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. interieur.gouv.fr Learn more: https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > Health

4 As a student, you can also take advantage of the LEARNING FRENCH university medical services. In these health centers where consultations are free, you will be greeted Learning French is an opportunity to be seized! Find by a team of doctors and nurses who can give what works best for you personalized advice about health and prevention. - by consulting the Campus France site or the Français This is the case at Université d’Artois which has Langue Etrangère (FLE) - French as a foreign language a health center, the Service de Santé Universitaire - centers and universities which offer courses at all (SSU) levels year-round: http://ecolesdete.campusfrance.org Address: Arras Campus, Building N - first floor. - by asking in your institution, at city hall, or in your Contact: 03 21 60 60 29. host city’s Maison des Associations - community Site: http://www.univ-artois.fr > vie étudiante > centers. santé FINDING A JOB OR AN INTERNSHIP SIGN UP FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE • 4 addresses: You can also sign up for top-up insurance which will - The Carrière de l’Université d’Artois platform, cover all health expenses not covered by the free Career Center, gives you access to job and and compulsory health insurance. internship postings. You can create your personal Take note: The plans and coverage levels differ space and upload your CV (résumé) which will be from one company to another. To choose a top-up seen by the university’s partner businesses. On your insurance policy which meets your needs and your digital work space (ENT) >Emplois et Stages. budget, you can compare student health insurance - Université d’Artois also offers student jobs within plans on the Internet. the institution’s different departments. Consult the postings on your digital work space (ENT) >Offres HOUSING INSURANCE d’Emplois de l’Université. In France, housing insurance is mandatory. You - The Hauts-de-France CRIJ (Centre Régional must take out personal liability insurance. d’Information Jeunesse, or regional youth information center) has a platform of job and - Home Insurance internship offers: http://www.crij-hdf.fr/ The “garantie risques locatifs” - rental risk guarantee - is housing insurance which you can you subscribe - the Jobaviz website, run by the CROUS, can help with your bank or a private insurance company. you find a student job compatible with your studies: Online subscription is also often possible http://www.jobaviz.fr - Personal Liability Insurance: This insurance, assurance responsabilité civile vie privée in French, covers non-intentional damages caused by yourself or third parties.

SAMU: Call 15 Emergency Medical Services Police emergency: Call 17 in the event of violence, theft, robbery. Fire Department: Call 18 in the event of fire, gas leak, water damage, natural catastrophe, or traffic accident. Call 112: European emergency services number that’s accessible from anywhere in the European Union in addition to the French numbers above.

5 THINGS TO DO IN GAINING CULTURE AND PARTYING ARRAS AND ARTOIS / There’s lots to do in the cities of Artois (Arras, Béthune, Douai, Lens and Liévin) to cultivate yourself or party. Movie theaters, concerts, theaters, TAKE UP A SPORT exhibitions, and festivals are on the program and In your institution, contact the Service des Sports most of the time, at reduced cost for students. for free access to sports facilities. The Service Vie Culturelle et Associative at Université d’Artois has numerous sports and Université d’Artois organizes various events physical activities available for free: throughout the year: http://www.univ-artois.fr > vie http://www.univ-artois.fr > Vie étudiante > Sport étudiante > évènements culturels City facilities also offer numerous recreational and For entertainment or culture in each of these Artois sports activities: cities, consult the Tourist Office web sites: - Arras: https://www.arraspaysdartois.com/ - in Arras: https://www.arras.fr > mes loisirs > sport - Béthune: https://www.tourisme-bethune-bruay.fr/ - in Béthune: www.bethune.fr > Ma ville au quotidien - Lens et Liévin: http://www.tourisme-lenslievin.fr/ > Sport - Douai: http://www.douaisis-tourisme.fr/ - in Lens: https://villedelens.fr/ > Mes activités > For going out and current events, read the leading Sport regional daily paper, La Voix du Nord, available in - in Liévin: https://lievin.fr/ > Mes loisirs > Sport newsstands or online: http://www.lavoixdunord.fr - in Douai: http://www.ville-douai.fr/ > Sports-Loisirs

BE ACTIVE Attend cultural and sporting events, or join a social TOP or community group, through one of the numerous ATTRACTIONS / local or national student clubs and associations. To learn more, check with your school (Service In Arras: de la vie étudiante, Student Services) or visit the - The Grand-Place is a magnificent square, lined with following sites: www.animafac.net Flemish-style buildings. ou www.letudiant.fr - Place des Héros lies between the Grand-Place At Université d’Artois, you can: and the Hôtel de Ville and belfry, listed as a World • View a full list of student associations: Heritage site by UNESCO. http://www.univ-artois.fr > Vie étudiante > - Place Victor Hugo, a beautiful octagonal city Associations étudiantes > Guide des associations square. - Musée des Beaux-Arts, the fine arts museum. • Join the International Students Facebook group for - The Vauban Citadel, listed as a World Heritage site. free-movers: - The Boves tour, a series of passages forming a Facebook “Etudiants Internationaux de l’Université veritable underground network. d’Artois” - Nemetacum, a site with the vestiges of an ancient • Hang out in collaborative spaces: Roman city. - La Ruche, an experimental and creative space: In Béthune: http://www.univ-artois.fr > vie étudiante > - Grand-Place and its Art Deco facades évènements culturels > La Ruche - Beffroi, the belfry tower, classed a world heritage - La Cafet’, a shared space next to La Ruche in site by UNESCO. the Maison de l’Etudiant, where consumers are - Labanque, located in the building which houses the encouraged to play an active role. Bank of France in Béthune. An astonishing museum with exhibitions, visits and workshops. - The university libraries in Arras, Béthune, Douai, - Tour Saint-Ignace, the last vestige of Bethune’s Lens and Liévin also have coworking spaces fortifications. available. - La Fabrique, a place for meeting and debate housed in Art Deco venues.

6 In Lens: MAY: European Night of Museums, the Musée - The SNCF train station, an emblematic Art Deco des Beaux-Arts will be open late for the occasion structure (events and visit, free entry). Béthune: Printemps - Chemins de Mémoire, a remembrance trail through de l’Art Deco with visits, events and shows. the Lens sector of World War I (1914-1918) Béthune: Motartois, the big-bike motorcycle show - Louvre-Lens, a building designed by Japanese with events and concerts. Lens: Route du Louvre architects which houses Louvre collections Marathon, walk or run. - The current Faculté des Sciences Jean Perrin which formerly housed the Grands Bureaux de la JUNE: Fête de la Musique: Music everywhere in Société des Mines, the headquarters of the Lens town (free concerts). Béthune: La Nature Dans Tous mining company. Les Sens, a festival which spotlights agriculture and nature. Liévin: Semaine de la Jeunesse, a week for In Liévin: youth with the Color Run, a race that’s high in color. - Hôtel de Ville, the Reconstruction-era reinforced- concrete city hall building inaugurated in 1926. JULY: Arras: Main Square Festival, contemporary - Bassin Minier, the mining basin classed a world music at the Citadel. Douai: Fêtes de Gayant, a heritage site by UNESCO. festival with the local “giants”, street art and music. - St Amé neighborhood with its headframe (or AUGUST: Arras: Fête de l’Andouillette, a must-do poppet or pit head), the large metallic tower built regional event which celebrates the renown French over a mine shaft. sausage. A friendly and traditional festival with lots In Douai: of free activities and the Courses d’Arras where you - Arkeos, an archaeological museum-park. can discover the city as you run through the historic - Beffroi. The belfry tower is a masterpiece of the center. Béthune: Béthune Rétro Festival with Gothic art of the Middle Ages. concerts and car show. - Musée d’Art de la Chartreuse, installed in the former Chartusian convent. SEPTEMBER: Journées du Patrimoine (heritage days), free visits of cultural venues. OCTOBER: Arras: La Nuit des Etudiants du Monde IMPORTANT – Students of the World Night. Lens: Fête de la ANNUAL EVENTS / Science in the University laboratories. NOVEMBER: Arras Film Festival, celebrating French and European cinema (student discounts). FEBRUARY: Liévin: Hauts-de-France/Pas-de-Calais track and field meet, an international event. MARCH: Arras: Séries Mania Festival, Europe’s largest international festival dedicated to TV series. APRIL: Béthune: Carnaval, in the great tradition of the Pas-de-Calais carnivals. Lens: PolarLens, the detective novel fair

To stay informed and attuned to others and the world, to share and dialogue with students follow social media where Campus France has an especially strong presence! Don’t forget to join the France Alumni network to take part in SHARE discussion groups on various subjects, take advantage of PARTICIPATE cultural outings, and consult job and internship offers.

7 THINGS TO KNOW

Arras Urban Community: ¿ UNIVERSITÉ 108,000 residents D’ARTOIS: • City of Arras: 41,000 residents • City of Béthune: 25,000 residents • 10 UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS • City of Douai: 40,000 residents • 6 DOCTORAL SCHOOLS • 18 LABORATORIES • City of Lens: 31,000 residents • 220 DOCTORAL STUDENTS • City of Liévin: 31,000 residents

ARRAS ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL Université d’Artois, OF THE PAS-DE-CALAIS multidisciplinary and multi-campus university (Arras, Béthune, Douai, Lens, Liévin): one of 5 departments which form the Hauts-de- France Region 11,500 Arras, Douai et Lens, students ranked among French university towns where it’s including 1,200 international good to live and study students, representing 76 different (awarded by L’Étudiant magazine) nationalities

HAUTS-DE-FRANCE REGION, 5th FRENCH REGION IN TERMS OF HOSTING FOREIGN STUDENTS (21,000 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS)

Most of the information presented in the Campus France City Information Sheets concerns all international students regardless of their institution. In France, in each of the host cities, most foreign students study at universities. Accordingly, the City Information Sheets attach great importance to them without overlooking the other higher education institutions even if it is not possible to list them all here with their specific information. For more information on the institutions’ welcomes and orientations: https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/recherche/categorie/hauts-de-france-555

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