DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Le Havre, your new home. WELCOME TO LE HAVRE YOUR ARRIVAL Welcome and orientation in other institutions Several “grandes écoles” are also located in Le IN LE HAVRE / Havre: Sciences Po Europe-Asie, IFP, INSA, ENSM, EM Normandie, IFSI, IFEN, ESADHaR and INSPE. Regardless of your host institution in Le Havre, Welcome services at Université Le Havre please consult the Campus France website Normandie a small, local university. for orientation. The site presents a series of The Welcome One-Stop Desk for international Information Sheets covering the different higher students learning institutions in France: https://www. Université Le Havre Normandie created a one- campusfrance.org > Students > Documentary stop information desk which simplifies arrival for resources > Practical information for students and international students. researchers Plus d’information: Student mentors and staff from the Service des http://www.campus-lehavre-normandie.fr/#guide Relations Internationales (International Relations) and from the Direction de la Scolarité et de la Vie If you cannot find your school in this list, then go Etudiante (Admissions and Student Services) directly to their website. will be available to assist international students: National services and web sites enrollment at the university, residence permits, CAF, accommodation, insurance, health, campus life, - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr associations, cultural activities, transport, etc. - doctoral students, researchers: http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Address: Reception for the Service des Relations Internationales (Faculté des Affaires Internationales hall), Université du Havre, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, 76600 Le Havre. HOUSING Hours: Thursdays from 12pm to 3pm. Student assistants will answer international students’ IN LE HAVRE / questions and provide them with a Welcome Pack. Contacts: There are numerous solutions for housing in Le - Service des Relations Internationales (SRI): Havre: Student-only accommodations managed by 02 32 74 42 88 or [email protected] CROUS, student housing and private residences, - Admissions & Student Services (Direction de la and rooms in private homes. Scolarité et de la Vie Etudiante - DSVE): Most important is to take care of this as early as Scolarité (Admissions) 02 32 74 40 01 or possible and before your arrival. [email protected] • The Student Guide provides various points of Vie étudiante (Student Services) 02 32 74 40 14 or contact: [email protected] http://www.campus-lehavre-normandie.fr/#guide Learn more: • Le Havre city website includes a section on - check the University web pages for international student accommodation (advice and points of students: contact): https://www.lehavre.fr > Pratique et https://www.univ-lehavre.fr > démarches > Etudier au Havre International. - download the Student Guide: • The CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information http://www.campus-lehavre- Jeunesse), the youth information center for normandie.fr/#guide Normandy posts classified housing ads on its website: http://www.crijnormandie.fr > Annonces > Logement. Buddy System A FEW TIPS A Buddy system is available to assist you at Université du Havre. Mon Buddy@Le Havre is a Short-term housing: platform for pairing international students with • The Sans Détour association provides details of students from Le Havre Normandie to facilitate temporary accommodation. friendship and exchange: Address and phone number: Gîte de la porte océane, https://buddysystem.eu/fr/ 24 rue Georges Heuillard, 76600 Le Havre, 02 76 84 10 00. Website: http://www.gite-lehavre.com/ 2 • For other types of short-term accommodation, • There is also Lokaviz, a site managed by please use the search engine on the Tourist Office CROUS, which includes a listing of student website: https://www.lehavretourisme.com accommodations in private homes: > Dormir > Réservez en ligne. https://www.lokaviz.fr/ • There are various types of emergency • Other solutions available on the Campus France accommodation in Le Havre: https://www.lehavre.fr site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > > Pratique > Santé, Urgences. Accommodation Long-term housing If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging • The Normandie CROUS student housing (Centre Visale is a new and free guarantor system: Régional des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional www.visale.fr Center for University Services). Address: CROUS du Havre, 117 rue Casimir Delavigne, 76600 Le Havre. Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 4:15pm. Contact: 02 35 19 74 74 or [email protected] Normandie CROUS website: http://www.crous-normandie.fr/ The website Trouver un logement: GETTING AROUND https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ IN LE HAVRE On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, When travelling to Le Havre from Paris, take food-trucks, etc.). the train (2 hours on average): • Privately-owned accommodation https://www.oui.sncf Private halls of residence provide accommodation You can walk to the university from the for around 700 students: station (5 minutes). www.lehavre.fr/pratique/logement-etudiant For travelling in and around town, you can The ALHOET association offers high-quality student use public transport (buses, tramway and accommodation (around 1,500 residential units): funicular railway, by day and night) operated www.ahloet.fr by the LiA network, which oversees public transport in Le Havre: The Partageons un Havre association offers https://www.transports-lia.fr/ intergenerational home-sharing options: In Le Havre, Mobi’Fil is an on-demand www.partageonsunhavre.org/ transport service for people with reduced Contact: 09 79 71 48 98 mobility: www.transports-lia.fr or [email protected] For travelling within the region: KAPS, a program carried by the Seine Maritime - regional trains, run by LER (la Lézarde department offers Kolocations à Projets Solidaires, Express Régionale), serve various places in moderately-priced housing with a commitment to the local area: https://www.transports-lia.fr/ > solidarity among the residents. Les services LIA > TER Lézarde Express. Contact: 06 28 98 01 83 ; [email protected] ; - TER trains in the Normandy region: rejoins.afev.org/kaps/ https://www.ter.sncf.com/normandie La Carte des Colocs is a website listing flat-shares - buses for cost-effective travel: throughout France. A free and user-friendly website https://fr.ouibus.com/ or https://www.flixbus.fr/ for finding a shared lease, flat or house-share: For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ websites Other offers for student lodging, managed by private - national website: https://www.blablacar.fr/ organisms, are also available in Le Havre. Try these - regional website: www.covoiturage76.net. sites: For a bit more independence, you can rent - https://www.adele.org a free bike through Le Havre’s rental bike - https://www.immojeune.com system LiAvélos: - https://www.location-etudiant.fr https://www.transports-lia.fr > Les services - https://housinganywhere.com Lia > LiAvélos. 3 If you want to apply for the APL (Aide Personnalisée au Logement -personalized • If you are an Algerian national or a student housing aid) with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales - family the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux allowances fund) is available to determine your mois” (Residency permit is to be requested eligibility: +33 (0)8.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr within 2 months of entry): your residency permit application has to be made at the Prefecture. For accommodations adapted to your special • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled needs, contact the CROUS Service Social which will minor) visa and you attained the age of work with your host institution. majority, you have to request for a “Titre de Some institutions have specialized services for séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the special-needs students (housing assistance and prefecture where you live within 2 months also transportation and tuition). following your majority. At Université du Havre, Service Handicap has been https://administration-etrangers-en-france. set up to provide appropriate support (accessibility, interieur.gouv.fr accommodation, transport) for special-need students: Take note : To renew your student residency https://www.univ-lehavre.fr > Campus > Handicap. 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” (permit) on the website: https://administration- FIRST THINGS etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr FIRST / This tutorial will help you: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 CVEC Before you can enroll in your institution, you must • To find out more about rights and obligations: download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie The reception services of your establishment can Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and guide you in the event of difficulties. campus life contribution fee. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour - Connect to: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident - For additional information and special cases: Card and Travel Document) https://www.campusfrance.org > > Getting Organized > CVEC. Confirm Registration PRACTICAL Take note! Even if