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UNIVERSITÉ DISCOVER D’ARTOIS: YOUR CITY • 10 UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS • 6 DOCTORAL SCHOOLS Campus France will guide • 18 LABORATORIES you through your first steps • 220 DOCTORAL STUDENTS in France and exploring Arras and Artois, your new home WELCOME TO ARRAS AND ARTOIS (BÉTHUNE - LENS - LIÉVIN - DOUAI) • Exchange student: YOUR ARRIVAL IN ARTOIS The Service des Relations Internationales recrutes (BETHUNE, LENS, LIEVIN, student “buddies” to welcome you when you arrive and to help you with administrative procedures. DOUAI) / The Service des Relations Internationales will put you in contact with your buddy in July. Welcome to the Université d’Artois campus Welcome and orientation in other institutions If you are enrolled in another institution, please Université d’Artois has 5 campuses: Arras and consult the Campus France website for orientation. 4 other cities, Béthune at 35km, Lens at 18km, The site presents a series of Information Sheets Liévin at 18km and Douai at 26km. covering the different higher learning institutions: https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > Documentary resources > Practical information Welcome and orientation for international students, for students and researchers > Reception based on their profile, is handled by both the Service arrangements in institutions de la Vie Etudiante and the Service des Relations If you cannot find your school in this list, then go directly Internationales regardless of the campus: to their website. • Free-mover student: If you enrolled with Université National Services: d’Artois directly as a free-mover, you will be welcomed by the Service de la Vie Etudiante. - Students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Address: Maison de l’Etudiant, Building M, Arras - Doctoral students, researchers: Campus. http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm. Contact: 03 21 60 61 94 or [email protected] HOUSING IN ARRAS Learn more: - check out the dedicated pages on the Université AND ARTOIS / d’Artois website: http://www.univ-artois.fr > International > Venir étudier à l’Université d’Artois There are numerous solutions for housing in - download the mini-guide for foreign students Arras, Béthune, Douai, Lens or Liévin: Student-only enrolled individually: accommodations managed by CROUS, student http://www.univ-artois.fr > Vie étudiante > housing and private residences, and rooms in Vie pratique (colonne de gauche) private homes. • Exchange student: If you are an incoming Most important is to take care of this as early as exchange student to Université d’Artois from one of possible and before your arrival. our partner institutions, you will be welcomed by the • At Université d’Artois Service des Relations Internationales. - For free-movers (non-exchange students), Address: Maison des Relations Internationales, the Service de la Vie Étudiante can assist you in Building H, Arras Campus. reserving housing Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 12pm and - For exchange students, the Service des Relations 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Internationales will contact you in June with Contact: 03 21 60 38 68 or incoming-exchange@ information about your housing. univ-artois.fr • Learn more: Further information: http://www.univ-artois.fr > - Consult the Logement page on the Université International > Venir étudier à l’Université d’Artois > d’Artois site: http://www.univ-artois.fr > Vie En programme d’échange étudiante > Vie pratique > Logement A Buddy System at Université d’Artois - Download the Logement guide published by the CRIJ des Hauts-de-France (regional youth information • Free-mover student: center): http://www.crij-hdf.fr > Nos publications Be welcomed by local students in Arras and Artois! Local students will provide personalized advice and support. Contact the Service de la Vie Étudiante before your arrival if you are interested: [email protected] 2 • Other local leads • Shared Leases Arras: Consult La Carte des Colocs, a national site for Plateforme Logement Jeunes shared leases that’s free and simple to use: Address: 34 bis Grand-Place, 62000 Arras. https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ Contact: 03 21 71 92 97 or • Other solutions available on the Campus France site: [email protected] https://www.campusfrance.org/fr > Getting Site: http://plateformelogement.wixsite.com/ Organized > Accommodation jeunesarras Visale provides a free service for students For Lens and Liévin and surrounding area: needing a guarantor to secure housing: CLLAJ Lens-Liévin Comité Local pour le Logement Autonome des www.visale.fr Jeunes Lens-Liévin, the local committee for youth If you want to make an application for public housing in Lens-Lievin housing funding (the APL “Aide Personnalisée au Contact: 03 21 74 98 15 or [email protected] Logement”), Site: http://jecliquepourmonlogement.fr the CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can Béthune: check your eligibility: 08 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr Point Logement Jeunes (PLJ) Béthune For accommodation with disabled access, Centre Jean Monnet 1 - 6 Avenue de Paris - ask the CROUS social service for assistance. Rhénanie Entrance - Building – 62400 Béthune Some establishments, such as Université d’Artois, Contact: 03 21 57 05 91 or point.logement.jeunes. have created a Mission handicap, which welcomes [email protected] and works with students with special needs. http://www.univ-artois.fr > Vie étudiante > Etude et A FEW TIPS handicap Short-term housing In Université d’Artois locations, you can find low-priced hotel listings on the Tourist Office sites for Arras, Béthune, Douai, Lens and Liévin. Long-term housing: • Student accommodation run by the CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires) in Lille GETTING AROUND Nord - Pas-de-Calais, which includes Arras. Contact: 02 30 06 02 49 ARRAS AND ARTOIS or [email protected] The website Trouver un logement: Full details on transport options for getting https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ to Arras and the Université d’Artois (by train or flight + train) can be found on the website: • CROUS Student-Only Housing in Artois - Arras: Résidence de l’Artois (96 units), Résidence http://www.univ-artois.fr > L’université > Venir de la Citadelle (34 units), Résidence des Templiers à l’université (41 units), and Résidence Bernanos (150 units). In the cities and surrounding areas, use the - Béthune: Résidence Gérard Philipe (298 units). public transportation system to get around. - Lens: Résidence Moreau (100 units). Further information: http://www.univ-artois.fr > Vie étudiante > Vie pratique > Transports - Liévin: Résidence Alice Milliat (50 units). There are regional trains for getting around the On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost region: food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, food- https://www.ter.sncf.com/hauts-de-france trucks, etc.). Don’t forget the bus for low-cost travelling: • Private Housing Platforms https://fr.ouibus.com/ ou https://www.flixbus.fr/ For example, visit: For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative https://www.location-etudiant.fr websites, for example: https://housinganywhere.com https://www.blablacar.fr • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student accommodation in private homes: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ 3 FIRST Take note : To renew your student residency THINGS FIRST / permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request must be done during the 3rd month before the expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION (permit) on the website: https://administration- etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr CVEC Before you can enroll in your institution, you must This tutorial will help you: download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie https://www.youtube.com/ Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ campus life contribution fee. oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - For additional information and special cases: • To find out more about rights and obligations: https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized The reception services of your establishment can > CVEC guide you in the event of difficulties. Confirm Registration www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, document de circulatio (Foreigners > Resident Card you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm and Travel Document) your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) GOOD TO KNOW PRACTICAL • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS INFORMATION long-term student visa: you must validate it online upon your arrival and imperatively OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT within the first three months of your stay (in France) on the ANEF (Administration If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it numérique pour les étrangers en France) will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank website: https://administration-etrangers-en- account, online or in one of the bank agencies france.interieur.gouv.fr located in the area. In France, opening a bank account is a right: • If you are an Algerian national or a student www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes bancaires with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with > Droit au compte the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux mois” (Residency permit is to be requested HEALTHCARE within 2 months of entry): your residency permit application has to be made at the In France, receiving medical treatment is practically Prefecture. free but you have to be insured. Accordingly, signing up for French medical insurance known as • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled “sécurité sociale” is mandatory. minor) visa and you attained the age of majority, you have to request for a “Titre de Login to the séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr prefecture where you live within 2 months Site to register, to understand your eligibility following your majority. and benefits, and to take the necessary steps. https://administration-etrangers-en-france.