DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Fort de France and Martinique, your new home. WELCOME TO FORT-DE-FRANCE AND MARTINIQUE - JULY 2021. - JULY Rubrik C (91) - Photos: DR - Cover photo: ©VladFlorin, AdobeStock Rubrik (91) - Photos: DR Cover C Production: administratives - enrollment and administrative YOUR ARRIVAL IN procedures office). FORT-DE-FRANCE / Consult your institution’s web site for all practical information. Student Welcome at Université des Antilles National Services Université des Antilles is a small university. On - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr the Martinique campus (Pôle Martinique), the - doctoral students, researchers: Bureau des Relations Internationales (BRI), the http://www.euraxess.fr/fr international relations office is your main point of contact. The Bureau des Relations Internationales oversees administrative and mobility services HOUSING IN for international students. Educational support is provided by teaching representatives who oversee MARTINIQUE / students’ international mobility within their school or department. There are numerous solutions for housing in In September, a Village Campus Service, bringing Fort-de-France and elsewhere in Martinique: together different organizations, is provided on Student-only accommodation managed by the campus to welcome new students. CROUS, student and private residences, and Address: Université des Antilles, Pôle Martinique, housing in private homes. Schoelcher Campus, Cité universitaire, What’s most important is to take care of this as 97233 Schoelcher (on the outskirts of early as possible, before your arrival. Fort-de-France). • The CLLAJ (Comité Local pour le Logement Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 12pm and Autonome des Jeunes, the local committee for Mondays & Thursdays, 2pm to 4pm. A student independent accommodation for young people) in facilitator is also present on site at certain times of Martinique provides a digital platform of services day, depending on the week (see notice board at the for young people aged between 16 and 30, D’CLIC BRI, International Relations Office). jeunesse, General point of contact: [email protected] which can help you find housing solutions through Personalized point of contact: Régine Rouvel, online classified ads: [email protected] or 05 96 55 46 31. https://www.cllaj-martinique.fr/ and To learn more, consult notably: https://www.facebook.com/CLLAJMartinique - pages for international students, whether exchange students or free-movers (non-exchange A FEW TIPS students), on the University website: Short-term housing http://www.univ-ag.fr > International > Bienvenue à l’Université des Antilles. • The Centre International de Séjour Martinique - the Facebook page run by Bureau des Relations (CISM), offers accommodation and fosters Internationales: https://www.facebook.com/ international exchange. driUAntilles/ Address: CISM, rue Ernest Hemingway, ZAC Etang Zabricot, 97200 Fort-de-France. Welcome and orientation for researchers and Contact: 05 96 39 09 09. doctoral students Trilingual website: https://www.cis-martinique.com/ At the Martinique Campus of Université des Antilles, • The Foyer de Jeunes Travailleurs Les Cycas, researchers and doctoral students should also contact a residence for young workers, is also open to the International Relations Service (see above). students. Your Higher Learning Institution Address: Les Cycas, rue des Rameaux, ZAC de Chateauboeuf, 97200 Fort-de-France. Depending on the institution, two information Contact: 05 96 75 56 30. services are available: Site: http://www.fjtcycas.com/ - Service des Relations internationales, the International Relations Department (bureau • For other types of temporary residences, use the d’accueil et d’orientation - welcome and orientation Martinique Tourist Office search engine: office). https://www.martinique.org > Planifier votre séjour > - Service de la Scolarité́, the Admissions Department Les hébergements. (bureau des inscriptions et des démarches 2 Long-term housing FIRST THINGS • The Antilles et Guyane CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for FIRST / University Services) for student housing. Address: Cité universitaire de Schoelcher, ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION 97275 Schoelcher. Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am to 12pm. CVEC Contact: 05 96 61 36 73. Site: https://www.crous-antillesguyane.fr/ Before you can enroll in your institution, you must international/ download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost campus life contribution fee. food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, - Log in at: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ food-trucks, etc.). - For additional information and special cases: • Private Housing Platforms https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized Other offers for student lodging, managed by private > CVEC. organisms, are also available in Martinique. Try these sites: - https://www.cap-logement-etudiant.com - https://www.immojeune.com Don’t forget to check websites that republish ads from local real estate agents, for example: https://www.97immo.com GETTING AROUND • There is also Lokaviz, a site managed by CROUS, IN MARTINIQUE which includes a listing of student accommodations in private homes: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ When travelling to Martinique from North • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a America, Europe or the Caribbean, you national site for shared leases that’s free and simple are likely to fly in directly to Aimé-Césaire to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ international airport in Le Lamentin (near • Other solutions available on the Campus France Fort-de-France): http://www.martinique. site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > aeroport.fr/ Accommodation. To travel into the center of Fort-de-France from the airport, you can take the TCSP bus If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging (Mozaïk network). Schedule: Visale is a new and free guarantor system: http://www.mozaik.mq/ www.visale.fr Although the public transport network is rather underdeveloped on the island, buses If you want to file an application for APL funds run by the Mozaïk network serve various (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or persona- locations in central Martinique (Fort-de- lized housing aid) France, Lamentin, St-Joseph, Schœlcher): CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check http://www.mozaik.mq/ your eligibility: +33 (0)8 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr The ETUD card allows students to travel at a reduced rate. If you need housing adapted to your special needs To travel longer distances around the island, you can use the Vedettes tropicales boat Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take service which links up places around the Bay action with your institution. of Fort-de-France: Some establishments have specialized services for http://www.vedettestropicales.com/ students with disabilities (assistance for housing, and also transportation and tuition). You can also use an app called Batché (‘On board’ in Creole) which gives various The Relais Handicap at Pôle Martinique, the transport options (ride-sharing, taxis, shared Martinique campus of Université des Antilles, taxis, chauffeured vehicles, etc.) for travelling accompanies newly enrolled disabled students, around Martinique: upon their arrival at the university: https://www.batchecaribbean.com/ http://www.univ-ag.fr > Formation > l’Université des Antilles > Les études en situation de handicap. 3 Confirm Registration PRACTICAL Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm INFORMATION / your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) 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 30 bank agencies located in Fort-de-France. GOOD TO KNOW In France, opening a bank account is a right: • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes bancaires long-term student visa: you must validate (Droit au compte). it online upon your arrival and imperatively within the first three months of your stay HEALTHCARE (in France) on the ANEF (Administration numérique pour les étrangers en France) In France, receiving medical treatment is practically website: https://administration-etrangers-en- free but you must be insured. Accordingly, signing france.interieur.gouv.fr up for medical insurance is mandatory. • If you are an Algerian national or a student with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with Login to the site: the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr site to mois” (Residency permit is to be requested register, to understand your eligibility and within 2 months of entry): your residency permit benefits, and to take the necessary steps. application has to be made at the Prefecture. • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled Learn more: minor) visa and you attained the age of https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized majority, you have to request for a “Titre de > Health. séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the prefecture where you live within 2 months As a student, you can also take advantage of following your majority. the university medical services. In these health https://administration-etrangers-en-france. services where consultations