WELCOME TO THE ESPOL EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES THE EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Lille Dear 1 hour 30 minutes from London Contents 1 hour from Paris 30 minutes from Brussels Students, 03 Welcome to ESPOL Congratulations on your acceptance to ESPOL 04 Enrolment checklist for your student exchange! We hope your time What to do as exchange student here will be a success 05 Lille both intellectually and socially. ESPOL’s wide Benefits of studying variety of classes offer you the possibility to in Lille discover new and exciting topics in politics, international relations and social science in a 06 Your ESPOL contacts truly bi-lingual environment. Why not benefit 08 Recent speakers from your time here and improve or even start learning French through our special language 09 ESPOL & LivinFrance classes for exchange students. Beyond this, you join forces to simplify can get involved in various student associations your stay ! to make new friends from France and across the 10 Research at ESPOL world. In particular, benefit from the “buddies system” organised by COSMOPOL our very 11 Some projects own student society to help integrate foreign supported by ESPOL students arriving at ESPOL. With them, or on your own, we hope you will discover Lille, its’ 12 Who studies in ESPOL Graduate Programmes delicious gastronomic specialities (le welsh, la carbonnade flamande; le potjevleesch, les 14 A Thursday in my life gaufres and more), its’ unique culture and the at ESPOL French “Joie de vivre”. We hope you will enjoy your time at ESPOL and we are looking forward 16 ESPOL’s vibrant international to welcoming you very soon in Lille! community 18 Accommodation 19 Visa 20 Travelling to Lille 23 Our campus 24 Cost of living in Lille 25 Pre-departure checklist Felix 26 Incoming students VON NOSTITZ ESPOL grades and exam rules Director of International Mobility & Associate Professor 28 Exams and mid-term rules in political science 2 3 Enrolment checklist Lille Benefits of studying in Lille What to do of the population36% 1 4 5 is under 25 The Eurodistrict Crossroads Lille’s of Europe strategic location and be nominated by your Finalise your registration Find out if you need a visa to the area’s rich Home University online study in France resources have made it one of the most fought over regions in 2 6 Europe, a history visible today particularly through the numerous memorials To register, please prepare in the region from the last the following supporting two World Wars, toured by documents: national and international visitors each year. Lille can -A recent photograph (in JPEG) boast all the conveniences -ID Card or passport (for of being at the centre of an European countries) or passport urban zone with 2 million Read the email sent for non-European Students Join the Facebook page/group Home to inhabitants yet remains a by the international -Updated transcripts of records Lille Catholic “human-sized” university mobility coordinator in English University since city with a population of -Language certificates of 7 250,000. Visitors can get (Elise Millois) 1875, Lille is a English or/ and French (only if around easily on foot or by vibrant and dynamic 3 you wish to follow classes taught bicycle. Public transport in French) university city at the also offers the metro, -Birth Certificate translated centre of Western Europe. the tramway, and into French (for non-European With swift connections many buses. Students) + to Brussels (35 minutes), -European Health Card (for Paris (60 minutes), and London European Students) (80 minutes), Lille is perfect for students planning to visit and study List of courses (Bachelor 130,000students You have to register before: Programme and Master Europe. And there is always much to BrusselsParis Programme), our courses are see and do in Lille itself – a welcoming Receive an email from -June, 15th for FALL (1st) multicultural haven. London Semester and all academic year not available yet, but you can [email protected] have a look on our Courses with your username -November 15th for the SPRING (2nd) semester. List for 2018/2019 and : and password to do your registration online. 4 5 YOUR ESPOL The ESPOL team ESPOL’s core faculty Alexis MASSART, Janis GRZYBOWSKI CONTACTS Director of ESPOL, Associate Associate Professor in political is made up of an Professor in political science science & Director of Bachelor’s degree in International Relations experienced and Oliwia BARAN interdisciplinary team Pierre-Yves NERON Head of Development Associate Professor in economics of professors. Our and social ethics & Director of Zach BASTICK the Bachelor’s Degree in Political professors have worked Science Post-doctoral researcher and been trained in the in political science Giulia SANDRI best universities across Associate Professor Philippe BONDITTI in political science the globe, including, Associate Professor inter alia: in political science Elise MILLOIS International Mobility Coordinator Anne-Sophie BONNEL Academic officer Christelle ROUSSEL Brown University, Academic Supervisor François BRIATTE Harvard University, Academic Advisor Antonella SEDONE the London School of Economics, Post-doctoral researcher Sorbonne University, Oriane CALLIGARO in political science Associate Professor Science Po Paris, in political science Aurélie SEILER the University of California General Secretary at Berkeley, Thierry CHOPIN Professor in political science & Alex TÜRK the Université Catholique Associate director of the ESPOL- LAB Research Centre Associate Professor in de Louvain, constitutional law, Senator for the Nord department the University of Edinburgh, Brendan COOLSAET Associate Professor in Agatha VERDEBOUT the University of East Anglia, environmental and development the University of Oxford, studies & Director of Masters Associate Professor in political programmes science and the University of Toronto. Christian DE BOISSIEU Giulia Sandri Felix Von Nostitz Felix VON NOSTITZ Please consult the EPSOL website for more Professor in economics Director of International Mobility information on our teaching staff. & Associate Professor in political Deputy Director of international mobility and Associate Director of international mobility and Associate science Professor in Political Science Professor in Political Science. Camille ETMANS Communications officer [email protected] [email protected] Sabine WEILAND Associate Professor in political science & Director of the ESPOL- LAB Research Centre Elise Millois The core faculty is supported and complemented by high-profile external speakers from renowned International mobility coordinator. She manages administrative aspects of your exhange universities and professionals from leading international organisations and companies, artists, (visa procedure once in France, registration...) diplomats and ambassadors, members of the armed forces, etc., who hold teaching positions in our [email protected] study programmes or contribute as invited speakers. 6 7 RECENT ESPOL & LivinFrance SPEAKERS join forces to simplify your stay ! Livin-France is the free international student’s platform which gives you the possibility to make all of your administrative procedures, subscribe to mandatory services and get helped before & during your arrival in France within 3 clicks! You will find services such as : At ESPOL At Lille Catholic University Administrative Accommodation Job Offers, Buddy Online and procedures ( CAF, offers, French in your school, physical assistance OFII, VISA…) guarantor, arrival pickup… to support you Thomas Jean Fernando Jeremy electricity… during all steps J. BIERSTEKER QUATREMER CARDERERA RIFKIN Professor at the Graduate Journalist at Libération Spanish Ambassador to Bestselling author, social Institute Geneva, Director France theorist, political advisor of the Global Governance Johan Centre Muhammad VERBEKE Cyril LivinFrance team is here to support and guide YUNUS Former Belgian Ambassador DION you during your stay and the whole settling Manon to the USA, the UK and the Founder of the Grameen GARCIA UN Writer, film director Bank, 2006 Nobel Peace process in france Prize Writer, Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Paul Bernard WATKINSON KOUCHNER Subscribe now, it’s FREE ! Gilles Head of the French Co-founder of Doctors delegation to the UNFCCC PARGNEAUX without Borders, former French Minister of Foreign Member of the European and European Affairs Parliament 8 9 Some projects Research supported by ESPOL at ESPOL Digital technology and democracy: a research project supported by the National Research Agency ESPOL-LAB, the ESPOL research centre, is composed of a team of professors and (as part of the EPHEMER project) researchers who actively contribute to the development of knowledge in political science. Questioning of the boundaries of politics and its relationship to society is at the heart of ESPOL-LAB’s scientific project. What is the scope of political decision-making? What are the drivers and who are the principal actors? What do new forms of violence and interna- tional conflicts, immigration policies and border controls, and transformations in interna- tional development tell us about our current times? As they are at the core of academic intellectual work, ESPOL-LAB’s activities are the scientific counterpart of the teaching provided Their research focuses on three within the School and make clusters that structure the ESPOL a unique intellectual environment for students. laboratory’s scientific activities