Handbook foreign students

Handbook
foreign
students
Handbook
foreign
students
You have been accepted to study at UVSQ.
Here is some advice on how best prepare for
your arrival and plan for your course.
PREPARING YOUR DEPARTURE
n Obtaining a visa and information from
the Centres pour les études en France
CEF (Centres for Study in France)
n UVSQ Welcome Service
n UVSQ advice on costs
PREPARING YOUR ARRIVAL
n Obtaining your first resident permit
(carte de séjour)
Université de Versailles
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
55, avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles Cedex - FRANCE
Tél. +33 (0)1 39 25 40 00
www.uvsq.fr
n Renewing your resident permit
n Accommodation
n Banks
n The espace multi services (Multiservice Area)
Preparing
your departure
n Obtaining a visa and information from the
Centres pour les études en France – CEF
(Centres for Study in France)
n Documents required for your visa application
n Welcome Service proposed by UVSQ
n UVSQ advice on costs
OBTAINING A VISA AND
INFORMATION FROM THE
CENTRES POUR LES ÉTUDES
EN FRANCE (CEF)
If you are a non-European student (i.e. not a citizen of
one of the 30 countries in the European Economic Area,
Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, San Marino or the Vatican)
you must obtain a long stay «student» visa to study in
France, if you are planning to stay for more than 6 months.
The visa is issued by the French consulate in your country
of origin. You must apply for a «long stay» visa which is the
only visa through which you can obtain a resident permit
(carte de séjour).
Please note: if you are planning to follow two courses one after the other, register for both before
applying for your visa, so that it may be granted for
your whole stay. A French visa cannot be modified
on French national territory.
On 1 January 2007, the CEF merged with Espaces EduFrance, becoming Espaces CampusFrance, unique offices
for any student who is planning to study in France. If there
is a CEF in your country, you must follow the CEF procedure and fill in your application online.
This procedure is compulsory to obtain your visa from the
embassy.
If you do not go through this step, your visa application
will be automatically denied.
Countries with CEFs:
You will find the list at this web address
www.campusfrance.org
There are different registry procedures for each
of the countries concerned, make sure you check their
websites! www.“countryname”.campusfrance.org
E.g. www.algerie.campusfrance.org
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
FOR YOUR VISA APPLICATION
UVSQ
WELCOME SERVICE
You must fill in an application form at the French consulate
in your country of origin and when you go to pick up the
form, you will be given the list of documents required.
This list is not exhaustive :
nvalid passport,
nbirth certificate or civil registry certificate
(fiche d’état civil),
n2 or 3 passport photos (head not covered, facing
forwards on a white background),
nevidence of adequate financial means to live in France
for the length of proposed stay (around € 5,000 a year),
nevidence of having a place at university,
na social security attestation for the length of your proposed stay.
Please note: You must bring with you the original
documents and a photocopy of each.
Official documents must be translated into French.
You may also be asked for:
nyour TCF language certificate,
na handwritten cover letter outlining what you plan to
study,
na detailed CV,
nevidence of academic results: copy of your last diploma,
school certificate, baccalaureate or equivalent qualification or most recent student card,
nan Housing Certificate.
USVQ would like to offer to welcome you when you arrive
in Paris. If you would like, a person can meet you at the
station, the airport or the bus station and take you to your
accommodation.
Please note that this service is not available on the
evening and during the week-end.
If you would like to be greeted at your arrival, please
complete and return the Form you will find inside this
book to the address indicated on the bottom of the page.
The Form must be received 7 days prior to your scheduled
arrival. You will then receive confirmation by email.
This service will be available as of 1 September 2011.
UVSQ
ADVICE ON COSTS
To stay in France, you must have evidence of a certain
income (around € 460 a month). The following list
gives an overview of expenses for a student living on a
limited budget.
Financial costs vary enormously from one person to
another depending on their status (student, intern
or employee) and the course they are following. A
student does have certain accommodation and canteen
expenses paid, but they may have more expensive
costs for their educational needs.
1 - CROUS (regional university centre)
accommodation
Between € 339 and € 446 a month depending
on the university hall of residence and the type of
accommodation.
Renting in the private sector: between € 650 and € 750
for a studio flat. Rental prices are generally higher in Paris
than in the regions.
2 - Food
A monthly food budget is between € 150 and € 250
a month.
A meal voucher costs € 3.00 in our university canteens.
3 - Transports
A monthly travel card costs between € 56 and € 150
depending on where you live. Imagine R card holders are
entitled to up to 50% reduction on the cost of a travel
card.
4 - Healthcare
The minimum payment to be entitled to Social Security
is € 203 for the academic year 2011-2012. There is
additional non-compulsory insurance available for € 13
to € 300 a year depending on the cover selected.
5 - University fees
At university, registering (academic year 2011-2012) costs:
n € 177 for a Licence
n € 245 for a Masters,
n € 372 for a Doctorate
n € 584 for an engineering school.
6 - Student life
You can join the UVSQ sports association for a € 35
approx. annual fee.
Estimated living costs
FOOD SHOPPING
LEISURE – OTHER
Cost of a loaf of bread: € 0.90
A sandwich: € 3
A croissant: € 1
A fast-food menu: € 6.50
A restaurant meal: between
€ 15 and € 25
A litre of milk: € 0.90
A bottle of fizzy drink: € 1.50
A packet of coffee: € 3
1kg of rice: € 1.30
500g of pasta: € 1
6 eggs: € 1.50
Butter: € 1.70 for 250g
4 yoghourts: € 1.70
A soft drink: € 3.90
A packet of biscuits: € 1.50
1kg of oranges: € 2.50
1kg of apples: € 2.60
A coffee: around € 1.20
A litre of petrol: € 1.50
A CD: € 20
A telephone card: € 7
1 hour of mobile phone
calls: € 20
A stamp: € 0.60
A newspaper: € 1
A cinema ticket: € 10
Preparing
your arrival
nObtaining or renewing your resident permit
(carte de séjour)
n Accommodation
n Social security
n Banking services
n Multiservice Area
OBTAINING OR RENEWING
YOUR RESIDENT’S PERMIT
(CARTE DE SÉJOUR)
Any foreign student coming to France to study for
more than three months must apply for a ”student ”
resident permit. This permit is obligatory.
FIRST APPLICATION
On 1 June 2009 a new procedure (decree no.2009-477
of 27/04/09) came into effect. It applies to any foreign
citizens in possession of a “student” visa longer than 3
months.
1 - If you hold a new visa:
All foreign students registered at UVSQ are concerned
irrespective of where they are staying in France. As soon
as you arrive in France, you must hand in the following
to the Student Directorate (DVE - Direction de la vie
étudiante):
n the attestation request form which you will have been
given at the French consulate,
n a copy of your passport,
n an information form available at the DVE.
You may obtain a “longstay” visa with which the
application for a resident permit is no longer compulsory.
This visa, which have to be validated by the Office français
de l’immigration et de l’intégration (OFII) within 3 months
following your arrival in France, entitle you to the same
rights than the resident permit it replaces.
2 - If you hold an older visa:
When you arrive in France you must do the following
within three weeks:
n If you are staying in the Yvelines in France, you must
apply to the DVE.
n If you are staying outside the Yvelines, you must contact
the prefecture for your place of stay.
You may carry out these procedures via the different
University DVE offices.
This “older” visa concerns Algerian citizens, people
applying for family reunion visa, people allowed to a full
residence permit, to a temporary residence permit with
the specific mention “salarié en mission, competences et
talents” and seasonal workers.
RENEWAL
n If you are staying in the Yvelines in France, you must
apply to the DVE.
n If you are staying outside the Yvelines, you must contact
the prefecture for your place of stay.
For all these procedure, you may contact the different
University DVE offices.
nUFR Sciences sociales - IEC - ISM - ILEI
47, boulevard Vauban
Tél: +33 1 39 25 50 49
Fax: +33 1 39 25 56 94
n UFR DES SCIENCES
45, avenue des États Unis
78000 Versailles
Tél: +33 1 39 25 45 40
Fax: + 33 1 39 25 44 37
n Faculté de droit et science politique
3, rue de la Division Leclerc
78280 Guyancourt
Tél: +33 1 39 25 52 02
Fax: + 33 1 39 25 52 04
STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE THE
EUROPEAN UNION, DOCUMENTS
TO BE PROVIDED FOR YOUR INITIAL
APPLICATION
n Valid passport with a long stay visa,
n student card,
n proof of address,
n 3 to 5 recent and identical passport photos (35x45mm)
(head not covered, forward facing on a light
background),
n birth certificate and/or marriage certificate translated
into French by a sworn French translator,
STUDENTS FROM THE EUROPEAN
UNION, A COUNTRY IN THE
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC SPACE
OR SWITZERLAND
n If you are a European Union, European Economic Area
or Swiss citizen, you no longer need a resident permit
as per article 14 of Law no. 2003-1119 of 26 November
2003.
You may stay in France as long as you are in possession
of a valid passport or national identity card.
n If you are from a country which joined the European
Union on 1 May 2004 or 1 January 2007 (Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria) you must hold a visa
only if you wish to work. In this case you must visit the
prefecture with your employment contract or letter of
appointment.
n If you are staying in the Yvelines, the Student
Directorate (DVE – Direction de la vie étudiante) will
handle this request.
n evidence of adequate financial means (at least € 430 a
month for undergraduate and masters students, € 536
for doctoral students),
n a social security attestation for the length of your
proposed stay,
n 1 stamped 16.2cmx10.4cm envelope with your last
name, first name and full address,
n you must also fill in a medical examination application.
This application form is issued by the DVE or the
prefecture who will send it to the OFII (Office français
de l’immigration et de l’intégration). You will then be
summoned by the OFII.
Please note: You must bring with you the original
documents and a photocopy of each to the
prefecture.
ACCOMMODATION
STUDENT RESIDENCES
Résidence « Blaise Pascal »
3-7, place Wicklow - 78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
18 m² to 36m² studios from € 426 to € 702.
(Front desk or caretaker – supervised parking - laundry furnished).
The DVE and DRI (Direction des relations
internationales - International Relations Office) in a
common desire to welcome foreign students would
like to present you different types of accommodation
detailed in this brochure.
1 - University halls of residence:
Located on campus or in the town, they are managed by
CROUS. It is very difficult to get a place in a university
hall of residence. These places are reserved for those
with scholarships, with priority given to Boursiers du
Gouvernement français (BGF – French Government
grant-holders) among foreign students. The DRI also has
university rooms reserved solely for students on exchange
programmes.
2 - Student residences: ARPEJ Association
These private residences for students are located around
the different UVSQ sites.
3 - Private low rent residences
UVSQ has a few reserved rooms which are very much in
demand. It is advisable to lodge an application from the
month of April in your year of arrival.
4 - Private accommodation
Each year the DVE and DRI have more than 50 different
rooms on offer.
Résidence « Le Jardin des sciences »
31, boulevard Vauban - 78280 Guyancourt
15 m² studios: € 375.
18 m² studios: from € 473 to € 528.
25 m² studios: € 505.
Résidence « René Cassin »
3, rue Jacques Duclos - 78280 Guyancourt
15 m² studios with shared kitchen: € 217.
22 m² studios: € 293.
33 m² two-storey studios: € 408.
CROUS residences (for exchange students)
Résidence « Vauban »
1, boulevard d’Alembert - 78280 Guyancourt
Studios F1 from € 418.
Shared flat:
- Room A: € 357,
- Room B: € 339.
Résidence « Jean Baptiste Lamarck »
1, rue du Théâtre - 78990 Élancourt
11.5 m² to 13m² studios from € 344.
13.5 m² to 16.5m² studios from € 366.
Résidence « Saint-Cloud »
2, avenue Pozzo Di Borgo - 92210 Saint-Cloud
Studios: € 446.
ARPEJ ASSOCIATION RESIDENCES
UVSQ is an ARPEJ partner which means that students
registered at UVSQ have a priority for housing
applications.
Résidence « La Cybéle »
26, rue Robert Surcouf - 78280 Voisins-le-Bretonneux.
Registration fee of € 180.
Studios with main room and kitchenette space (sink, hot
plates, fridge, cupboards) and a separate bathroom (sink
with cupboard, shower, WC) and equipped with a 90 cm x
200 cm bed.
18.70 m² to 20 m² studios: from € 355.25 to € 384.91 a
month all inclusive + deposit from € 183.83 to € 196.61.
36 m² studios: € 474.56 a month all inclusive + deposit of
€ 255.65.
Résidence « Henry Langlois »
13, rue Jacques Tati - 78390 Bois d’Arcy.
Registration fee of € 200.
Studios with main room and kitchenette space (sink, hot
plates, fridge, cupboards) and a separate bathroom (sink
with cupboard, shower, WC) and equipped with a 90 cm x
200 cm bed.
18.21 m² to 21m² studios: from € 381 to € 453 + deposit
from € 183 to € 200.
24 m² to 25 m² studios: from € 411 to € 481 + deposit of
€ 182.72 or more.
Résidence « Victor Guerreau »
5, rue Paul Dautier - 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay.
Registration fee of € 180.
Studios with main room and kitchenette space (sink, hot
plates, fridge, cupboards) and a separate bathroom (sink
with cupboard, shower, WC) and equipped with a 90 cm x
200 cm bed.
18.55 m² studios: from € 390.96 to € 413.36 a month all
inclusive + deposit from € 178.44 to € 200.
25.20 m² studios: from € 432.86 to € 455.69 a month all
inclusive + deposit from € 209.88 to € 232.71.
Résidence « Millénium »
9 place de l’Europe - 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay.
Registration fee of € 180.
Studios with main room and kitchenette space (sink, hot
plates, fridge, cupboards) and a separate bathroom (sink
with cupboard, shower, WC) and equipped with a 90 cm x
200 cm bed.
From 20 m² to 22 m² studios: from € 460.50 to € 535 a
month all inclusive + deposit from € 240.47 to € 313.99.
28 m² studios: € 576.02 + deposit of € 333.77.
Résidence « Campuséo »
12 rue des Frères Caudron - 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay.
Registration fee of € 180.
Studios with main room and kitchenette space (sink, hot
plates, fridge, cupboards) and a separate bathroom (sink
with cupboard, shower, WC) and equipped with a 90 cm x
200 cm bed.
20 m² studios: € 495.18 a month all inclusive + deposit of
€ 275.65
24 m² studios: € 521.50 a month all inclusive + deposit of
€ 300.50
Please note: prices may rise by 2% approx.
from 1 July 2011.
WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT?
SOCIAL SECURITY
For more information on accommodation, please
contact:
CROUS de Versailles
For students holding a scholarship from the French
Government (Registration on line on the CROUS website
between 15 January and 30 April of each year)
University residences
145 bis, bd de la Reine
B.P. 563
78005 VERSAILLES cedex
Tél: +33 (0)1 39 24 52 37
Website: www.crous-versailles.fr
La DVE - Direction de la vie étudiante –
Student Directorate
ARPEJ Association/Private low cost accommodation/
47 bd Vauban - 78280 GUYANCOURT
Email address: dve@uvsq.fr
Tel: +33 (0)1 39 25 50 49
Fax: +33 (0)1 39 25 56 94
The DRI – Direction des relations
internationales - International Relations
Office
For students coming to study at UVSQ for an exchange
programme:
Email address: incominghousing@uvsq.fr
Tel: +33 (0)1 39 25 58 21
Fax: +33 (0)1 39 25 51 35
Students from the European
Union, the European Economic
Area or Switzerland
If you are registered on your country’s social security
scheme, you are not required to register to the French
social security student scheme. In this case, you must
have your European healthcare insurance card issued
by the health service in your country of origin. Your card
must be valid for the entire academic year. You must
contact the Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie (CPAM)
international relations department for the area where you
will be staying with your European healthcare insurance
card, proof of your bank account in France (RIB) and your
student card.
If you are unable to provide your European healthcare
insurance card, you must register for the french social
security student scheme.
STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE
THE EUROPEAN UNION
1 - Students on an exchange programme
aged less than 28 years
If you are a student from Quebec coming to UVSQ on an
exchange programme, you must obtain an SE401Q106
form with you before you arrive in France.
Otherwise, you must obtain a certificate from your country
of origin which proves that you are entitled to valid social
insurance for the entirety of your stay in France.
2 - Students not on an exchange programme
aged less than 28 years
You must subscribe to the social security student scheme
but for this you must fulfil two conditions:
n be aged less than 28 years on 1 October of the current
academic year,
n be registered in a higher education establishment
approved by social security.
Subscription to student social security occurs at the same
time as you register in your study establishment. An annual
contribution of e203 (rate for 2011/2012) must be paid to
one of the two student healthcare insurance companies
which manage the student healthcare insurance system:
n LMDE (La mutuelle des étudiants)
Académie de Versailles
41, boulevard Vauban - 78280 Guyancourt
www.lmde.com
n SMEREP (Société mutualiste des étudiants
de région parisienne)
Centre 617 16, boulevard du général Leclerc
92115 Clichy Cedex
+33(0)1 56 54 36 34 - www.smerep.fr
3 - Students aged more than 28 years
If you do not have social cover for another reason (worker
in employment for example) and if you reside in France on
a stable basis, you are entitled to basic CMU (Couverture
maladie universelle - Universal Healthcare Cover) For this
you must request an application form from the CPAM
(Caisse primaire d’assurance maladie) where you live.
COMPLEMENTARY HEALTHCARE
INSURANCE IS OPTIONAL BUT
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Social security is a basic social cover: it only entitles
you to reimbursement for part of your medical expenses
(doctor, dentist, medicine, hospitalisation etc...). It is
therefore advisable to subscribe to a complementary
insurance which will make up the rest of the reimbursement
which social security does not cover.
n If you take out student healthcare insurance: you can
obtain preferential student rates which are particularly
reasonable from the organisation you subscribe to:
LMDE or SMEREP.
Annual contributions are from around € 16 to € 552
depending on the treatment.
Couverture maladie universelle complémentaire (CMU
complémentaire or complementary universal healthcare
cover): Depending on your income (less than € 587.16 for
a single person or less than € 880.75 for two people), you
may be entitled to ‘CMU complémentaire’.
It is free and enables you to have treatment without
paying.
n If you live in France on a stable basis, you must ask for
an application form from the Caisse primaire d’assurance
maladie (CPAM) where you live.
SUMPPS: SERVICE UNIVERSITAIRE
DE MÉDECINE PRÉVENTIVE ET
DE PROMOTION DE LA SANTÉ –
UNIVERSITY PREVENTIVE MEDECINE
AND HEALTH PROMOTION
DEPARTMENT
To come and study at UVSQ, you must bring with your
health booklet or list of vaccinations that you had when
you were a child; in particular tuberculosis (BCG) and DTP
(diptheria, tetanus and polio).
During the university year, you will be summoned to the
medical department for a vaccination check-up.
Being vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself and
considerably reduce the risk of illness, and enable you to
study in the best conditions.
For additional information, please visit the university
website: www.uvsq.fr (student portal, practical life/
healthcare section)
UFR DES SCIENCES
Buffon building in Versailles
Emergency mobile number : +33 6.60.30.20.14
Faculté de droit et science politique
UFR Sciences sociales - IEC - ISM - ILEI
d’Alembert building, 1st floor
Emergency mobile number +33 6.60.30.20.13
IUT de Vélizy
Garros building, basement
Emergency mobile number +33 6.63.52.96.26
IUT de Rambouillet
Main building
Emergency mobile number +33 6.63.52.96.26
And also:
Emergency numbers from a mobile: 112
Ambulance: 15
Fire department: 18
Police: 17
BANKING SERVICES
CRéDIT LYONNAIS
Special partnership banking services lcl – University
Offer valid from 2 May 2011 to 10 November 2011
€ 40 Bonus when you open an account
n International payment card including ISIC card (student card
which gives discounts in France and abroad),for e 1 the first
year and the 2nd one
n e 400 authorised monthly overdraft with no bank charges
n Free LCL Interactif and LCL Avertis services
n Back to Study advance of e 1,000 at 0%
n Study loan solution at a 2.40% rate excluding insurance
n Mini-accommodation insurance + Theft option or Sécurilion
(payment method insurance) for e 1 the first year and e 36
the 2nd one
MORE GIFTS WITH LCL
n Free subscription to youth benefit scheme, where you can
get two gift vouchers worth e 40 minimum + if you introduce
another customer to us, an additional e 20 gift voucher
IMPORTANT : To open an account you must bring a photocopy of
both sides of your identity card or passport, proof of address and
your student card.
LE CRéDIT LYONNAIS
Email contact to open your account before your arrival:
caroline.breard@lcl.fr
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
Société Générale special offer for uvsq students
€ 80 BONUS when you open an account*
€ 60 bonus when you open a checking account(1)
+ € 20 bonus when you open a savings account(2)
+ Jazz for under 25s: your basic means of payment(3)
for just € 1 per year for 3 years
HOME INSURANCE (4)
€ 1 the 1st year
What can it do for you ?
n Protect your
n Protect your favourite belongings
n Provide peace of mind, every day and when you travel
n It is mandatory
Home Insurance offers:
n Protection for your belongings (IT, video and stereo equipment)
n Civil Liability coverage all year in France and for 3 months
abroad
Send an email to reserve your account
before you arrive in France(5)
Attach a copy of your:
n Passport or ID
n Certificate of studies
n Proof of housing
For more information:
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : marion.galindo@socgen.com
Versailles : faustine.sarrazin@socgen.com
2 Societe Generale branches close to your
campus:
n VERSAILLES : Versailles Montreuil - 28, rue de Montreuil
78000 Versailles - France - Tél. : + 33 1 39 51 24 45
n SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES : Montigny Centre
2 boulevard Vauban 78180 Montigny-Le-Bretonneux - France
Tél. : +33 1 30 96 12 70
Special offer which cannot be combined with other Societe Generale offers, reserved for UVSQ students
ages 16 to 24, valid until 1/10/2011 for opening an initial checking account in Societe Generale’s southern
Yvelines branches, subject to approval of the application by the branch. (1) € 30 deposited in your account
when you open it and € 30 deposited after 6 months on the condition that there are at least 5 operations
per month on the account for 6 months. Annual reimbursement of your Jazz for under 25s package, subject
to presentation of your valid student card on the anniversary of your subscription date. (2) Deposited on your
savings account. (3) Jazz for under 25s price after the free period: € 3.55 per month with Vpay Card; € 3.75
with Mastercard or Visa Card, and € 7.4 with Gold card. Prices applicable on 01/03/2011. (4) Offer reserved
for 16-24 year-olds. IARD insurance product from Sogessur, assistance product from Mondial Assistance
France and legal protection from La Paix, presented by Societe Generale acting as an insurance broker.
Financial guarantee and professional civil liability insurance in accordance with articles L530-1 and L530-2 of
the French Insurance Code. These companies are governed by the French insurance code and subject to
the Autorité de Contrôle des Assurances et des Mutuelles (insurance regulatory body). Offer not available in
Corsica, Monaco and the French Overseas Departments and Territories. € 4 per month for under 24s from
the second year. (9) Reserved for students and apprentices ages 18 to 24 Ask your Societe Generale branch
for more information. Valid until 31/10/11.
(5) We must have all the documents mentioned above to open your current account. If one is missing, we
will not be able to deliver your debit card and check book in our branches.
L’ESPACE MULTI-SERVICES ÉTUDIANTS –
MULTISERVICE AREA
The Multiservice Area proposes a full range of
information and services aiming at facilitating the arrival
of both French and foreign students. Students will
welcome you and answer your questions or help you to
find the right person. You will gather information that
will help you to fulfill all formalities afterwards.
The Multiservice Area will open on 1 September 2011.
You will find there information on:
n accomodation
n job proposals for students
n university canteens
n transport
n resident permits
n bank services
n docial matters
n UVSQ Offices: International Office, Vocational
Integration Office, Student Life Office, Languages
and International Studies Institute, Office for physical
activities and sport.
If you would like more information on:
Healthcare, Work, French lessons, University canteens,
Transport, Life in France,
please visit our website:
www.uvsq.fr
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
55, avenue de Paris
78035 Versailles Cedex - France
Tel. +33 (0)1 39 25 40 00