DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Grenoble, your new home. WELCOME TO GRENOBLE - Photos: DR - Cover photo: © Julien Rousset - Fotolia.com - JULY 2021. - JULY photo: © Julien Rousset - Fotolia.com - Photos: DR Cover Rubrik (91) C Production: Researchers can consult the dedicated pages on YOUR ARRIVAL IN the ISSO site: GRENOBLE / - Doctoral candidates: https://international.univ- grenoble-alpes.fr/fr/doctorant/ A personalized welcome for an international - Researchers: https://international.univ-grenoble- audience alpes.fr/fr/chercheur/ Buddy System Université Grenoble Alpes has created a You can be assisted by a local student in Grenoble! dedicated service to assist in preparing your Some university departments have put in place specific arrival, your installation and to answer any buddy systems. You can be put in contact with a local questions you may have over the course student who can provide personalized assistance for of your stay: The International Students & registration or show you around campus and town. Scholars Office - ISSO. Your International Relations contact will follow up with Located at the heart of the campus, in the you directly if you are eligible. iCampus - Welcome Center, the Service Accueil The student association IntEGre (International International-ISSO (International Welcome Etudiants Grenoble) also has a buddy system open Service) is the one-stop open year-round to to all. https://www.integre-grenoble.org/ assist you with specifically: • Your housing search; Welcome and orientation in the institutions • Validation of your visa or obtaining your Depending on the institution, two information services residence permit, assistance in putting are available: The Service des Relations Internationales together your application; (international relations) and the Service de Scolarité́ • Administrative procedures for health (Admissions). insurance, opening a bank account, day-to- Regardless of your institution, please consult the day life and more. Campus France website for orientation. The site presents a series of Information Sheets covering the different higher learning institutions: https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > Address: Service Accueil International – Documentary resources > Practical information ISSO, 1025 avenue centrale, for students and researchers > Reception Domaine universitaire, 38402 Saint-Martin-d’Hères. arrangements in institutions Hours: Year-round, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Contact: If you cannot find your school in this list, then go https://international.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/fr/acces- directly to their website. rapides/contact/ National Services Learn more: - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr - Consult: - doctoral students, researchers: http://www.euraxess.fr/fr https://international.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/fr/ etudiant/ - Download the Guide pratique des étudiants internationaux, the handbook for international HOUSING students at Université Grenoble Alpes, from the site IN GRENOBLE / home page: https://international.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr > Espace d’accueil > Guides et fiches pratiques > Le In Grenoble, there are numerous solutions for guide pratique des étudiants internationaux finding lodging: Student-only accommodation managed by CROUS, student and private Welcome and orientation for researchers and residences, and housing in private homes. doctoral students What’s most important is to take care of this as Researchers and doctoral students receive specific early as possible, before your arrival. support from the Service Accueil International - • Université Grenoble Alpes international ISSO, an affiliate of theEuraxess Service Centers information portal provides advice on finding network. accommodation: https://international.univ-grenoble- alpes.fr > Etudiant > Logement 2 • The CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information accommodation in private homes: Jeunesse), the regional youth information center for https://www.lokaviz.fr/ Rhône - Alpes publishes classified ads: • Shared Leases: Consult La Carte des Colocs, a https://www.info-jeunes.fr > Vie quotidienne/ national site for shared leases that’s free and simple Logement/ Santé > Trouver et financer son to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ logement • Other solutions available on the Campus France • Doctoral students and researchers should site : www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > contact the ISSO housing center (pôle logement): Accommodation [email protected] A FEW TIPS Short-term housing: • Youth Hostel for the greater Grenoble area, located in a natural setting, 10 minutes from the city GETTING AROUND center. Address: 10 avenue du Grésivaudan, GRENOBLE 38130 Echirolles. Contact: 04 76 09 33 52. Getting to Grenoble: Site: https://www.hifrance.org > Grenoble - you can first arrive in Paris and then take the • Other types of residences with hotel services: train for Grenoble (3 hours by TGV, the high- - use the search engine on the Grenoble Visitor speed train): https://www.oui.sncf/ Center Tourist Information Center website, which - you can also take a flight to Lyon and then includes all types of accommodations: take a direct bus to Grenoble (1-hour trip). https://www.grenoble-tourisme.com > Où dormir Learn more: - you can also visit the Grenoble Hotel Info site: https://fr.ouibus.com/trajets/lyon-aeroport- https://hotelgrenoble.info/ saint-exupery-grenoble For information on getting to and around Long-term housing Grenoble, consult the International Welcome • The Grenoble Alpes CROUS Desk - Université Grenoble Alpes ISSO: (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires) https://international.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/fr/ for student housing. > Etudier > Comment venir Address: Service aux étudiants (bourses, logement, For getting around the city and surrounding service social) 351 allée Berlioz, Domaine area, use the public transportation (bus Universitaire, 38400 Saint-Martin-d’Hères. and tramway) network managed by Tag for Contact: 0 970 150 096 (local call). transportation in Grenoble: https://www.tag.fr/ Site: http://www.crous-grenoble.fr/ There are Auvergne Rhône-Alpes The website Trouver un logement: regional trains for getting around the region: https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ https://www.ter.sncf.com/auvergne-rhone- On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost alpes food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: food-trucks, etc.). https://fr.ouibus.com/ or https://www.flixbus.fr/ • Private Housing Platforms And the Transisère bus for travel within the Some of the institutions in Grenoble are members of Department and specifically to get to the ski Studapart, a private housing platform: https://www. resorts: https://www.transisere.fr/ studapart.com Other offers for student lodging, managed by private For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative organisms, are also available in Grenoble. websites, for example: For example, visit: - local: http://covoituragecaesug.com/campus/ - https://www.adele.org and http://www.covoiturage38.com/ - https://www.immojeune.com - national: https://www.blablacar.fr - https://www.location-etudiant.fr For greater independence, rent a bike with - https://housinganywhere.com MétroVélo, the bicycle rental service for the • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, City of Grenoble: Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student http://www.metrovelo.fr > Louer un vélo 3 If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) Visale is a new and free guarantor system: www.visale.fr If you want to apply for the APL (Aide Personnali- GOOD TO KNOW sée au Logement -personalized housing aid) • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales - family long-term student visa: you must validate allowances fund) can check your eligibility: it online upon your arrival and imperatively 08 10 29 29 29 or www.caf.fr within the first three months of your stay (in France) on the ANEF (Administration If you need housing adapted to your special needs numérique pour les étrangers en France) Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take website: https://administration-etrangers-en- action with your institution. france.interieur.gouv.fr Some of the campuses provide special assistance, including Université de Grenoble Alpes which has a • If you are an Algerian national or a student dedicated service for students with disabilities: with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with https://handicap.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/ the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux mois” (Residency permit is to be requested within 2 months of entry): your residency permit application has to be made at the Prefecture. FIRST THINGS • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled FIRST / minor) visa and you attained the age of majority, you have to request for a “Titre de séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION prefecture where you live within 2 months following your majority. CVEC https://administration-etrangers-en-france. Before you can enroll in your institution, you must interieur.gouv.fr download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and Take note : To renew your student residency campus life contribution fee. permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ must be done during the 3rd month before the - For additional information and special cases: expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour”