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DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Perpignan, your new home. Université de Perpignan: WELCOME TO PERPIGNAN YOUR ARRIVAL (SAIEC), 8 rue de l’École Normale, 34000 Montpellier. Hours: Open year-round, Monday to Friday, see hours IN PERPIGNAN / on the site: www.saiec.fr Contact: A Welcome Desk in Perpignan for university - Information: 04 67 41 67 87. students - Assistance with administrative procedures (bilingual French-English): [email protected] In Perpignan, Université de Perpignan Via Buddy System Domitia (UPVD) and the Préfecture have put You can be assisted by a local student, a free in place a welcome desk, the Bureau d’Accueil international buddy system put in place in des Étudiants Internationaux, that’s open at the Perpignan! start of the school year and will make life easy Your mentor, a French or international UPVD student for you with your administrative procedures. will contact you before your arrival, greet you at the train station or airport and accompany you to your Address: The international students office, Bureau residence. They can also help you with any other d’Accueil des Etudiants Internationaux (BAEI) administrative procedures if required. is located at the entrance of the Université de Learn more: http://www.parrainage-international.fr/ Perpignan Via Domitia campus, 52 avenue Paul Alduy, 66000 Perpignan. Contact: [email protected] Getting there: bus line 4, Campus stop. Your Higher Learning Institution Hours: September to end November, Monday to Regardless of your institution, please consult the Friday 9am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm. Campus France website for orientation. The site At the beginning of the school year, two duty desks presents a series of Information Sheets covering are put in place by the Préfecture, from September the different higher learning institutions: to December, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > Contact: 04 68 66 20 11 or [email protected] Documentary resources > Practical information for students and researchers > Reception Learn more: arrangements in institutions Download the Étudier à Montpellier, Nîmes et Perpignan guide, a practical guide to studying If you cannot find your school in this list, then go in Montpellier, Nîmes and Perpignan, available in directly to their website. French and in English: https://languedoc-roussillon- National and regional services: universites.fr/saiec > Guide - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr - see the Ouverture à l’International pages on the - doctorants, chercheurs et leurs familles: UPVD site https://www.univ-perp.fr > International www.euraxess-lr.fr - follow the International UPVD Facebook page: - doctoral students, researchers: www.euraxess.fr https://www.facebook.com/internationalupvd - download the new app and stay current on UPVD news in real time: https://www.univ-perp.fr > Actualité Service d’Accueil International Étudiants/ Chercheurs (SAIEC), the international students/ researchers welcome desk, in Montpellierr The Montpellier SAIEC located at 150 km from Perpignan can also work with you on your administrative and practical procedures regardless of your university (Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, Université de Nîmes, Université de Perpignan - Via Domitia). Different types of assistance are available including a personalized road map, the e-international welcome solution on www.saiec.fr which presents all the steps to follow before your arrival and for setting up once you’ve arrived in just a few clicks! Address: Accueil International Étudiants/Chercheurs 2 • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, Lokaviz, HOUSING which includes a listing of student accommodation in IN PERPIGNAN / private homes: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ • Shared Leases Consult La Carte des Colocs, a national site for shared leases that’s free and simple In Perpignan, the Bureau d’Information Jeunesse to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ (BIJ), the youth information office offers a Logement Jeunes, a youth housing service with • Other solutions available on the Campus France site: offers for rentals, classified ads, and advice. https://www.campusfrance.org > S’organiser > Logement Learn more: • Visale provides a free service for students needing a site: http://www.bijperpignan66.fr/ guarantor to secure housing: Address: Bureau Information Jeunesse 66 www.visale.fr (Service Logement Jeunes), 97 rue Maréchal Foch, If you want to make an application for public 66000 Perpignan. housing funding (the APL “Aide Personnalisée au - contact: 04 68 34 56 56 or [email protected] Logement”) The CRIJ of Occitanie, Centre Régional d’Information The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can Jeunesse, the regional youth information center check your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr publishes a guide for better housing in the region: https://www.crij.org > Se loger > Guide logement Occitanie A FEW TIPS Short-term housing: • Youth hostel near the city center and train station. GETTING AROUND Address: 3 Allée Marc Pierre, Parc de la Pépinière, PERPIGNAN 66000 Perpignan. Contact: 04 68 34 63 32. If you arrive at Perpignan airport, take the Website: https://www.hifrance.org > Perpignan Sankeo urban transportation network for direct • Other types of residences: See the Perpignan access to the city center. If your plane arrives Tourist Office website: after 8:30pm, you can reserve a shuttle to get https://www.perpignantourisme.com > séjourner downtown: > résidences hôtelières https://www.aeroport-perpignan.com/reseau- Long-term housing: bus-sankeo.html • Perpignan CLOUS student housing (Centre Local For getting around the city and surrounding des Œuvres Universitaires): area, the public transport system (buses and Address: 54 avenue Paul Alduy, 66000 Perpignan. shuttles) has day, and some night, services Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm and 1:30 pm with reduced youth fares: to 4:30pm. https://www.sankeo.com/index.php Contact: 04 68 50 99 62 or clous.perpignan@crous- There are regional trains for getting around montpellier.fr the region: www.ter.sncf.com/occitanie The Montpellier CROUS which the Perpignan The SNCF and the Region have put 1€ tickets CROUS is part of: http://www.crous-montpellier.fr/ in place for local travel in Occitanie: The website Trouver un logement: https://www.ter.sncf.com > tarifs et https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ abonnements > EVASIO’ 1€ On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: all low-cost food services (university restaurant, https://fr.ouibus.com/ or cafeterias, food-trucks, etc.). https://www.flixbus.fr/ • Private residences: see the following sites for For ride-sharing see the collaborative site: example: https://www.blablacar.fr - https://www.adele.org For greater independence, use the free - https://www.immojeune.com AlterEco bike service which offers classic - https://www.location-etudiant.fr > Perpignan and electric bikes: - https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ https://www.sankeo.com/556-Velo.html 3 For accommodation adapted to your special needs RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) Contact the CROUS Service Social which will work with your host institution. Some institutions have special- GOOD TO KNOW ized services for special-needs students (housing assistance and also transportation and tuition). • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS long-term student visa: you must validate At Université de Perpignan, the Bureau d’Accueil it online upon your arrival and imperatively des Etudiants Handicapés (BAEH) assists special- within the first three months of your stay needs students: https://www.univ-perp.fr/ > Vie (in France) on the ANEF (Administration étudiante > Étudiants à statut particulier > Étudiants numérique pour les étrangers en France) en situation de handicap website: https://administration-etrangers-en- france.interieur.gouv.fr • If you are an Algerian national or a student FIRST with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with THINGS FIRST / the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux 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 Before you can enroll in your institution, you must majority, you have to request for a “Titre de download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and prefecture where you live within 2 months campus life contribution fee. following your majority. - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ https://administration-etrangers-en-france. - For additional information and special cases: interieur.gouv.fr https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized 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 letter, (permit) on the website: https://administration- you are not officially enrolled. etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr 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) PRACTICAL INFORMATION / OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank account, online or in one of the 95 bank agencies located in Perpignan. 4 In France, opening a bank account is a right: www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes bancaires> Droit au compte SAMU: Call 15 Emergency Medical Services Police emergency: Call 17 in the event of HEALTHCARE violence, theft, robbery.