go on duty at the One-Stop desk to simplify directly to their website. procedures on site. Year-round at Université de Nantes, it’s the International Relations Department which monitors administrative relationships with international Address: Maison des Échanges Internationaux et students during their mobility. de la Francophonie, 15 chaussée de la Madeleine, 44000 Nantes. National Services Hours: - Students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Tuesday to Thursday, 9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to - doctoral students, researchers: 5pm. Friday, 9am to 12pm. Closed Mondays. http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Contact: 02 53 46 21 62 or [email protected] To learn more, consult the pages dedicated to international students (bilingual French/English HOUSING https://www.univ-nantes.fr IN NANTES / > menu > incoming student venir étudier à Nantes Welcome and orientation for doctoral students There are numerous solutions for housing in and researchers Nantes: Student-only accommodations managed At Université de Nantes, thanks to the Nantes by CROUS, student housing and private residences, foreign researchers association known as and rooms in private homes. Euraxess, researchers and doctoral students can What’s most important is to take contact the Welcome and Information Office for care of this as early as possible, their procedures: http://www.nantes-chercheur.org/ before your arrival. Contacts: 02 53 46 21 73 or • The Université de Nantes site [email protected] gives you all the information and tips you need to find housing in Nantes: https://www.univ-nantes.fr > menu > logement 2 • The CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging Jeunesse), the regional youth information center Visale is a new and free guarantor system: www. for Pays de la Loire has a very complete Housing visale.fr Guide that’s available for download: https://www. infos-jeunes.fr/se-loger If you want to file an application for APL funds (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- A FEW TIPS lized housing aid) Short-term housing CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check your eligibility: 08 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr • Nantes youth hostel, near the city center. Address: La Manu, 2 place de la Manu, 44000 Nantes. Contact: 02 40 29 29 20 or [email protected] • see the Nantes Tourism Office website for information about a range of temporary accommodations solutions in Nantes. A housing guide is also available: GETTING AROUND https://www.nantes-tourisme.com > hébergement NANTES Long-term housing • CROUS student housing, Centre Régional des The easiest way to get to Nantes from Paris Œuvres Universitaires, for Nantes Pays de la Loire. is to take the train at Montparnasse station Address: CROUS, 2 boulevard Guy Mollet, (2 hours by TGV high-speed train): 44300 Nantes. https://www.oui.sncf/ Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. From the Nantes train station, to reach the Contact: 02 30 06 02 44 Maison des Echanges Internationaux, the CROUS website: http://www.crous-nantes.fr/ International Exchanges House, take tram The website Trouver un logement: line 1 and get off at Commerce stop (the city’s https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ central hub). On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost If you arrive at Nantes Atlantique food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, international airport, take the direct shuttle food-trucks, etc.). bus to Commerce station. • Private Housing Platforms For getting around the city and suburbs, Some ten higher learning establishments in Nantes use the public transportation (tramway, bus are members of Studapart, a platform for private and shuttle) network, managed by Tan for housing. transportation in Nantes: https://www.tan.fr/ Learn more: https://www.studapart.com (bilingual French-English site). Other offers for student lodging, managed by private For travel within the region, take the Pays de organisms, are also available in Nantes. la Loire regional trains: https://www.ter.sncf. Try these sites: com/pays-de-la-loire/horaires/recherche - https://www.adele.org Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: - https://www.immojeune.com https://fr.ouibus.com/ - https://www.location-etudiant.fr or https://www.flixbus.fr/ - https://housinganywhere.com For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative There is also a site managed by the CROUS, websites: Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student - national website: https://www.blablacar.fr accomodations in private homes: - regional website: https://www.ouestgo.fr/ https://www.lokaviz.fr For more independence, rent a bike: • Shared Leases: Consult La Carte des Colocs, a - with Bicloo, the self-serve bike-share system national site for shared leases that’s free and simple for the greater Nantes urban area: to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ https://www.bicloo.nantesmetropole.fr - with Velocampus, a Université de Nantes • Other solutions available on the Campus France student association which offers this service site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting organized > at a low price: http://www.velocampus.net/ Accommodation (bilingual French-English site). 3 If you need housing adapted to RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) your special needs Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take action with your institution. GOOD TO KNOW Some establishments have specialized services for special-needs students (housing assistance and • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS also transportation and tuition). long-term student visa: you must validate At Université de Nantes, the specifically adapted it online upon your arrival and imperatively services of Relais Handicap support students with within the first three months of your stay special needs and take each specific situation into (in France) on the ANEF (Administration account: https://www.univ-nantes.fr numérique pour les étrangers en France) > santé, social > accompagnement du handicap website: https://administration-etrangers-en- 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 CVEC minor) visa and you attained the age of 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. - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ interieur.gouv.fr - For additional information and special cases: https://www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > Take note : To renew your student residency CVEC permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request must be done during the 3rd month before the Confirm Registration expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” Take note ! Even if you have a pre-registration (permit) on the website: https://administration- letter, you are not officially enrolled.You must etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr confirm your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you This tutorial will help you: arrive. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 • To find out more about rights and obligations: The reception services of your establishment