DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Limoges, your new home. WELCOME TO LIMOGES Each campus at Université de Limoges has an YOUR ARRIVAL international service with special advisers for the IN LIMOGES / duration of your stay: https://www.unilim.fr > international > Présentation > Mon contact international A personalized welcome at the Bureau d’Accueil International for Université de Limoges students National Services - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr The International Welcome Desk or BAI - doctoral students, researchers: (Bureau d’Accueil International) at Université http://www.euraxess.fr/fr de Limoges provides several services for international students, researchers and professors: - guidance for administrative procedures. HOUSING - accommodation assistance for students. IN LIMOGES / - comprehensive orientation services. There are numerous solutions for housing in Limoges: Student-only accommodations managed Address: BAI, 88 rue du Pont Saint Martial, by CROUS, student housing and private residences, 87000 Limoges. and rooms in private homes. Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm. Most important is to take care of this as early as Contact: 05 55 14 90 85 ou 05 55 14 92 74 possible and before your arrival. or [email protected] • Université de Limoges international For more information, see the Université de information portal provides advice about finding Limoges international portal: accommodations: https://www.unilim.fr > international > venir à https://www.unilim.fr > international > venir à l’université > BAI l’université > Étudiants et Doctorants internationaux > Avant l’arrivée > Trouver un logement Welcome and orientation for researchers and Students arriving within the scope of an exchange doctoral students program have the advantage of pre-registration for Researchers and doctoral students receive special housing in the university residences of the Bureau assistance from the BAI which is an affiliated d’Accueil International, the international welcome member of the EURAXESS European network and the desk. EURAXESS France association. • The “Jeunes à Limoges” site (Centre Régional They provide assistance to mobile researchers from d’Information Jeunesse, or regional youth the European Union and other countries: information center) posts classified ads online: https://www.unilim.fr > international > venir à http://www.jeunealimoges.fr/annonces-logements l’université > Enseignants, Chercheurs et Staff internationaux A FEW TIPS Welcome and orientation in other institutions If you are registered in another institution, please Short-term housing: consult the Campus France website for orientation. • Limoges does not have a youth hostel but you The site presents a series of Information Sheets can contact the Résidence Habitat Jeunes (former covering the different higher learning institutions Foyer des Jeunes Travailleurs). in France: Address and phone number: Résidence Varlin Pont https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > Neuf, 32 rue de Fontbonne, 87000 Limoges, Documentary resources > Practical information 05 55 06 45 90. for students and researchers > Reception Site: https://varlinpontneuf.fr > logement jeunes arrangements in institutions • For other types of temporary accommodations, If you cannot find your school in this list, then go see the list of accommodations on the Limoges directly to their website. Tourist Office site: http://www.limoges-tourisme.com > où dormir 2 Long-term housing At Université de Limoges, the Bureau d’Accueil et • The Limoges CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres d’Accompagnement des Etudiants en situation Universitaires - Regional Center for University de Handicap assists students with a disability Services) for student housing. throughout their studies: https://www.unilim.fr > Address: Service administratif, vie pratique > Accueil et accompagnement > 39 G rue Camille Guérin 87000 Limoges. l’accompagnement du handicap Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 12pm and 1:30pm to 5pm. Contact: 04 73 34 64 15 or [email protected] Limoges CROUS site: https://www.crous-limoges. fr > le crous The website Trouver un logement: https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for all low-cost food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, food-trucks, etc.) • Private Housing Platforms Université de Limoges is a member of Studapart, a private housing platform: GETTING AROUND https://www.studapart.com/fr/logement-etudiant- LIMOGES limoges Other offers for student lodging, managed by private Getting to Limoges: organisms, are also available in Limoges. Take the train from Paris to Limoges- Try these sites: Bénédictins station (3 hours): - https://www.adele.org https://www.oui.sncf/ - https://www.immojeune.com Fly from Paris-Orly to Limoges Bellegarde - https://www.location-etudiant.fr international airport. Take a taxi from the - https://housinganywhere.com airport to Limoges (about 15 km). • There is also Lokaviz, a site managed by CROUS, For more information about getting to which includes a listing of student accommodations Université de Limoges: https://www.unilim. in private homes: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ fr > international > venir à l’université > Etudiants et Doctorants internationaux > • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a Avant l’arrivée > Arriver à Limoges national site for shared leases that’s free and simple to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ For getting around the city and suburbs, use the public transportation (bus and tramway) • Other solutions available on the Campus France network managed by STCL for transportation site: www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > Getting in Limoges: http://www.stcl.fr/ organized > Accommodation There are regional trains for getting around • Visale provides a free service for students who the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: need a co-signer (guarantor) to secure housing: https://www.ter.sncf.com/nouvelle-aquitaine www.visale.fr et pensez aussi aux bus pour voyager à petit If you want to file an application for APL funds prix: https://fr.ouibus.com/ or (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or personal- https://www.flixbus.fr/ ized housing aid), For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative websites, for example: CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check - national site: https://www.blablacar.fr your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr - the Haute Vienne department site: http:// For accommodation adapted to your special www.haute-vienne.fr/conseil-departemental needs, > Routes - Info Trafic - Covoiturage Contact the CROUS Service Social which will work For greater independence, rent a V’Lim, the with your host institution. bicycle rental service for Limoges Métropole: Some establishments have specialized services for http://www.agglo-limoges.fr > Mobilité > students with disabilities (assistance for housing, Vélo-VLIM and also transportation and tuition). 3 • To find out more about rights and obligations: FIRST The reception services of your establishment can THINGS FIRST / guide you in the event of difficulties. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION Card and Travel Document) CVEC Before you can enroll in your institution, you must download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie PRACTICAL Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and INFORMATION / campus life contribution fee. - Connect to: https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - For additional information and special cases: https:// OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > CVEC If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will Confirm Registration be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, account, online or in one of the 100 bank agencies you are not officially enrolled. You must confirm located in Limoges. your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la In France, opening a bank account is a right: Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. www.service-public.fr > Argent > Comptes bancaires> Droit au compte (> Finances > Bank RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) Accounts > Right to Open an Account) GOOD TO KNOW HEALTHCARE • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS In France, receiving medical treatment is practically long-term student visa: you must validate free but you must be insured. Accordingly, signing it online upon your arrival and imperatively up for medical insurance is mandatory. within the first three months of your stay (in France) on the ANEF (Administration numérique pour les étrangers en France) Login to the website: https://administration-etrangers-en- https://etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr france.interieur.gouv.fr Site to register, to understand your eligibility and benefits, and to take the necessary steps. • If you are an Algerian national or a student with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux Learn more: mois” (Residency permit is to be requested https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized within 2 months of entry): your residency permit > Health application has to be made at the Prefecture. As a student, you can also take advantage of • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled minor) visa and you attained the age of the university medical services. In these health majority, you have to request for a “Titre de services where consultations are free, you’ll be séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the greeted