DISCOVERG YOUR CITY Campus France will guide you through your first steps in France and exploring Clermont-Ferrand, your new home. WELCOME TO CLERMONT-FERRAND YOUR ARRIVAL IN Your Higher Learning Institution Depending on the institution, school, or university, CLERMONT-FERRAND / two information services are available: - (International Relations Department) - bureau d’accueil et d’orientation (welcome and orientation desk) A Student Welcome Area for all - the Service de la Scolarité́ (Admissions Department) - bureau des inscriptions et des démarches Created by the CROUS of Clermont-Ferrand, administratives (enrollment and administrative the Université Clermont Auvergne and procedures office) Auvergne’s institutions of higher learning, in partnership with the Region, the City and Regardless of your host institution, please consult Prefecture, the Espace d’Accueil Etudiants the Campus France website for orientation. The site (Student Welcome Center) has the aim of presents a series of Information Sheets covering improving the welcome given to students, the different higher learning institutions: particularly foreign ones. https://www.campusfrance.org/fr/recherche/ categorie/auvergne-rhone-alpes-553 The Student Welcome Center opens at the start of the school year (late August). Student If you cannot find your school in these sheets, then tutors are available at the center to help you go directly to their website. learn more about life at your new university Buddy System (accommodations, transport, health, jobs, culture) and to simplify all your administrative You can be assisted by a local student in procedures. Clermont-Ferrand. The WorldStop ESN Clermont-Ferrand has developed a Buddy System and it organizes Address: Espace d’Accueil Etudiants, 30 rue Etienne numerous student events. Dolet, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand. Contacts: Hours: http://clermont.ixesn.fr/ - end of August to end of December: Monday to https://www.facebook.com/worldtop.esn/ Friday, 10am to 7pm. - January to July: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday National Services 9am to 5pm. - students: www.etudiant.gouv.fr Contact: 04 73 34 95 71 or - doctoral students, researchers: [email protected] http://www.euraxess.fr/fr Learn more: - dedicated page on the CROUS website: http://usine.crous-clermont.fr > le Crous > espace accueil étudiants HOUSING IN - Infos Crous pocket student guide: http://usine.crous-clermont.fr > Le Crous > publications CLERMONT-FERRAND / - the international portal of the website for Université Clermont Auvergne and its associated There are numerous solutions for housing in institutions: https://www.clermont-universite.fr > Clermont-Ferrand: Student-only accommodations relations internationales et européennes managed by CROUS, student housing and private - the Guidebook for Incoming Students published by residences, and rooms in private homes. l’UCA. Download from this page: https://www.uca.fr Most important is to take care of this as early as > international > Venir à l’UCA > Je suis étudiant possible and before your arrival. Welcome and orientation for international • The Agence Régionale de l’Orientation - Auvergne doctoral students and researchers Delegation, the portal for youth information in the Auvergne region presents advice on finding housing The Centre de Services Euraxess Auvergne (CSEA), in the region and has classified ads: Euraxess Service Center, aims to facilitate the - at its website: http://www.info-jeunes.net stays of foreign researchers in Auvergne, at sites - in person on its premises: 5 rue Saint-Genès, 63000 linked to the Université Clermont Auvergne and its Clermont-Ferrand, Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm associated institutions: https://www.clermont- universite.fr > International > Venir à l’UCA > Je suis • The City of Clermont-Ferrand provides a few doctorant ou chercheur accommodation tips on its website: Contact: 04 73 40 63 21 / 63 29 ou euraxess- https://clermont-ferrand.fr > Vie quotidienne > [email protected] Etudiants > Guides jeunes > Se loger 2 A FEW TIPS For accommodation adapted to your special needs Contact the CROUS Social Services which will take Short-term housing: action with your institution. • Until the upcoming opening of a new Youth Some institutions have specialized services for Hostel, the Corum Saint-Jean association offers special-needs students (housing assistance and temporary accommodation solutions: also transportation and tuition). https://www.corumsaintjean.fr/ Université Clermont Auvergne and its associated • Other types of accommodation: see the Clermont- institutions have created a Service Université Ferrand Tourist Office website for a list of all Handicap (SUH, or University Disability Center), available accommodation: which supports disabled students throughout their https://www.clermontauvergnetourisme.com > time at the university: accommodation https://handicap.clermont-universite.fr/ Long-term housing • The Clermont-Ferrand CROUS (Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires - Regional Center for University Services) for student housing. Address (same address as the Espace d’Accueil Etudiants): Pôle Vie Etudiante, 30 rue Etienne Dolet, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand. Hours: Monday to Friday, 11am to 5pm. Contact: 04 73 34 64 20. GETTING AROUND Site: http://usine.crous-clermont.fr/ Trouver un logement site: CLERMONT-FERRAND https://trouverunlogement.lescrous.fr/ The simplest way to get to Clermont-Ferrand On campus, the CROUS also manages all low-cost is by train from Paris-Bercy station (travel time: food services (university restaurants, cafeterias, 3 hours and 30 minutes): https://www.oui.sncf/ food-trucks, etc.). If you then want to go to the Espace d’Accueil • Private Housing Platforms Etudiants (Student Welcome Center), take the - www.studapart.com, a platform for private housing no. 8 bus. which Clermont-Ferrand learning institutions If you arrive at Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne subscribe to. airport, you can reach the city center: Find other private housing by visiting, for example, - by train (10-minute trip), via line no. 6 Saint the following sites: Etienne-Thiers-Clermont Ferrand (the train - https://www.adele.org station is 5 minutes on foot from the airport). - https://www.location-etudiant.fr - The no. 20 bus (35-minute trip), every day of - https://www.immojeune.com/ the week. - https://housinganywhere.com/fr/ In the city and its neighboring areas, you • There is also Lokaviz, a site managed by CROUS, can use public transport of the T2C network which includes a listing of student accommodations (buses and trams), which offers passes for in private homes: https://www.lokaviz.fr/ people under age 26: https://www.t2c.fr/ • Shared Leases: consult La Carte des Colocs, a For trips within the region, take Auvergne national site for shared leases that’s free and simple Rhône-Alpes regional trains (reduced fares to use: https://www.lacartedescolocs.fr/ available): https://www.ter.sncf.com/auvergne- • Other solutions available on the Campus France rhone-alpes site: www.campusfrance.org > Students > Getting Buses are also an option for low-cost travel: organized > Accommodation https://fr.ouibus.com/ or https://www.flixbus.fr/ Ride-sharing, refer to the collaborative If you need a guarantor to secure your lodging websites, for example: Visale is a new and free guarantor system: - local website: www.visale.fr http://www.covoiturageauvergne.net/ If you want to apply for the APL (Aide Personnalisée - national website: https://www.blablacar.fr au Logement -personalized housing aid) For greater independence, you can rent a CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales) can check bike from C.Vélo, 52 stations and 660 bikes your eligibility: 08.10.29.29.29 or www.caf.fr available: https://www.c-velo.fr/ 3 FIRST Take note : To renew your student residency THINGS FIRST / permit “Titre de séjour” (VLS-TS), your request must be done during the 3rd month before the expiration date of your current “Titre de séjour” ENROLLMENT IN YOUR INSTITUTION (permit) on the website: https://administration- etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr CVEC This tutorial will help you: Before you can enroll in your institution, you must https://www.youtube.com/ download proof of payment of the Contribution Vie watch?v=j_suMJ3fIiw&list=PLpm2evF1qaJe_ Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) – the student and oq0a-LMIKujAihwAtVEy&index=16 campus life contribution fee. - Connect to https://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/ - For additional information and special cases: • Tofindoutmoreaboutrightsandobligations: https://www.campusfrance.org > Getting Organized The reception services of your establishment can > CVEC guideyouintheeventofdifficulties. www.service-public.fr > Etranger > Titre de séjour ConfirmRegistration et document de circulation (Foreigners > Resident Take note! Even if you have a pre-registration letter, Card and Travel Document) youarenotofficiallyenrolled.You must validate your enrollment with the institution’s Service de la Scolarité (Admissions) as soon as you arrive. PRACTICAL RESIDENCE PERMIT (TITRE DE SÉJOUR) INFORMATION / OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT GOOD TO KNOW If you stay in France for more than 3 months, it will be much easier day-to-day if you open a bank • If you have arrived in France with a VLS-TS account, online or in one of the 100 bank agencies long-term student visa: you must validate located in Clermont-Ferrand. it online upon your arrival and imperatively withinthefirstthreemonthsofyourstay In France, opening a bank account is a right: (in France) on the ANEF (Administration www.service-public.fr > Argent >