PASSPORT IÉSEG PASSPORT INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GUIDE Summary IÉSEG School of Management Dean’s Message ........................................................................................................................................... p. 5 Associate Dean’s Message ....................................................................................................................... p. 6 International Relations Department ..................................................................................................... p. 7 About the school ......................................................................................................................................... p. 11 Application process Exchange Students ..................................................................................................................................... p. 17 Degree Seeking Students ......................................................................................................................... p. 22 Administrative formalities Registration .................................................................................................................................................... p. 24 Academic Life ................................................................................................................................................ p. 26 Learn French .................................................................................................................................................. p. 35 Establishing the residence permit .......................................................................................................... p. 37 Visits abroad and re-entry ....................................................................................................................... p. 47 Work in France .............................................................................................................................................. p. 48 Application for housing subsidy .............................................................................................................. p. 53 Everyday life Housing in Lille .............................................................................................................................................. p. 56 Housing in Paris ............................................................................................................................................ p. 61 Health Care System in France ................................................................................................................. p. 65 Money Matters ............................................................................................................................................ p. 71 Catering in Lille ............................................................................................................................................. p. 73 Catering in Paris ........................................................................................................................................... p. 77 Public Transportation in Lille .................................................................................................................... p. 78 Public Transportation in Paris .................................................................................................................. p. 81 Communications .......................................................................................................................................... p. 85 Religion ............................................................................................................................................................ p. 90 Events @IÉSEG . ..................................................................................................................... p. 94 Cultural shock ............................................................................................................................. p. 96 Discover Lille Trip planning to Lille ................................................................................................................................... p. 104 Arrival day & welcome .............................................................................................................................. p. 108 Daily life in Lille ............................................................................................................................................ p. 110 Discover Paris Paris, the city of lights .............................................................................................................................. p. 129 Useful addresses in La Défense ............................................................................................................. p. 134 Welcome charter ............................................................................................................ p.139 IÉSEG School of management Dean’s Message ......................................................................................... p. 5 Associate Dean’s Message ....................................................................... p. 6 International Relations Department ....................................................... p. 7 About the school ....................................................................................... p. 11 Welcome to IÉSEG School of Management A message from the Dean Dr. Jean-Philippe Ammeux, Dean Dear International Student, Welcome to IÉSEG and congratulations on your choice of international study. We sincerely hope the experience you have in Lille or Paris will be of great benefit to you, both personally and professionally. Studying in France, at IÉSEG School of Management, is an ideal way to broaden your international experience, and we will be delighted to count you as one of our students. Our school, which you will get to know better thanks to this guide and to the various materials you receive from us or consult on our website, has its mission to train those who will be the future actors of corporate development, in all the varied fields of business administration. To achieve this goal, we have adopted a well-structured and complete five-year programme leading to the award of the IÉSEG degree, a Master of Science in Management Degree validated by the French Ministry for Education. Our pedagogical project blends a conceptual and theoretical approach with significant field experience in corporate environments, and places a strong emphasis on the international dimension. We have the resources we need to achieve our ambitions : a small, friendly school, equipped to the most recent standards, high-quality faculty and tutors from both university and corporate backgrounds. Among the French Schools of Management, IÉSEG is unusual in offering the virtues of both a university education (we are part of France’s largest private university) and a professional orientation, accredited by the “Conférence des Grandes Écoles”, EQUIS and AACSB as well as ranked 24th in the World by the Financial Times. At IÉSEG, we believe that business education must by nature be international : we have integrated this dimension into our curriculum and we encourage international study : more than 85% of our students spend at least one year outside of France, and we have an annual intake of around 1 000 exchange students from over 220 partner universities around the world in 51 countries. 5 International students make a major contribution to IÉSEG through the diversity of their experiences, perceptions and study traditions. Through interaction, they enrich both our student body and their own personal experience. To choose IÉSEG is to choose a style of education which is both academically rigorous and well- adapted to employers’ needs, a faculty which is both high-quality and accessible, and a school which believes strongly in internationalisation. IÉSEG also offers a well-developed social life : a school of human dimensions, with a strong identity, at the heart of France’s leading private university. We will be very happy to welcome you to IÉSEG and we will do our best to make your experience, both academic and personal, as enriching as possible. Welcome to France. Welcome to Lille. Welcome to Paris. Welcome to IÉSEG. Dr. Jean-Philippe Ammeux, A message from the Associate Dean Stephen Murdoch, Associate Dean - International We are very pleased to welcome you to IÉSEG School of Management. We hope that this guide will assist you in preparing your arrival at IÉSEG and that your stay here will meet all your expectations. I and the staff at the International Relations Department, we are always here to assist you with your stay in Lille or in Paris and answer any questions you may have. Please come by or contact us at any time if you are in need of assistance. We wish you an enriching and enjoyable experience at IÉSEG and we look forward to meeting you soon. Sincerely, Stephen Murdoch Associate Dean - International 6 International Relations Department One school, 2 campuses The International Relations Office staff members usually have missions which cover Lille and Paris activities, even if they are based on one or the other campus. Lille campus Mr Stephen MURDOCH, Associate Dean - International [email protected] • Responsible for international relations and collaboration • Development of international partners network and internationalization strategy, accreditations • Development