THINGS TO KNOW Rennes Metropolitan area: RENNES, EXPLORING ADMINISTRATIVE 439,000 residents CAPITAL OF THE MY CITY including 15% students ILLE-ET-VILAINE DEPARTMENT AND City of Rennes: CAPITAL OF THE BRITTANY REGION, Campus France will guide residents 215,000 3 MILLION RESIDENTS you through your first steps in France and exploring Rennes, BRITTANY Rennes: your new home. REGION, th 9 FRENCH 60,000 REGION students WELCOME TO in terms of hosting foreign students including 6,000 (12,000 international foreign students RENNES students) th 7 UNIVERSITY CITY IN FRANCE th RENNES RANKED 4 FOR LARGE CITIES WHERE IT’S GOOD TO LIVE AND STUDY (awarded by L’Etudiant magazine) WITH TWO VERY GOOD MARKS FOR THE QUALITY OF ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND STUDENT/CAMPUS LIFE CAMPUS FRANCE 28 rue de la Grange aux Belles, 75010 PARIS - 01 40 40 58 58 - www.campusfrance.org Production: Agence Huitième Jour - Photos: DR - Cover photo: © Destination Rennes / Julien Mignot © Destination Rennes/ photo: DR - Cover - Photos: Huitième Jour Agence Production: For doctoral students and researchers in member A FEW TIPS If you need housing adapted to your special ARRIVING IN establishments, the Rennes CMI is also the contact needs RENNES / point for all procedures (residence permits, housing, For short-term lodging Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take banking, insurance, CAF, and CPAM). • The Youth Hostel, near the city center. action with your institution. Some establishments Visit the dedicated page: Address: 10 canal Saint-Martin, 35000 Rennes. have specialized services for special-needs students The Center for International Mobility, an impor- https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr/fr/doctorants- Contact: 02 99 33 22 33. (housing assistance and also transportation and tant and centralized international welcome service chercheurs/rendez-vous Site: https://www.hifrance.org tuition). Sponsors • Other types of residences with hotel services: See Learn more: http://www.crous-rennes.fr In Rennes, 12 higher-learning establishments the Rennes Visitor Center website: > logement > nos résidences > logements adaptés and Rennes Métropole joined together to You can be assisted by a sponsor in Rennes! Thanks to the ESN (Erasmus Student Network) https://www.tourisme-rennes.com > organiser mon create the Center for Internationality Mobility séjour > où dormir (Rennes CMI) which offers services to association, you can be greeted when you arrive on international students, doctoral students, and the Rennes campus. ESN and its mentors are here Long-term housing to simplify your student and campus life integration. researchers. • The Rennes Bretagne CROUS (Centre Régional Site: http://rennes.ixesn.fr/ You can take advantage of its services if you des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for Contact: [email protected] are enrolled in an establishment which is a University Services) for student housing. member of the International Mobility Center: Your Higher Learning Institution Address: CROUS, 7 place Hoche, 35000 Rennes. Université de Rennes 1, Université Rennes 2, Depending on the institution, two information Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30pm to 4:00pm. Agrocampus Ouest, Centrale Supélec, EHESP, services are available: Contact: 02 30 30 09 30. EME, ENS Rennes, ENSAI, ENSCR, IMT - International Relations Department (welcome and Site: http://www.crous-rennes.fr > Logements Atlantique, INSA Rennes and Sciences Po orientation office). On campus, the CROUS is also responsible for all Rennes. - the Admissions Department (enrollment and low-cost food services (university restaurants, The Rennes CMI is a one-stop information administrative procedures office). cafeterias…). desk which makes available: • Private Housing Platforms: - assistance for administrative procedures National Services several Rennes establishments are members of GETTING AROUND - support in putting together the application - Students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Studapart, a platform specialized in private housing RENNES file for a residence permit with the presence - doctoral students, researchers: for students: https://www.studapart.com/fr of Prefecture staff on site (during the first http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Other student residences, managed by private If you arrive at the Rennes Bretagne semester and occasionally throughout the rest companies, are also available in Rennes. Try these airport, you can take the 57 bus which of the year). sites: goes downtown (Republic stop). The ride is - Euraxess researchers service. - https://www.adele.org 20 minutes and the bus runs every day of the HOUSING - https://www.immojeune.com week: https://www.rennes.aeroport.fr/ Address: Cité Internationale Paul Ricoeur, IN RENNES / - https://www.location-etudiant.fr acces-parkings/bus 1 place Paul Ricoeur, 35000 Rennes. - https://housinganywhere.com/fr To get to Rennes by train from Paris, take the Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, In Rennes, there are numerous solutions for finding • There is also a site managed by the CROUS, high-speed railway at Montparnasse station: 9am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 5pm. lodging: the housing park reserved for students Lokaviz, which includes a listing of student https://www.oui.sncf/ Access: 3 bus lines and a metro line enable you to and managed by CROUS, student and private accomodations in private homes: In Rennes, use the Star public transportation get to the CMI. residences, and rooms in private homes. https://www.lokaviz.fr/ network and the KorriGo card, a single Contacts: 02 22 51 44 20 or [email protected] What’s most important is to take care of this as • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a transportation ticket valid for all your trips Learn more: early as possible, before your arrival. national site for shared leases that’s free and simple (bus, metro, train) and even bike rentals: - see the site: https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr/ • The Rennes CMI also offers numerous solutions to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ https://www.star.fr > titres et tarifs > carte - download the CMI Rennes Welcome Guide on its website depending on the type of housing • Other solutions available on the Campus France Korrigo (bilingual French-English): wanted: https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr site: www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > There are regional trains, Breizhgo TERs, for https://cmirennes.u-bretagneloire.fr > étudiants > étudiants internationaux > votre séjour à Rennes logement (> Getting organised > Accommodation) getting around the region: internationaux > guide des > se loger à Rennes www.ter.sncf.com/bretagne étudiants internationaux If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging Coaches are also an option for low-cost • The Brittany CRIJ (Centre Régional d’Information Visale is a new and free guarantor system: travel: https://fr.ouibus.com/ or Jeunesse, or regional youth information center) has www.visale.fr https://www.flixbus.fr/ also developed a page dedicated to housing: For car-pooling, refer to the collaborative http://ij-bretagne.com/logement/ If you want to apply for the APL websites: (Aide Personnalisée au Logement -personalized - local: https://www.ouestgo.fr/ housing aid) - national: https://www.blablacar.fr The CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales - family For more independence, rent a bike allowances fund) is available to assess your rights: (traditional or electric) with Vélostar : https:// 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr www.star.fr > star, le vélo 2 3 That’s the case in Rennes where the two LEARNING FRENCH FIRST universities and Grandes Écoles came together GOOD TO KNOW STEPS / to offer a Service Interuniversitaire de Médecine Learning French is an opportunity to be seized! Find • If you arrive in France with a VLS-TS Préventive et de Promotion de la Santé, or what works best for you: long-term student visa: you must validate it inter-university preventive health and health - by consulting the Campus France site or the ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION online within three months of arrival: promotion service (SIMPPS). Français Langue Etrangère (FLE) - French as a https://administration-etrangers-en-france. foreign language - centers and universities which This service has two branch offices depending on CVEC interieur.gouv.fr offer courses at all levels year-round: your host institution. http://ecolesdete.campusfrance.org It is mandatory that you download proof of • If you are an Algerian national: depending on - Beaulieu Campus branch office - by asking in your institution, at city hall, or in your payment of the Contribution Vie Etudiante et de your campus, your residence permit application Université Rennes 1, Bâtiment 21, avenue du Général host city’s Maison des Associations - community Campus (CVEC) – the student and campus life is made at the Préfecture or with the Service Leclerc, 35000 Rennes. centers. contribution fee before you can enroll in your des Relations Internationales at your campus. Reception and contact: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to institution. Take note: to renew your residence permit, you 5pm, 02 23 23 55 05. FINDING A JOB OR AN INTERNSHIP - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ must apply within two months prior to its expiry. - Villejean Campus branch office - For additional information and special cases: Université Rennes 2, Pôle santé social, Bâtiment 2 addresses: https://www.campusfrance.org > s’organiser > CVEC Ereve R, place du Recteur Henri Le Moal, • Jobs and internships: 35000 Rennes. Confirm Registration The Brittany CRIJ, the regional youth information Reception and contact: Monday to Friday, 8:30am