DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Corte and Corsica, your new home. WELCOME TO CORTE/CORSICA - JULY 2021. - JULY Rubrik C (91) - Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©AdobeStock @olezzo photo: ©AdobeStock @olezzo Rubrik (91) - Photos: DR Cover C Production: YOUR ARRIVAL HOUSING INCORTE/CORSICA / IN CORTE/CORSICA / Student Welcome services at Université de Corse There are numerous solutions for housing in (Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli) Corte: Student-only accommodations managed by CROUS, student housing and private residences, The first point of contact at Université de Corse and rooms in private homes. is the Mobility Office (Bureau de la mobilité) run What’s most important is to take care of this as by the International Relations Service (SRI) for early as possible, before your arrival: Corte is a free-mover international students (non-exchange small town with limited accommodation options, it students). is therefore essential to organize accommodation The Service des Relations Internationales has before arriving in Corse. set up a “rotating” Welcome Desk where several different services (CPAM, CROUS, CAF, Préfecture) work in turn to simplify administrative procedures A FEW TIPS for international students. Short-term housing Address: Université de Corse, Edmond Simeoni • The search engine on the Corte Tourist Building (level 1), Service des Relations Office websitemay help you find short-term Internationales, Mobility Office, Mariani Campus, accommodation: http://www.corte-tourisme.com/ Avenue Jean Nicoli, 20250 Corte. Hours: From Monday to Friday by appointment only. • If accommodation is not being sought at the start Contact: 04 95 45 06 46 or of the academic year, the “Bed & CROUS” site may [email protected] also be useful: https://www.bedandcrous.com Learn more: Long-term housing - check out the Study in Corsica pages for • The Corse CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres international students on Université de Corse’s Universitaires et Scolaire - Regional Center for website: https://www.universita.corsica/fr > University and School Services). International > Study in Corsica. Address: 22 avenue Jean Nicoli, F-20250 Corte. Accompanying international students Hours: Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 6pm. The ESN Association (Erasmus Student Network) Contact: 04 95 45 30 00. Corse can help you find your feet in Corte.This Website: http://www.crous-corse.fr/logements/ student association at Université de Corse helps accueil-etudiants-internationaux/ welcome international students by organizing a Applications for accommodation can be completed variety of activities in Corte: online: http://www.crous-corse.fr/ > Logement > https://www.facebook.com/ESN.Corsica/ Accueil des étudiants internationaux. Welcome and orientation for researchers and Website Trouver un logement: doctoral students https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ International researchers and doctoral students On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost can also contact the Mobility Office run by the food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, International Relations Service (SRI) (see address food-trucks, etc.). and contact details shown above). • Private Housing Platforms National Services Other offers for student lodging, managed by private - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr organisms, are also available in Corte. - doctoral students, researchers: Using an internet search engine to search the terms http://www.euraxess.fr/fr “Logement étudiant Corte” should come up with all the private rental options. • Other solutions available on the Campus France site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > Accommodation. 2 If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging Visale is a new and free guarantor system: GETTING AROUND www.visale.fr CORTE/CORSICA If you want to file an application for APL funds (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- When travelling to Corsica you can arrive: lized housing aid), - by plane (from Paris, Marseille or Nice, CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check or fly in directly from certain countries); your eligibility: +33 (0)8 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr - by boat from mainland France (Marseille, Nice, Toulon) or Italy (Livorno, Naples, Genoa, If you need housing adapted to Savona, Piombino). your special needs For practical reasons and irrespective of the Please contact the Pôle Solidarités Handicap (PSH) method of transport, it is easier to arrive at which accompanies students with special needs the airport or port in either Ajaccio or Bastia and works in conjunction with the CROUS in Corse: for onward travel to Corte. [email protected] or 04 20 20 22 57. To get to Corte, from the airport or port, you For further information: can take: https://studia.universita.corsica/ > Vie étudiante > - the bus: https://www.corsicabus.org/ Handicap. (bilingual information in French & English) - the train: https://cf-corse.corsica/ For travelling around Corsica, you can use: FIRST THINGS - regional trains, run by Chemins de fer de la Corse (special student rates): FIRST / https://cf-corse.corsica/ - Cortenais bus service: ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION https://transport-touristique-corse.fr/ - Corsicabus bus service: CVEC https://www.corsicabus.org/ Before you can enroll in your institution, you must Main journey times (by car) in Corsica: download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie - Corte - Bastia: 1 hour and 15 minutes, Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and - Corte - Aléria: 40 minutes, campus life contribution fee. - Corte - Ajaccio: 1 hour 40, - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - Corte - Porto-Vecchio: 2 hours, - For additional information and special cases: - Corte - Calvi: 1 hour and 30 minutes, https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized - Corte - Bonifacio: 2 hours and 35 minutes. > CVEC. For ride-sharing, please check: - the Université de Corse website, where a Confirm Registration car-sharing service has been set up: Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, https://studia.universita.corsica > Vie you are not officially enrolled. You must validate étudiante > Train et covoiturage. your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la - the national website Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. https://www.blablacar.fr/ Important information: Université de Corse For a bit more independence, you can rent a placement test in French as a Foreign Language bike using a private rental company (there is (FLE). no municipal service), such as Altipiani To enroll at Université de Corse, students from (http://www.altipiani-corse.com) or V’loc countries where the official language is not French, Corte (+33 (0)6 84 67 92 63, Facebook V’loc need to provide a French as a Foreign Language Corte). certificate at level B1 CECRL minimum. However, you will still need to take a FLE placement test after enrolling at Université de Corse Pasquale Paoli. Depending on your level, you may be required to take free FLE lessons in parallel to your studies. 3 RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) PRACTICAL INFORMATION / GOOD TO KNOW • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS long-term student visa: you must validate OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT it online upon your arrival and imperatively If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it within the first three months of your stay will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank (in France) on the ANEF (Administration account, online or in one of the 7 bank agencies numérique pour les étrangers en France) located in Corte. website: https://administration-etrangers-en- In France, opening a bank account is a right: france.interieur.gouv.fr https://www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes • If you are an Algerian national or a student bancaires (droit au compte). with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux HEALTHCARE mois” (Residency permit is to be requested within 2 months of entry): your residency permit In France, receiving medical treatment is practically application has to be made at the Prefecture. free but you must be insured. Accordingly, signing up for medical insurance is mandatory. • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled minor) visa and you attained the age of majority, you have to request for a “Titre de Login to the site: séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr site to prefecture where you live within 2 months register, to understand your eligibility and following your majority. benefits, and to take the necessary steps. https://administration-etrangers-en-france. interieur.gouv.fr Learn more: Take note : To renew your student residency https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request > Health. must be done during the 3rd month before the expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” Non-EU students must go to Université de Corse’s (permit) on the website: https://administration- Service for Preventive Medicine and Health etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr Promotion (SUMPPS) for a health check-up upon arrival. This tutorial will help you: This medical center is open to all students free of https://www.youtube.com/ charge throughout the year. watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ Learn more: https://studia.universita.corsica > Vie oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 étudiante > Santé. Address: Desanti Building (level 0), Grimaldi Campus, 20250 Corte. Information Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5:30pm. • To find out more about rights and obligations: Contact: 04 20 20 22 57 or The reception services of your establishment can [email protected] guide you in the event of difficulties. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident SAMU: Call 15 Emergency Medical Services Card and Travel Document) 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.