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Rennes Metropolitan area: RENNES, EXPLORING ADMINISTRATIVE 439,000 residents CAPITAL OF THE MY CITY including 15% students ILLE-ET-VILAINE DEPARTMENT AND City of Rennes: CAPITAL OF THE BRITTANY REGION, Campus France will guide residents 215,000 3 MILLION RESIDENTS you through your first steps in France and exploring Rennes, BRITTANY Rennes: your new home. REGION, th 9 FRENCH 60,000 REGION students WELCOME TO in terms of hosting foreign students including 6,000 (12,000 international foreign students RENNES students) th 7 UNIVERSITY CITY IN FRANCE
RENNES RANKED 4th FOR LARGE CITIES WHERE IT’S GOOD TO LIVE AND STUDY (awarded by L’Etudiant magazine) WITH TWO VERY GOOD MARKS FOR THE QUALITY OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND STUDENT/CAMPUS LIFE
CAMPUS FRANCE 28 rue de la Grange aux Belles, 75010 PARIS - 01 40 40 58 58 - www.campusfrance.org Production: Agence Huitième Jour - Photos: DR - Cover photo: © Destination Rennes / Julien Mignot / © Destination Rennes photo: DR - Cover - Photos: Jour Huitième Agence Production: For doctoral students and researchers in member A FEW TIPS If you need housing adapted to your special ARRIVING IN establishments, the Rennes CMI is also the contact needs RENNES / point for all procedures (residence permits, housing, For short-term lodging Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take banking, insurance, CAF, and CPAM). • The Youth Hostel, near the city center. action with your institution. Some establishments Visit the dedicated page: Address: 10 canal Saint-Martin, 35000 Rennes. have specialized services for special-needs students The Center for International Mobility, an impor- https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr/fr/doctorants- Contact: 02 99 33 22 33. (housing assistance and also transportation and tant and centralized international welcome service chercheurs/rendez-vous Site: https://www.hifrance.org tuition). Sponsors • Other types of residences with hotel services: See Learn more: http://www.crous-rennes.fr In Rennes, 12 higher-learning establishments the Rennes Visitor Center website: > logement > nos résidences > logements adaptés and Rennes Métropole joined together to You can be assisted by a sponsor in Rennes! Thanks to the ESN (Erasmus Student Network) https://www.tourisme-rennes.com > organiser mon create the Center for Internationality Mobility séjour > où dormir (Rennes CMI) which offers services to association, you can be greeted when you arrive on international students, doctoral students, and the Rennes campus. ESN and its mentors are here Long-term housing to simplify your student and campus life integration. researchers. • The Rennes Bretagne CROUS (Centre Régional Site: http://rennes.ixesn.fr/ You can take advantage of its services if you des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for Contact: [email protected] are enrolled in an establishment which is a University Services) for student housing. member of the International Mobility Center: Your Higher Learning Institution Address: CROUS, 7 place Hoche, 35000 Rennes. Université de Rennes 1, Université Rennes 2, Depending on the institution, two information Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30pm to 4:00pm. Agrocampus Ouest, Centrale Supélec, EHESP, services are available: Contact: 02 30 30 09 30. EME, ENS Rennes, ENSAI, ENSCR, IMT - International Relations Department (welcome and Site: http://www.crous-rennes.fr > Logements Atlantique, INSA Rennes and Sciences Po orientation office). On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for all Rennes. - the Admissions Department (enrollment and low-cost food services (university restaurants, The Rennes CMI is a one-stop information administrative procedures office). cafeterias…). desk which makes available: • Private Housing Platforms: - assistance for administrative procedures National Services several Rennes establishments are members of GETTING AROUND - support in putting together the application - Students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Studapart, a platform specialized in private housing RENNES file for a residence permit with the presence - doctoral students, researchers: for students: https://www.studapart.com/fr of Prefecture staff on site (during the first http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Other student residences, managed by private If you arrive at the Rennes Bretagne semester and occasionally throughout the rest companies, are also available in Rennes. Try these airport, you can take the 57 bus which of the year). sites: goes downtown (Republic stop). The ride is - Euraxess researchers service. - https://www.adele.org 20 minutes and the bus runs every day of the HOUSING - https://www.immojeune.com week: https://www.rennes.aeroport.fr/ Address: Cité Internationale Paul Ricoeur, IN RENNES / - https://www.location-etudiant.fr acces-parkings/bus 1 place Paul Ricoeur, 35000 Rennes. - https://housinganywhere.com/fr To get to Rennes by train from Paris, take the Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, In Rennes, there are numerous solutions for finding • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, high-speed railway at Montparnasse station: 9am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5pm. lodging: the housing park reserved for students Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student https://www.oui.sncf/ Access: 3 bus lines and a metro line enable you to and managed by CROUS, student and private accomodations in private homes: In Rennes, use the Star public transportation get to the CMI. residences, and rooms in private homes. https://www.lokaviz.fr/ network and the KorriGo card, a single Contacts: 02 22 51 44 20 or [email protected] What’s most important is to take care of this as • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a transportation ticket valid for all your trips Learn more: early as possible, before your arrival. national site for shared leases that’s free and simple (bus, metro, train) and even bike rentals: - see the site: https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr/ • The Rennes CMI also offers numerous solutions to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ https://www.star.fr > titres et tarifs > carte - download the CMI Rennes Welcome Guide on its website depending on the type of housing • Other solutions available on the Campus France Korrigo (bilingual French-English): wanted: https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr site: www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > There are regional trains, Breizhgo TERs, for https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr > étudiants > étudiants internationaux > votre séjour à Rennes logement (> Getting organised > Accommodation) getting around the region: internationaux > guide des > se loger à Rennes www.ter.sncf.com/bretagne étudiants internationaux If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging Coaches are also an option for low-cost • The Brittany CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information Visale is a new and free guarantor system: travel: https://fr.ouibus.com/ or Jeunesse, or regional youth information center) has www.visale.fr https://www.flixbus.fr/ also developed a page dedicated to housing: For car-pooling, refer to the collaborative http://ij-bretagne.com/logement/ If you want to apply for the APL websites: (Aide Personnalisée au Logement -personalized - local: https://www.ouestgo.fr/ housing aid) - national: https://www.blablacar.fr The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales - family For more independence, rent a bike allowances fund) is available to assess your rights: (traditional or electric) with Vélostar : https:// 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr www.star.fr > star, le vélo
2 3 That’s the case in Rennes where the two LEARNING FRENCH FIRST universities and Grandes Écoles came together GOOD TO KNOW STEPS / to offer a Service Interuniversitaire de Médecine Learning French is an opportunity to be seized! Find • If you arrive in France with a VLS-TS Préventive et de Promotion de la Santé, or what works best for you: long-term student visa: you must validate it inter-university preventive health and health - by consulting the Campus France site or the ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION online within three months of arrival: promotion service (SIMPPS). Français Langue Etrangère (FLE) - French as a https://administration-etrangers-en-france. foreign language - centers and universities which This service has two branch offices depending on CVEC interieur.gouv.fr offer courses at all levels year-round: your host institution. http://ecolesdete.campusfrance.org It is mandatory that you download proof of • If you are an Algerian national: depending on - Beaulieu Campus branch office - by asking in your institution, at city hall, or in your payment of the Contribution Vie Etudiante et de your campus, your residence permit application Université Rennes 1, Bâtiment 21, avenue du Général host city’s Maison des Associations - community Campus (CVEC) – the student and campus life is made at the Préfecture or with the Service Leclerc, 35000 Rennes. centers. contribution fee before you can enroll in your des Relations Internationales at your campus. Reception and contact: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to institution. Take note: to renew your residence permit, you 5pm, 02 23 23 55 05. FINDING A JOB OR AN INTERNSHIP - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ must apply within two months prior to its expiry. - Villejean Campus branch office - For additional information and special cases: Université Rennes 2, Pôle santé social, Bâtiment 2 addresses: https://www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > CVEC Ereve R, place du Recteur Henri Le Moal, • Jobs and internships: 35000 Rennes. Confirm Registration The Brittany CRIJ, the regional youth information Reception and contact: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, center, has several leads for jobs and internships: 5pm, .02 23 23 70 85. http://www.crij-bretagne.com > le guide des bons you are not officially enrolled. EVERYDAY Learn more: https://simpps.univ-rennes.eu/ You must validate your enrollment with the plans > trouver un job institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as LIFE / • Student jobs: find a student job that’s compatible INSURE YOUR HOME soon as you arrive. with your studies on the CROUS Jobaviz site: OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT In France, housing insurance is mandatory. http://www.jobaviz.fr/ RESIDENCE PERMIT The “garantie risques locatifs” - rental risk guarantee If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be - is housing insurance which you can you subscribe Information much easier day-to-day if you open a bank account, with your bank or a private insurance company. online or in one of the 145 bank agencies located in • The Rennes CMI, at the Welcome and Online subscription is also often possible. THINGS TO DO Rennes. Administrative Procedures Desk. To learn more, consult notably: IN RENNES / - From September to December, Prefecture agents In France, opening a bank account is a right: https://www.smeba.fr/ are present on site to process residence permit www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes www.assistance-etudiants.com applications or renewals for international students in bancaires> Droit au compte www.assurances-etudiants.com PLAYING A SPORT CMI member establishments. HEALTH CARE • In your school, you may also have free access to To learn about the procedures depending on your sports facilities. Contact your Sports Department. situation, consult the Rennes CMI site: In France, receiving medical treatment is practically SAMU: 15 Emergency Medical Services The 2 Rennes universities created an https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr > étudiants free but you must be insured. As a result, signing up Interuniversitaire des Activités Physiques et internationaux > dispositif d’accueil for medical insurance is mandatory. Police emergency: 17 in the event of violence, theft, robbery. Sportives (SIUAPS), or inter-university service for - From end May to the start of July, a desk for physical and sports activities (SIUPS) which offers summer acknowledgements (récépissés d’été) is Fire Department: 18, in the event of fire, gas Connect to the around fifty activities:https://siuaps.univ-rennes.fr/ also available to extend the validity of your residence leak, water damage, natural catastrophe, or https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr site to permit through the start of classes in the fall. traffic accident. • In Rennes, you can also find a sport from among register, to understand your rights, and to take Address: CMI, Cité Internationale Paul Ricoeur, 112 European emergency services number the 110 locally-managed sports facilities by the necessary steps. 1 place Paul Ricoeur, 35000 Rennes. that’s accessible from anywhere in the European consulting the Rennes Metropole site: Contact: 02 22 51 44 20 or [email protected] Union in addition to the French numbers above. https://metropole.rennes.fr/le-sport-rennes • The Ille-et-Vilaine (Rennes) Prefecture, for Learn more: establishments not a member of the CMI https://www.campusfrance.org > S’organiser > Santé (by appointment only). As a student, you can also take advantage of the Learn more: http://www.ille-et-vilaine.gouv.fr university medical services. In these health centers > démarches administratives > accueil étrangers where consultations are free, you will be greeted Address: Préfecture Rennes, by a team of doctors and nurses who can give 3 avenue de la Préfecture, 35000 Rennes. personalized advice about health and prevention. Contact: 08.21.80.30.35 (vocal server). • Learn more about your rights and obligations: www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et document de circulation
4 5 BE ACTIVE MUST-SEE IMPORTANT OCTOBER Attend cultural and sporting events, or join a social • World Football Championship, organized by or community group, through one of the numerous PLACES / ANNUAL EVENTS / Rennes CMI in partnership with the SIUAPS and the local or national student clubs and associations. Rennes soccer team, Stade Rennais F.C., To learn more, check with your school (Service de la Since 1986, Rennes bears the label “Ville d’art APRIL • Students of the World Night, an essential event at vie étudiante, Student Services) or visit the following et d’histoire », a city of art and history. the start of the school year for international students sites: www.animafac.net or www.letudiant.fr • Mythos, the festival for the spoken arts organized by the Erasmus Student Network (ESN • The Brittany Parliament house, the most famous of (storytellers, singers) in Thabor Park In Rennes, the ESN association, a welcoming Rennes monuments, a symbol of Brittany. France). association for international students, presents • Rennes Urban Trail, an atypical sports challenge, • Tam-Tam Festival, the best deals festival for young • Rennes old town, part of the old city with many a race through the city’s monuments, gardens, and numerous activities and publishes a guide for houses from the 15th and 16th centuries. people in Rennes, organized by the Brittany CRIJ and foreign students. symbolic venues. other partners. • La place des Lices, the former medieval enclosed Site: http://rennes.ixesn.fr/ MAY • Fête de la Science in the University laboratories. Guide: http://rennes.ixesn.fr > ton arrivée > guide de fields, one of the largest market squares in France • Festival of Brittany, over 230 events throughout the survie • Hôtel de Ville or City Hall square, the central hub NOVEMBER in Rennes with the Opera House and Commerce region (concerts, exhibitions, traditional festivals, markets, and more). • Yaouank, the must-attend festival for contemporary GAINING CULTURE AND PARTYING Building. Breton music and the largest fest-noz (night party) in • European Night of Museums, with free admission Rennes offers many ways to cultivate yourself or • The Portes Mordelaises gates and ramparts, a Brittany (preferential rates with the Sortir Card). testimony to Breton history. to museums from 8pm to midnight. party. Movie theaters, concerts, theaters, operas, DECEMBER museums, exhibitions, and festivals are on the • Saint-Pierre Cathedral, where important moments JUNE • Rennes Trans Musicales, a key event in program and most of the time, at reduced cost in French and Breton history took place. • Fête de la musique: music everywhere in town (free contemporary music and the musical trends of for students: • Les Champs Libres, an innovative cultural venue at concerts). tomorrow (student rates) https://metropole.rennes.fr > sport, culture the heart of Rennes with the Museum of Brittany, JULY - AUGUST Rennes Metropole offers a free card, the Carte Sortir the Science Space, and the Metropolitan area library. which makes it possible to see performances or to • Les Tombées de la Nuit, a street arts festival with • Thabor gardens, 10 hectares of French-style practice sports at preferential rates: free events all summer long. https://metropole.rennes.fr > sport, culture > tout gardens and an English-style park with an savoir sur la carte Sortir! exceptional rose garden. SEPTEMBER For entertainment or to pick up some culture, in Learn (and see) more: • International Student Day, organized by the Rennes, there are: https://www.tourisme-rennes.com/ Rennes CMI in partnership with CROUS, a big day to - 4 large movie theaters with multiple screens welcome international students. (student rates, rewards program) including • European Researchers Night: researchers meet 1 art-house cinema, the Arvor. the general public. - 9 major museums including the Fine Arts Museum • Les journées du patrimoine (Heritage days), free which is located in the former university building visits of cultural venues. (reduced student rates): https://mba.rennes.fr/fr - 30 performance centers - around twenty book shops including an institution, Librairie Le Failler, in Rennes since 1925 (with a foreign languages department) and a used book shop to buy and sell, the Bouquinerie du Centre. - an important network of 11 libraries and multi- media libraries specifically Les Champs Libres, a large cultural and leisure space: https://www.lesmediatheques-rennesmetropole.fr/ In Rennes, for going out or staying abreast of events, To stay informed, actively listen to others and the world, and read the leading regional daily paper, Ouest-France, share and dialogue with students, follow social media where available in newsstands or on the Internet: Campus France has an especially strong presence! www.ouest-france.fr Remember to sign up on the France alumni network to take part You can also check out the agenda on the Visitor EXCHANGE in discussion groups on various subjects, take advantage of Center site: cultural outings, and consult job and internship offers. https://www.tourisme-rennes.com SHARE
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