DISCOVER YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Bordeaux, your new home. WELCOME TO BORDEAUX Contact: 05 56 33 80 88 or YOUR ARRIVAL [email protected] IN BORDEAUX / Learn more: https://www.u-bordeaux.fr/ > Recherche > Intégration des chercheurs internationaux • At Université Bordeaux Montaigne, contact the Students at Université de Bordeaux Direction des Relations Internationales: • For students at Université de Bordeaux, the https://www.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr > Bureaux de la Vie Étudiante (BVE), or Student Life International Centers, are welcome and information centers. At these centers, you will be greeted warmly and Buddy System guided towards the proper university services You can be assisted by a local student in Bordeaux! (financial aid, scholarships, health, social, culture, There are two forms of support: sports, recreation) on each campus, as a function - a “tandem” between international students and of your course of study. French volunteer students in Bordeaux: Addresses: https://parrainage.u-bordeaux.fr/ - Bureau de la Vie Étudiante - Bordeaux - the Buddy System organized by the ESN 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33000 Bordeaux association: Contact: 05 57 57 17 79 or • https://www.facebook.com/ErasmusBdx/ [email protected] • https://buddysystem.eu/fr/ - Bureau de la Vie Étudiante - Talence 351 cours de la Libération, Building A22, Welcome and orientation in other institutions 33400 Talence. If you are registered in another institution, please Contact: 05 40 00 60 38 or consult the Campus France website for orientation. [email protected] The site presents a series of Information Sheets - Bureau de la Vie Étudiante - Pessac covering the different higher learning institutions Avenue Léon Duguit, 33600 Pessac in France: Contact: 05 56 84 62 61 or https://www.campusfrance.org > Students > [email protected] Documentary resources > Practical information Learn more. Download the Université de Bordeaux for students and researchers > Reception Welcome Guide heres: arrangements in institutions https://www.u-bordeaux.fr > international If you cannot find your school in this list, then go > venir à Bordeaux > étudiants internationaux directly to their website. For students of Bordeaux Montaigne University National Services For students of the Bordeaux Montaigne University (which is not part of the University of Bordeaux), the - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr mobility reception the desk and the International - doctoral students, researchers: Relations Department are information centres. http://www.euraxess.fr/fr These offices will provide you with the necessary support for your administrative procedures: registrations, student cards, etc. Address: Bâtiment Accueil, Domaine Universitaire, HOUSING Esplanade des Antilles, 33 607 Pessac IN BORDEAUX / For more information, visit the website: https://www.u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr/ There are numerous solutions for housing in international section > international mobility Bordeaux. Student-only accommodations Welcome and orientation for researchers managed by CROUS, student housing and private and doctoral students residences, and rooms in private homes. • Université de Bordeaux has set up a Bureau Most important is to take care of this as early as d’Accueil pour les Chercheurs Internationaux possible and before your arrival. (BACI), or International Researchers’ Welcome • Université de Bordeaux provides information and Center. This center helps researchers (doctoral advice for students looking for accommodation: candidates, post-docs, instructors/researchers) https://www.u-bordeaux.fr/ > Campus > Vie with their administrative procedures for entering pratique > Logement and settling in France, as well as matters relating to everyday life. 2 Take a look at the Welcome - https://housinganywhere.com Guide too. It presents other • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, potential possibilities. Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student https://www.u-bordeaux.fr accomodations in private homes: > International > Venir https://www.lokaviz.fr/ à Bordeaux > Etudiants • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a internationaux national site for shared leases that’s free and simple • The CRIJ (Centre Régional to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ d’Information Jeunesse, or Regional Youth Information Center) of Nouvelle Aquitaine offers free classified ads on its website: http://logements.pourlesjeunes.com • The City of Bordeaux provides practical information about accommodations for young people and students: http://www.bordeaux.fr/ > Bordeaux et vous > Jeunes et étudiants GETTING AROUND A FEW TIPS BORDEAUX Short-term housing: The easiest way to get to Bordeaux from • The Bordeaux Youth Hostel, located near the train Paris is to take the train: 2hrs by TGV (high- station and the historic city center. speed train). Address: 22 cours Barbey, 33000 Bordeaux To get to the Université de Bordeaux Contact: 05 56 33 00 70 campus, consult the practical information Site: http://www.auberge-jeunesse-bordeaux.com/ on the web site: https://www.u-bordeaux.fr > - For other types of temporary residences, use the Campus > Vie pratique search engine on the Bordeaux Tourist Office, which To get to the other institutions, you will find includes all types of accommodations at all price information on your host institution’s web site. levels: https://www.bordeaux-tourisme.com/ > Préparer If you arrive at Bordeaux international son séjour > Hébergements airport, take the 30-minute shuttle to Saint- Jean train station: https://30direct.com/ Long-term housing In the city and its surrounding areas, you • Bordeaux Aquitaine CROUS student housing are eligible for the student fare on public (Centre Local des Œuvres Universitaires). transport (trams, bus, river transport) of Address: CROUS, 18 rue du Hamel, 33000 Bordeaux the TBM network, which manages public Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm transport in the Bordeaux metropolitan area: Contact: 05 56 33 92 17 https://www.infotbm.com/fr CROUS web site: http://www.crous-bordeaux.fr/ There are regional trains for getting around The website Trouver un logement: the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ https://www.ter.sncf.com/nouvelle-aquitaine On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: all low-cost food services (university restaurant, https://fr.ouibus.com/ or cafeterias, food-trucks, etc.). https://www.flixbus.fr/ • Private Housing Platforms For ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative Most of the institutions of higher learning websites in Bordeaux belong to Studapart, a private - national website: https://www.blablacar.fr accommodations platform: www.studapart.com - regional website: http://covoiturage.transgironde.fr/ Other offers for student lodging, managed by private organisms, are also available in Bordeaux. To be more independent, you can rent a bike Try these sites: from V3, the Bordeaux bike-share system: - https://www.adele.org/ https://www.infotbm.com/ > Titres et Tarifs > - https://www.immojeune.com/ Les abonnements > Pass V³ - https://www.location-etudiant.fr/ 3 • Other solutions available on the Campus France RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) site: www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized > Accommodation GOOD TO KNOW Visale provides a free service for students who • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS need a co-signer (guarantor) to secure housing: long-term student visa: you must validate www.visale.fr it online upon your arrival and imperatively withinthefirstthreemonthsofyourstay IfyouwanttofileanapplicationforAPLfunds (in France) on the ANEF (Administration (Aide Personnalisée au Logement, or personal- numérique pour les étrangers en France) ized housing aid), ) website: https://administration-etrangers-en- CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check france.interieur.gouv.fr your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr • If you are an Algerian national or a student If you need housing adapted to your special with a “Concours” (tests) visa» or a visa with needs the indication “Carte à solliciter dans les deux mois” (Residency permit is to be requested Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take within 2 months of entry): your residency action with your institution. permit application has to be made at the Some establishments have specialized services for Prefecture. students with disabilities (assistance for housing, • If you hold a “mineur scolarisé” (enrolled and also transportation and tuition). minor) visa and you attained the age of At Université de Bordeaux, there is a special majority, you have to request for a “Titre de service known as PHASE, which offers personalized séjour” online on the ANEF website or at the support: https://www.u-bordeaux.fr/ prefecture where you live within 2 months > Université> Université éthique > Handicap > following your majority. Accompagnement des étudiants https://administration-etrangers-en-france. interieur.gouv.fr Take note : To renew your student residency permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request FIRST must be done during the 3rd month before the expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” THINGS FIRST / (permit) on the website: https://administration- etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION This tutorial will help you: https://www.youtube.com/ CVEC watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 Before you can enroll in your institution, you must download