INCOMING MOBILITY STUDENT GUIDE 1 CONTACTS E-mail: The e-mail addresses of the CNSMD staff are as follow : [email protected] WELCOME DESK DANCE DEPARTMENT [email protected] +33 4 72 19 34 34 +33 4 72 19 26 26 INTERNATIONAL RELATION OFFICE (IRO) Isabelle Replumaz – Erasmus+ coordinator [email protected] Léonora Voidey – Chamber music manager +33 4 72 19 26 33 [email protected] Chiara Pellegrino – Erasmus+ assistant Cyprien Finta -- Orchestra manager [email protected] +33 4 72 19 26 58 You can also write to [email protected] 2 LIVING IN THE CITY CHAPTER 1: BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL CHAPTER 2: 1. Formalities 1. Arrival (5) VISA (13) Saint Exupéry Airport (6) Health insurance (14) Gare Part-Dieu (railway station) (7) Civil liability certificate (15) Gare Perrache (railway station) (8) Scholarships 2. Mobility 2. Accommodation (16) Public transport (17) Other transports (9) Different types of accommodation (9) Guarantors (10) Student housing aid (APL) 3. Helpful tips (10) Helpful websites (11) CNSMD parternship with public dorms (18) Health (20) Bank account (21) Mobile telephony CHAPTER 3: THE CNSMD of LYON CHAPTER 4: ENJOYING LYON 1. Studying at the CNSMD of Lyon 1. The city (24) A few numbers (25) ECTS (33) Cultural venues (25) Student union (38) Down Town Sightseeing (25) CNSMD restaurant (25) Library 2. Student life (26) CNSMD room reservation system (27) French language course (41) Useful websites (28) Public season (42) Cultural events in Lyon: good deals (45) Finding a student job (47) Eating in Lyon 2. Around the CNSMDL 3 TABLE OF TABLE CONTENTS (29) The neighborhood CHAPTER 1: BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL 4 1. FORMALITIES VISA The VISA does not concern students with a European passport. But it is compulsory for non-European students. Please apply for your visa on https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en_US/web/france-visas NEW - Le visa Etudiant - Schengen visa Le visa long séjour (VLS-TS) Programme de mobilité • If you wish to stay from 4 to • It is a new visa. • The travel visa, or Schengen 12 months visa, authorises you to enter • You will need to validate the 26 member states of your visa upon your after the Schengen area as many • This visa is meant for times as you want. arrival (to do online) students having to to do a • It allows you to stay for a • Extensible from France: if mobility in France in the cumulative total of less than you want to stay more you framework of a European 90 days within the can ask for a prolongation master or similar without going back home Schengen area per six- • You can stay in France for 1 month period. • It opens right to apply to year (maximum) • With the travel visa, you French health insurance • Students have the possibilty (free) may not work; nor may you to work in France. obtain a residency permit. • you have the possibilty to work in France (max • It is renewable. 964h/year) • It opens right to APL if your accommodation allows it • New : master students asking for a visa for the purpose of a framed mobility (Erasmus+ or bilateral agreement) are given priority 5 HEALTH INSURANCE New! from now on, the French Health Insurance system is free for all students. For European students If you already have a European Health Insurance Card or will get it before your stay in France, you do not need to apply to the French system. You will have to pay your While registering on etudiant- etranger.ameli.fr, you will have to provide: Health costs in France and you will have to ask to be refunded in your home country by providing the requested documents. • A proof of identity (ID card or passport) • A proof of registration in a French If you are an European citizen and you do not have an European Card you can nevertheless apply to the French System through etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr. institution (provided by the IRO of the CNSMDL) You need to upload a certification of resources of at least 615€/month for the duration of the current year (the form is available online) • The details of a bank account (IBAN) If you are an European citizen and you have a S1 form, please apply to the French • Your visa (if non-European) System through etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr • An official civil status document such as: ▪ A complete copy of a birth certificate, For non -European students ▪ An extract of a birth certificate with family relations (or equivalent For Quebec students: you will have to provide a form delivered by your country (special agreements) to apply to the French system. Do not forget to ask for it before leaving. delivered by the Consulate) ▪ A family-record book For other non-European nationalities, you will have to make the proof of a personal health insurance valid in France for the entire stay or to apply to the French system. 6 CIVIL LIABILITY INSURANCE This compulsory certificate covers you if you cause injuries to someone in France. It will be required if you want to enroll at any University. STUDENT TAX (Exchange students are not concerned) Most European insurances include a civil liability insurance. In any case, before coming to France, check that your All students enrolled at a French Institution insurance covers you in France for the entire duration of (French or foreigners) regular will have to pay a your stay. tax of €91 (CVEC). If you do not have this kind of insurance, you can easily get one at the SMERRA, please use the following link: You will have to provide the CVEC proof of https://smerra.fr/4-assurances/10-assurance-vie- payment at the time of your registration. etudiante The online system for payment or the LMDE, please use the following link: (http://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/) will be open https://www.lmde.fr/mutuelle-sante/les-offres- from May 2020. You can already create your surcomplementaires-lmde profile. You will be able to apply upon your arrival and get the Incoming students under any mobility status do support of the IRO team for the procedure. not have to pay this tax. Cost of subscription to a civil liability insurance: €16/17 for the whole academic year 7 SCHOLARSHIPS Concerning scholarships for mobility students, please look up with your home institution. There are many different types of scholarships, here are some of them: o Erasmus+ scholarships o International credit mobility scholarships o Other grant(s) For students registered at a German Institution: The French-German Office (OFAJ) offers an international mobility scholarship for a study mobility period in a French higher music institution between 2 to 5 months. You can ask for information to your local IRO. More on: https://www.dfjw.org/programme-aus-und-fortbildungen/stipendien-fur- studienaufenthalte-im-kunstlerischen-bereich.html 8 . 2 FINDING AN ACCOMMODATION THE GUARANTOR We advise you to start looking for an accommodation as soon as you receive a positive Most of the time in France, you need a French answer from the CNSMDL. If you join us in September, start looking in June! guarantor to rent an accommodation. DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION A guarantor is someone who pays your loans if you can’t take care of it. You should find someone close to you (family…) with an adequate income. CNSMD If you stay with a local, it is not always necessary to have Other Private Stay with a Shared Lyon Student a guarantor. It will depend on the conditions established apartment local student flat residences by the owner. residence If you don’t find a guarantor, another option is offered: VISALE (https://www.visale.fr/#!/) 4 beds (in shared rooms) in the CNSMDL residence are available for incoming students. Please make sure to ask the IRO of the CNSMDL for further information. VISALE is a service offered by « Action Logement ». In order to reassure the owners, it becomes your Moreover, 3 student residences are located near the CNSMDL: guarantor and takes care of your potential non-paid loans. Cardinal Campus Cardinal Campus After that, the tenant will repay VISALE. Studio 9 Madison Park Univers 9 32 Rue du 24 Mars 1852 40 Rue de Bourgogne 11-13 rue Roquette 69009 Lyon 69009, Lyon 69009, Lyon AVERAGE BUDGET +33 9 69 32 19 69 +33 6 02 48 16 22 +33 6 45 70 39 12 website: website: website: - Studio: between €350-€600 https://www.cardinalcampu https://www.cardinalcamp https://www.lesbellesann - Shared flat: between €250-€400 (per person) ees.com/appartement- s.fr/residence-studio-9- us.fr/residence-madison- - Private dorm: between €400-€600 lyon,25.html park-lyon,3.html etudiant-lyon/residence- univers9 - Stay with a local: between €300-€500 An extra document with offers of private housing is sent by the IRO. 9 USEFUL WEBSITES STUDENT HOUSING AID (APL) There are many websites that can help you find an The APL means “Aides Personnalisées au Logement” (financial help accommodation more easily. Here are some of them: for your accommodation) given by the CAF. It’s a monthly payment. Not every housing can open rights to get the APL. You have to ask the Le Bon Coin: https://www.leboncoin.fr/ owner about that before signing a contract. University residences and the CNSMDL dorm give this right. PAP: https://www.pap.fr/ Studapart: http://www.studapart.com/fr/ Please apply on the following website: https://wwwd.caf.fr/wps/portal/caffr/aidesetservices/lesservice Seloger: https://www.seloger.com/ senligne/faireunedemandedeprestation#/logement Immojeune: https://www.immojeune.com/ To benefit from the APL, you have to submit: Lokaviz: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ o A copy (front and back) of your ID card or passport o For non-European residents: a resident permit for University accommodations in Lyon: a period of 4 months minimum (VLS-TS needed) o For European residents: a copy of your European Adele: https://www.adele.org/ health insurance Card o A birth certificate (in French if possible) o A study certificate of the hosting institution (delivered by the IRC of the CNSMDL) Shared flats: o A French bank account - IBAN code La carte des colocs : https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/colocations/auvergne- rhone-alpes/lyon If you want to apply to APL, the IRO of the CNSMDL or the student Chez Nestor : https://www.chez-nestor.com/fr-FR welcome desk will be able to help you.