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WELCOME TO PSL
  STUDENT HANDBOOK
   U N I V E RS I T É   PS L

                ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
WELCOME TO PSL STUDENT HANDBOOK - UNIVERSITÉ PSL
>
YOUR
CONTACTS
AT PSL
Université PSL
60, rue Mazarine
                                    SUMMARY
75006 Paris
tel : 01 85 76 08 70                  4    WELCOME TO PSL
contact@psl.eu
                                      6    ABOUT PSL
psl.eu/en                           10     STUDY AT PSL
                                    14     CAMPUS LIFE
Keep in touch with PSL              22     INNOVATION AND
PSL is home to many cultural,              ENTREPRENEURSHIP
artistic, scientific and sporting
                                    26     PREPARE YOUR
events. Do not miss any of them
                                           ARRIVAL IN PARIS
        Université PSL
                                    36     EVERYDAY LIFE
                                    52     PRACTICAL
International students                     INFORMATION
welcomedesk@psl.eu
01 75 00 02 91
  PSL Welcome Desk
   PSL_welcome_desk                 Graphisme : Hélène Mulot
                                    Photos & illustrations ©
                                    Steve Murez : p. 2, 3, 12, 19, 46, 49
Student life                        Daniel Nicolaevsky : p. 1, 12, 13, 14,
                                    15, 17, 20
vieetudiante@psl.eu                 Marie Sorribas : p. 10
                                    OHNK : p. 1, 6, 21, 22, 25, 29, 38, 42
                                    Agathe Malbet : p. 13, 18
Student organizations               Marius Buet : p. 12, 15, 16, 32, 54, 55
(Union PSL)                         Alexine Conaut : p. 36
                                    Clotilde Béoutis : p.26
union.psl@psl.eu                    Olga Suslova : p. 27
                                    Maria Galkina : p. 27
                                    PSL : p. 7, 22, 23, 28, 32, 34, 38, 42, 47, 50
    Connect to wifi network         Dauphine – PSL : p. 4, 5, 48
                                    A. Mandal et Y.-T. Cheng : p. 32
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WELCOME TO PSL STUDENT HANDBOOK - UNIVERSITÉ PSL
WELCOME TO PSL
                                                      of the historic Latin Quarter and on the
                                                      outskirts of the Bois de Boulogne, but
                                                                                                                                                     The Welcome Desk gave
                                                      also very international; very specialised                                                      me the opportunity to get
                                                      through its 140 research labs and over
                                                      2900 researchers and professors, but also
                                                                                                                                                     involved to make student
                                                      very open thanks to its interdisciplinarity,                                                   life better and more
                                                      mixing the Arts, Engineering, Sciences,
                                                      Humanities, Human and Social Sciences;
                                                                                                                                                     inclusive.
                                                      very studious which goes without saying,
                                                      but also very animated thanks to its dense                                                     which students can get to know each
                                                      associative, social and sporting life through                                                  other while discovering Paris, as well as
                                                      PSL Sport and its ‘Bureau des Sports’                                                          during workshops where we help students
                                                      (Sports’ Office)                                                                               through the different administrative tasks
                                                                                                                                                     they must do, and finally, throughout the
    FLORENCE BENOIT-MOREAU                                                                            CÉSAR VARGAS                                   year with our drop-in hours and various
                                                                                                                                                     events. From now onwards, the digital Wel-
    Vice President of Student Life
    and Social Responsibility
                                                      Pour l’année à venir, nous                      Alumnus PSL Master’s degree in Energy
                                                                                                                                                     come Desk also enables students to find
                                                      veillerons à prendre toujours                                                                  information about their university, adminis-
                                                                                                                                                     trative hurdles, housing, etc. much more
                                                      plus soin de votre bien-être                                                                   easily, on one unique platform.
    Dear students,                                                                                    Dear students,
    WELCOME! Or, ‘WELL COME’,
                                                      physique et psychologique                                                                      The Welcome Desk gave me the opportu-
    etymologically. Never has this word                                                               Welcome to PSL! I’m César Vargas, PSL
                                                                                                                                                     nity to get involved to make student life
    resounded with so much literal force as                                                           alumnus, I received my PSL Master’s in
                                                                                                                                                     better and more inclusive. This allowed
    it does this fall, after the long year of the     Over the year to come, we will make sure        Energy in 2019. Although I grew up in
                                                                                                                                                     me to practise new languages, discover
    pandemic which emptied our campuses               to always take care of your physical and        Colombia, I enjoyed my student life in Paris
                                                                                                                                                     new cultures, make lots of friends and
    of a large part of their activity and their       mental wellbeing, thanks to our Student         so much that I decided to stay: I hope that,
                                                                                                                                                     develop an open mind which still serves
    stimulating student life! If we have              Health Service and our new Counselling          in turn, you will find yourself here. Today
                                                                                                                                                     me in my professional life today. Don’t
    learned anything from this unprecedented          and Care Unit against discrimination,           I work at Air Liquide as a Business Intelli-
                                                                                                                                                     hesitate, by the way, to sign up for PSL’s
    experience, it is the key role played by          harassment, and sexist and sexual violence.     gence Analyst.
                                                                                                                                                     Buddy Program, whether you’re French
    the campus in all of our communities:             Our other services offer you access to          During the second year of my Master’s, I       or international, and so to get involved in
    you, the students who are its constantly          forty sport disciplines, an intercollegiate     decided to join the PSL Welcome Desk’s         student solidarity initiatives at the heart of
    renewing heart, just as much as the faculty       choir and orchestra, and a student housing      team of tutors. Having myself gone through     our university.
    and administrative staff. And so yes, we          catalogue in university residences or           some difficult times when I first arrived in
    wish that this new school year 2021 will          rentals.                                                                                       Now that we hope to leave, once and for
                                                                                                      Paris, I knew just how complicated being
    allow you, collectively, to come back to                                                                                                         all, this difficult period, marked by Covid,
                                                      There is nothing left for me but to wish you    an international student in France can be,
    the intellectual stimulation which PSL is                                                                                                        I hope that you will all get to enjoy to the
                                                      a year rich in new encounters, human and        when you don’t know the language upon
    reputed for, as well as the excitement of                                                                                                        utmost the time you spend at PSL. Wishing
                                                      intellectual growth, a fertile year in which    arrival (and sometimes several months in…)
    events, activities, and social and academic                                                                                                      you an excellent year,
                                                      to prepare your future… and all our futures,    and what with the administrative hoops
    projects which light up our campus all year                                                       you have to jump through.
                                                      a year of joys and successes!
    long!
                                                                                                      And so, I decided to get involved to help
    You’ve just joined Université PSL, which                                                          other international students at PSL and to
    is no normal University… Young in its                                                             show them that they are not alone if they
    construction, it stands nonetheless on                                                            have any problems. We are by their side
    the rich history of its institutions; very                                                        from their arrival with the Welcome Pack,
    Parisian in light of its situation in the heart                                                   and then during the Welcome Days during

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WELCOME TO PSL STUDENT HANDBOOK - UNIVERSITÉ PSL
17,000 students
           2,900 researchers &
             research professors          UNIVERSITÉ PSL

    ABOUT PSL                                                                                         >   PSL in the interna-
                                                                                                          tional rankings

            140 laboratories
         + 50 start-up founded
                 every year

      + 200 student associations
                 and clubs

                                                                                                          Top 50 world
                                                                                                          universities*
                                          Located in the heart of Paris, PSL brings together every
        28 Nobel Prize laureates          field of knowledge, creativity and innovation in science,       2nd in the world
                                          human and social science, engineering and the arts.             among young
                                          Selective and committed to equal opportunity, it trains
        10 Fields Medals winners          future researchers, artists, entrepreneurs and leaders          universities*
                                          to be aware of their individual and collective social
          3 Abel Prices winners           responsibility.                                                 *For the fourth year in a row
                                                                                                          according to THE and QS.
     49 CNRS Gold Medal awardees
            50 César winners
           79 Molière winners             UNIVERSITÉ PSL

           Approx. 2,000
      cultural, artistic and scientific
            events every year

6      91 libraries and museums
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UNIVERSITÉ PSL
    A CAMPUS IN THE HEART OF PARIS

    * ENS – PSL’s Jourdan campus
    is home to several of the CPES’
    undergraduate degrees, the student
    services for the CPES and for the
    Sustainable Sciences undergraduate
    course, the ENS – PSL’s Economics,
    Social Sciences and Geography
    departments, PSL’s masters’ degree
    committee, PSL’s Doctoral College,
    the Thesis Office and the Student
    Life department at PSL.
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                                                                                          SUPÉRIEUR D’ART
                                                               ÉCOLE NATIONALE
                                                               DES CHARTES - PSL          DRAMATIQUE - PSL
                                         DAUPHINE - PSL

                                                          PSL’S HEADQUARTERS
                                                              & WELCOME DESK
                                                                                          COLLÈGE DE FRANCE
                                                                   MINES PARIS - PSL
                                                                                           INSTITUT CURIE
                                                                          ENSCP - PSL
                                                                                              ESPCI PARIS - PSL

                                                                                        ÉCOLE NORMALE
                                                                  OBSERVATOIRE          SUPÉRIEURE - PSL
                                                                   DE PARIS - PSL
                                                                                        ÉCOLE PRATIQUE
                                                                                        DES HAUTES ÉTUDES - PSL

                                                                               CAMPUS JOURDAN*

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STUDENT SERVICES

                                   As a PSL student, many services are

 STUDY AT PSL                      available to you, such as…
                                   — The PSL student card giving access to PSL schools
                                                                                              >   Glossary
                                                                                                  Établissement opérateur
                                     and enabling you to pay in the CROUS restaurants
                                                                                                  School of enrollment (or
                                     and cafeterias with your Izly account.
                                                                                                  host school) which manages
                                   — PSL’s digital environment with secured access to             each student’s administrative
                                     Eduroam WiFi and online collaborative tools.                 affairs (education, internships,
                                                                                                  graduation ceremony, etc.).
                                   — A specialized health service, completely free of
                                     charge, available both on campus and for online              Etablissement-composante
                                     appointments.                                                PSL consists of different
                                   — Many opportunities to join in cross-institutional            component-schools.
                                     events: student organizations, sports, orchestra &           Degrees prepared in these
                                     choir, call for proposals, cross-institutional weeks         universities (Bachelor’s,
                                     (engineers, arts), are opportunities to meet other PSL       Master’s, PhD’s) are granted
                                     students who are from all backgrounds (countries,            by PSL.
                                     subjects and schools) and to share with them
                                                                                                  Programme gradué (PG)
                                     common interests and start group projects.
                                                                                                  Starting from 2020, PSL
                                   — Shared student places: libraries, coworking labs and         offers a new structure of of
                                     PSL-Lab, etc.                                                graduate and postgraduate
                                                                                                  degrees. From now on,
                                   — Easy access to PSL Welcome Desk for all                      PhD’s follows Master’s in a
                                     international students (help with administrative             continuous manner, both
                                     processes, social and cultural events, Paris tours…).        based on scientific forces of
      By joining PSL, you can                                                                     all components of Université
                                   — Spots to attend cultural and artistic events all year,
     benefit from many support       such as the annual PSL lectures, and many parties            PSL.
     services offered to all our     offered by the Union PSL.                                    > Info: psl.eu > Graduate
                                                                                                      programs
       students and detailed         > See our events on: psl.eu/en
         in this handbook.         — About 60 sports through PSL Sport. Find us on the
       Here is a first glance.       website and join our community along with 4,500
                                     other sport lovers!
                                   — Free services to help you deal with daily issues:            Contacts
                                     counsel from the law clinic at PSL-Dauphine,
                                     Nightline online listening service for and by                Student life
                                     students…                                                    union.psl@psl.eu

                                   — A wide range of housing and a counselling service to         Student organizations
                                     help you settle in Paris.                                    union.psl@psl.eu
                                     > Info: psl.eu/en > Life@PSL > PSL Housing
                                                                                                  PSL Welcome desk
                                                                                                  welcomedesk@psl.eu
                                                                                                  PSL-Lab
                                                                                                  psl-pepite@psl.eu

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SAVE THE DATE

     A bi-monthly newsletter informs you about the events,
     initiatives and tips about PSL student life.
     Depending on the sanitary situation, some events may
     be postponed or transferred online.
                                                                                                                                                                La Semaine
                                                                                                                                                                de la Pensée
                                                                                    Faites du Sport                                 Spring music                  See p. 15
                                                                                    (Sports festival)                                 festival
                                                                                  a whole afternoon
       Call for student                                                           with competitions,                                  See p. 15
     initiatives (funding                                                          tournaments and
          for student                                                               demonstrations
       organizations),
                                                                                       See p. 21
         first session
          See p.16        psl.eu               Université PSL

                                                                                                                                                                               Humanities
                                   Series of lectures                                                       Winter Campus

        2021 2022
                                                                     PSL week                                                                                                   and social
                                   at the beginning                                                         with Union PSL
                                                                     see p. 17                                                                                                   sciences
                                   of the academic
                                                                                                                See p. 15                                                      dissertation
                                       year from
                                                                                                                                                                                   prize
                                      September
                                     to November

                  Sept.                    Oct.                      Nov.               Dec.               Jan.             March             April               May            June

                                                                                                           Olympic
                                                   Agora PSL                                            and Paralympic
                                              annual meeting of                                             Week                                               Garden Party
                                                                                                                              PSL Finale
                                             all cross-institutional                                                                                            (Union PSL)
                                                                                                           see p. 15         for Ma thèse
                                            student organizations
               PSL iTeams                                                                                                       en 180                          See p. 15
           Training course to                            See p. 15                 Call for student                            secondes
     develop entrepreneurship                                                    initiatives, second                           (MT 180)
     skills and learn technology                                                        session
                 transfer                                                                                                                          PSL week
                                                                                      See p.16
              See p. 23                                                                                                                            see p. 17

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STUDENT
                                          ORGANIZATIONS

 CAMPUS LIFE                              Getting involved in a student organization is a great
                                          way to meet other people from all backgrounds!
                                          PSL is host to more than 200 student organizations,
                                          busy all-year round bringing life to its campus.
                                          You have the opportunity to get involved in exciting       >
                                          group projects, whether in culture, arts, athletics
                                                                                                         More information
                                          or humanitarian help!                                          You want to set up a student
                                                                                                         organization?
                                          Union PSL                                                      Find help with the practical
                                          Union PSL is your one-stop shop for all student and            guide from Animafac,
                                          campus life news!                                              the network of student
                                                                                                         organizations (animafac.net)
                                          Bringing together student council representatives              and the website of Maison
                                          and other students involved in associations throughout         des Initiatives étudiantes
                                          all of our campuses, Union PSL plans events during             de Paris (mie.paris.fr).
                                          the full school year, from September to June, bringing
                                          excitement and fun to student life. These include Agora
                                          PSL in November (fair for all student organizations),
                                          Winter Campus in January (afterwork drink and free
      Student organizations, culture,     training for organizations), the PSL eloquence contest,
       athletics, museums, libraries      the Semaine de la Pensée (during a whole week, all
                                          students on campus join forces on a different topic
        and digital collections… PSL      through activities such as conferences, workshops,
        is the ideal setting for a rich   debates, concerts), festive events (Halloween,
                                          St Patrick…), open house days, the Garden Party
     student life, at the very heart of   in June, the Intercollegiate Sports Tournament...
     the greatest student city in the
                                          Union PSL relays campus news of interest to students
     world! As a PSL student, you can     in each school and supports cross-institutional student
       join events in all our schools.    initiatives. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook to
        Visit our website to find out     be informed about every event.

           about detailed services        > Contact: union.psl@psl.eu                                >
                                            psl.eu/en > Union PSL | facebook.com/unionPSL
                                                                                                         Student Life
               available to you.                                                                         Newsletter
                                          Students councils (BDE)
                                          During all the academic year, student councils (BDE)           This twice monthly newsletter
                                          run festive cultural and charitable events. Feel free to       handpicks a selection of
                                          contact them about the campus life in your school and          events around campus –
                                          in PSL, thanks to “PSL representatives”.                       cultural, scientific, social
                                                                                                         and sporting – as well as top
                                          > Info: psl.eu/en > Union PSL                                  tricks and good deals for
                                                                                                         you to enjoy. It’s available in
                                                                                                         English and French. Subscribe
                                                                                                         stay up-to-date about what’s
                                                                                                         happening on campus.
                                                                                                         > psl.eu > université >
                                                                                                             media > newsletter
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INTERNATIONAL AND
                                                                                            CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL MOBILITY

                                                                                            Study abroad                            PSL weeks:
                                                                                            Spend a semester of study abroad is     Twice per year, PSL offers an immersion
                                                                                            a great opportunity to discover a new   called “PSL weeks”. During these
                                                                                            culture, improve language skills and    immersion weeks, various schools of
                                                                                            enhance your academic background.       PSL gather to offer an interdisciplinary
                                                                                            Université PSL encourages students      course. This provides the opportunity for
                                                                                            to study abroad. Find out about the     all students to discover a new discipline
     AIE PSL                                                                                available options and contact the       together in order to lead new innovative
                                                                                            International Relations department      projects.
     PSL CALL FOR STUDENT INITIATIVES                                                       in your host institution.
     psl.eu                                                      Université PSL
     You are involved in a student organization or you would like to start one? PSL
                                                                                                                                    This year, the two sessions will take place
                                                                                                                                    in November and in March. PSL weeks are
     can sponsor you with its Calls for Student Initiatives, launched twice a year on its                                           open to all graduate students. It’ll cover
     website.                                                                                                                       a wide array of themes and courses,
                                                                                                                                    with a specific focus on sustainable
     Cultural, artistic or sporting event, social commitment, the dissemination of                                                  development
     knowledge... all topics can be eligible for support, according to each category of
     the call. Only one condition has to be met: the project has to unite students from
     several PSL schools.
     > Info: vie.etudiante@psl.eu

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>
     THE ARTS, CULTURE AND                                                                           databases, online journals, PSL open
                                                                                                     archive. Books, manuscripts,
                                                                                                                                                         Other libraries in Paris
     DIGITAL COLLECTIONS                                                                             sheet music, audio or video recordings.
                                                                                                     The website also includes practical                 The Bibliothèque nationale de France
                                                                                                     information about PSL libraries and                 (BnF) – site François Mitterrand
                                                                                                     museums (opening hours, address,                    (Paris, 13 e). bnf.fr
                                                                                                     access requirements) in the “Libraries
                                                                                                     and Museums” tab.                                   The Bibliothèque publique d’information
                                                                                                     See you soon on PSL-Explore!                        (BPi), Centre Pompidou (Paris, 4 e).
                                                                                                                                                         bpi.fr
                                                                                                     > Info: explore.psl.eu/fr
                                                                                                                                                         The network of the libraries in the City
                                                                                                     Espace Pierre-Gilles de                             of Paris: bibliotheques.paris.fr
                                                                                                     Gennes
                                                                                                     A bridge between civil society and
                                                                                                     scientists, the place was founded by
                                                                                                     Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. It is the place
                                                                                                     for public engagement of the ESPCI
                                                                                                     Paris-PSL and Université PSL. Both a place
                                                                                                     for events directed to the public and
                                                                                                     a laboratory of innovation for scientific
                                                                                                     communication, the center is dedicated
                                                                                                     to debate, meetings and collaborative
                                                                                                     thinking between researchers, teachers,
                                                                                                     students, journalists, artists, storytellers,
                                                                                                     and anyone driven by curiosity.
                                                                                                     Exhibitions, scientific events, conferences
                                                                                                     open to all, training in scientific
                                                                                                     communication, recreational activities
                                                                                                     and unusual evenings, all the events held
     PSL Orchestra and Choir                       PSL-Explore: libraries, tools                     in ESPGG are available on espgg.org.
     Do you play an instrument or sing?            and discoveries                                   See you soon at the Espace!
     Join the adventure of the PSL Orchestra       PSL-Explore is PSL’s website for the
     & Choir (OC-PSL)! Conducted by full-time      dissemination of knowledge and gateway            > Contact: contact-espgg@espci.fr
     professional musicians, PSL students,         to digital collections from libraries,
     faculty and staff get the opportunity to      archives and museums. You can choose
     interact closely with famous performance      either to discover PSL Heritage and
     musicians. Some PSL institutions give         Research, or to search for documents.         >       PSL events
     ECTS for attendance to OC-PSL events.
     OC-PSL offers a rich program all year         With the “Discovery” path, you can visit
     round, which PSL students can attend for      virtual exhibitions and read popularized              Stay tuned for cultural, artistic and
     a small fee (€5) and also gives a Spring      contents by researchers, students and                 scientific events at PSL:
     Festival which includes all types of music    curators of PSL, you can access digital               psl.eu/en/events
     thanks to a wide array of events: relations   collections and various contents: video
     between arts and science, big symphonic       conferences, movies, MOOC, on topics
     concerts and smaller recitals, a behind-      sur as Marie Curie’s life, epigenetics
     the-scenes tour of the OC, students brass     and ethnomusicology.
     bands…
                                                   With the “Search” path, you can use
     > Info: orchestreetchoeur.psl.eu              several tools to search for documents in
       01 42 62 71 71                              PSL collections (+6 million digital items),

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PSL - ATHLETICS                                                                                 SPORTING
                                                                                                     EVENTS
                                                                                                     Conferences on our sedentary,
                                                                                                     sport/health tests.

                                                                                                     Faites du sport (sports festival)
                                                                                                     Tournaments: futsal, hand-ball, basket-
                                                                                                     ball, volleyball, cheerleaders contest;
                                                                                                     jazz dance performance, fencing, etc.

                                                                                                     PSL Tennis London, New York, Bath
                                                                                                     (New).
                                                                                                     For the last 3 years, this tennis
                                                                                                     tournament has taken place in Paris or
                                                                                                     in London. The best PSL tennis players
                                                                                                     (women and men) compete with the
                                                                                                     players from University College London
                                                                                                     (UK).

                                                                                                     Skiing weekend , La Plagne, Val
                                                                                                     Thorens, les Arcs.

                                                                                                     PSL Rugby Trophy
                                                                                                     This rugby match has taken place every
                                                                                                     year since 2012 and refers to the famous
                                                                                                     French-British Crunch. The best rugby
                                                                                                     players (women and men) compete with
                                                                                                     the players from UCL (UK).

     Athletics with PSL-Sport encompasses                Professional or amateur, no matter what     PSL Football Trophy
     60 different activities, either in a team           your motivation is (hobby, well-being,      This football tournament takes place in
     or individual, under the supervision of             ECTS or competitions), you are all          Paris or in London. The best PSL football
     certified professionals or passionate               welcome to join !                           players (women and men) compete with
     students.                                                                                       the players from University College
                                                         > Information and timetable:
                                                                                                     London (UK).
     Abs & gluts, badminton, basket-ball,                  sports.psl.eu
     circuit training, body tonic, boxing, dance,        > To register: sports.inscription.psl.eu    PSL Paris fencing
     modern jazz dance, climbing, fencing,               > Contact: pslsport@psl.eu                  This European fencing competition is
     football, futsal, hand-ball, weight lifting,          or on the PSL SPORT app                   organized by ENS-PSL students at the
     swimming, skydiving, Pilates, table tennis,                                                     CSU J. Sarrailh.
     rock dancing, rugby, squash, volley-ball,
     yoga, zumba… You can also prepare the                                                           The Rock Dance Tournament
     boating license, take part in skiing events,    >      Tip                                      Competition between the best rock
     join tournaments between schools.                                                               dancers.
                                                            Information about the different sports
     Lessons are available to all PSL students,             are given during meetings at the         First aid workshops
     faculty and staff 6 days a week. All athletic          beginning of the academic year.          PSC1 (prevention and civic aid level 1)
     facilities are located close-by and sports
                                                                                                     and GQS (life-saving actions).
     opportunities are offered midday or after
     6 p.m., hours that are compatible with
     university life.

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PSL-PÉPITE AND
                    SUPPORT FOR
                    ENTREPRENEURS
 INNOVATION AND
 ENTREPRENEURSHIP
                    PSL-Pépite is a team which supports student
                    entrepreneurship at PSL. It offers comprehensive
                    packages to help students and young graduates set up
                    their own company.
                    PSL-Pépite is dedicated to all students and young
                                                                            PSL-iTeams
                    PSL alumni that are looking to work on a project to     You are interested in
                    create a company or looking for information about       entrepreneurship but you don’t
                    entrepreneurship. The staff provides them with the      have a business project yet?
                    training, services and mentoring they need to make      Apply for the Innovation and
                    their idea real.                                        Entrepreneurship Course:
                    The PSL-Pépite team can help you obtain the national    PSL-iTeams
                    status of a Student Entrepreneur, and the D2E diploma   Created in 2017, PSL-iTeams
                    in Student Entrepreneurship. Staff can also offer       is a training program for PSL
                    mentoring according to your background and your         master’s, doctoral and post-
                    ambitions.                                              doctoral students interested in
                    Here are the available training courses and services:   innovation or entrepreneurship,
                                                                            from all disciplines and
                    — Beginner’s course for all the students who consider   institutions (engineering
                      launching a business and who have a strong interest   schools, schools of arts or
                      in entrepreneurship.                                  humanities and social sciences,
                                                                            etc.). Through this training,
                    — Preparation course for students who have a            students can develop their
                      clear project and wish to combine studying and        entrepreneurial, innovation
                      entrepreneurship.                                     and leadership skills, while
                    — Mentoring for students who work full-time on their    contributing to the technology
                      business project and need support in their everyday   transfer from PSL’s research
                      tasks.                                                teams.

                    — The “Independence track” for students who have        This course is available to
                      already joined an incubator and who want practical    international students, but at
                      counselling on media relations.                       least B1/B2 level in French is
                                                                            required to follow all of the
                    > Info: psl.eu/en/innovation-enterprise/                workshops. Presentations
                      entrepreneurship-psl/student-entrepreneurship         and submissions can, however,
                    > Contact: psl-pepite@psl.eu / 01 85 76 08 65           be made in English.

                                                                            > Info: psl.eu/en/education/
                                                                              find-your-academic-
                                                                              program/
                                                                              become-entrepreneur

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PSL’S INNOVATION LABS &
     COWORKING SPACES

     To support the education of student              The PSL-Lab is the co-working lab
     entrepreneurs and give designers room            managed by PSL-Pépite. Several pricing
     to experiment, to provide dedicated              options are available for student
     space for PSL’s start-up launchers and to        entrepreneurs or certified project
     host professionals, PSL offers 9 spaces for      members.
     work, experimentation, and collaboration
     devoted to innovative practices:                 Students in the lab have unrestricted
                                                      access to Wi-Fi, printers, stationery; tablet
     — 3 co-working spaces dedicated to               computers and lockers may be loaned.
       student entrepreneurs
                                                      > Detailed requirements to use PSL
     — 3 FabLab/CreaLab, prototyping                    entrepreneurship resources:
       workshops, available to any PSL                  psl.eu/en/innovation-enterprise/psls-
       member                                           innovation-labs-coworking-spaces
     — 2 incubators for business creators,            > Contact: psl-pepite@psl.eu
       mainly PSL researchers or alumni                 01 85 76 08 6

     — 1 UserLab for businesses or research
       teams testing new solutions

 >      Businesses from PSL to help you in everyday tasks
        JamSpace                      Parlapapi                     Freepry
        JamSpace promotes             To keep in touch with         Freepry makes it easier
        fresh encounters and          your grandparents             for clothing stores to sell
        collaboration between         despite the distance,         secondhand clothing
        amateur musicians by          Parlapapi enables you         to their customers
        organizing networking/        to send photos every          alongside their new
        social events and friendly    month, directly from a        collection, both in store
        jam sessions.                 WhatsApp group. They          AND online.
                                      are printed and delivered     freepry.com
        jamspace.co                   to the mailbox of your
                                      loved ones around the
                                      world!
                                      parlapapi.com

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Join the community
                THE PSL WELCOME DESK                                         of PSL internatio-
                                                                             nal students

 YOUR ARRIVAL
 IN PARIS
                                                                             Once you are accepted by
                                                                             PSL, join our Facebook group
                                                                             called PSL international
                                                                             students. There you can
                                                                             ask PSL students questions
                                                                             concerning your soon-to-be
                                                                             university and find out about
                A service dedicated to helping you settle                    student life in Paris and PSL
                in Paris                                                     Welcome Desk events.
                You are an international student and you have
                questions about life in Paris, how does Université PSL
                work and how to deal with the paperwork? The PSL
                Welcome Desk team is here to direct you and give
                you advice to ensure you can set yourself up quickly
                and peacefully in Paris.                                 >   Our office hours
                — Before your arrival, the PSL Welcome Desk can
                  help you complete the main paperwork (visa, CVEC,          From September to
                  transportation etc.) and assist you with your search       November: Monday (9am –
                  for accommodation. Through the Buddy Program               2pm), Tuesday (12pm – 6pm),
                  Partner@PSL, the PSL Welcome Desk team can                 Wednesday (9am – 2pm),
                  connect you with other PSL students. You can also          Thursday (12pm – 6pm) and
                  create a free account on the virtual Welcome Desk          Friday (9am – 2pm)
                  where all the steps you need to take to prepare your       From December to July:
                  arrival in France have been centralized.                   Tuesday (12pm – 6pm),
                                                                             Thursday (12pm – 6pm) and
                — After your arrival, you can come and see the PSL           Friday (9am – 2pm)
                  Welcome Desk team during their office hours to
                  check what your next steps are: validate your visa,        60, rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris
                  register to the French Public Health Insurance,            (in the interior yard, to the right)
                  request financial aid for your accommodation               Metro Odéon (lines 4 and 10)
                  via the CAF, sign up for housing insurance, etc.           > Contact:
                — During the academic year, do not hesitate to ask             welcomedesk@psl.eu
                  the PSL Welcome Desk for help to find a bilingual            +33 1 75 00 02 91 or
                  doctor or to understand the process to be refunded           + 33 7 50 15 92 93
                  for medical expenses. The team can also give you             (WhatsApp)
                  a helping hand in finding a student job or checking            PSL Welcome Desk
                  on the process of having your residence permit                  psl_welcome_desk
                  renewed by the préfecture.
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Events
     Besides providing you with personal help,    YOUR FIRST STEPS
     the PSL Welcome Desk organizes several
     events throughout the academic year:
     — Student meetings: get to know
       other PSL students thanks to many
                                                  Who is my welcome contact?
                                                  — If you come to PSL for a dual degree in
       international parties (bowling, karaoke,
                                                    engineering or a university exchange
       “Games and pizza night” etc.).
                                                    > contact the office of international
     — Cultural discoveries and original            relations at your host school.
       tours of Paris: the panoramic view
                                                  — If you come to PSL for a degree-
       of Paris from the Tour Montparnasse,
                                                    awarding program (Bachelor’s or
       a street-art tour in the South of Paris,
                                                    Master’s) > the director and the
       the European Museum Night etc.
                                                    administrative officer of your study
     — PSL French Afternoon: the PSL                program will be able to inform you on
       Welcome Desk organizes a session             the enrollment process, the services
       dedicated to French language every           available to you, welcome events and
       Tuesday afternoon. The perfect               will answer your questions on your
       opportunity to speak French over a cup       courses.
       of coffee or have a written text proof-    — If you come to PSL for a doctorate
       read by one of the French-speaking           > The Doctoral School in your research
       tutors.                                      unit/team and the service in charge
     — Language Exchange Program: the               of the enrollment of Ph.D. students in
       best way to improve your language            the school at which you prepare your
       skills is to practice with native            dissertation.
       speakers! To help you master the           > You have a question, but you don’t
                                                                                               Mazzarine
       langue de Molière (or the Queen’s                                                       Former international tutor at the PSL
                                                    know who to talk to?
       English!) an international student                                                      Welcome Desk -ENSCP – PSL student
                                                    Write to the PSL Welcome Desk at
       meeting with snacks is organized             welcomedesk@psl.eu and we will
       every month.                                 direct you to the appropriate services.    During my studies, I had the great
                                                                                               opportunity to be part of the Welcome
                                                                                               Desk team. Our mission is to help new
                                                  Which scholarships can I benefit             international students arriving in France:
                                                  from?                                        we give them advice and guide them with
                                                  You can benefit from many scholarships to    visa paperwork, finding accommodation,
                                                  enable you to study in France:               health insurance…
                                                  — Scholarships from your government.         We want them to begin their stay in
                                                  — Scholarships from the French government.   Paris peacefully. During the year, we
                                                  — Scholarships from the European Union;      also organize events such as games
                                                    from international organizations.          night, cultural tours… and once a
                                                  — Scholarships from your host school.        month a student meeting to improve
                                                                                               your language skills in French or even
                                                  Check with your home school,                 Mandarin or Italian with other native
                                                  your government, the French embassy,         speaker students (who are from all
                                                  the Campus France office in your country     around the world!)
                                                  and your host school.
                                                  > Find a scholarship on Campus
                                                    Bourses, a directory of programs of
                                                    scholarships:
                                                    bourses.campusfrance.org

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Do I need a visa to study in
     France?
                                                      • The long-term visa (VLS) Passeport
                                                      Talent Chercheur: renewable under         BUDDY PROGRAM AND
     It depends on your nationality and the
     duration of your studies. If you come from
                                                      the form of a residence permit valid
                                                      for several years, this visa is for PhD   WELCOME EVENT
     one of the member States of the European         students, researchers and academics,
     Union (EU) or the European Economic              and their families. To obtain it, you
     Area (EEA), you do not need a visa to            need to get a hosting agreement
     study in France. If you come from                approved by your host school and by
     a country outside of the EU or EEA and           the French consular authorities in your
     you would like to come and study in              home country.
     France for more than 3 months, you
     need to request a student visa. Contact
     Campus France and the French consulate
     in your home country to make a request
     for a student visa as soon as possible at    >     Good to know
     least three months before your departure.
     > The online EEF (Études en France)                Visa
       pre-consular procedure is mandatory              There is an official website with
       in certain countries: campusfrance.              all the necessary information
       org.fr/candidature-procedure-etudes-             about French visas:
       en-france                                        france-visas. gouv.fr

     Which visa should I request?                       Find accommodation
     — For a short stay (up to 3 months)                When you apply for a visa, you
                                                        should provide your admission
       • The Schengen Visa for a short stay:
                                                        letter to PSL (issued by your
       this visa allows you to stay up to 90
                                                        welcoming referent) as well as
       days (interrupted or cumulated out
                                                        accommodation certificate.
       of 180 days) in a country within the
                                                        It is therefore highly
       Schengen area. Depending on your                                                         Find a Buddy                                    Sign up for a Welcome event
                                                        recommended to start looking for
       nationality, you may not need it.                                                        If you want to be paired with a PSL             Welcome events are not to be missed!
                                                        an accommodation directly once
                                                                                                student before your arrival in Paris, ask       Reach out to your host institution to be
       • The Visa étudiant-concours: this visa          admitted to PSL.
                                                                                                your host school if they offer a Buddy          informed about the expected events:
       allows you to come for an interview              > See p. 37 “Accommodation”
                                                                                                Program. The missions of a buddy are:           welcome gathering, orientation week, etc.
       or take an entrance exam at a public
       or private institution of higher                                                         — To welcome you personally in Paris.
       education. If you pass, you may obtain,
                                                                                                — To welcome you personally to PSL
       without going back to your country,
       a renewable residence permit for one
                                                                                                  campus and more specifically your         >      Good to know
                                                                                                  new host institution.
       year at the préfecture.
                                                                                                — Show you the dos and don’ts of the               In coordination with PSL’s
     — For a long stay (over 3 months)                                                            capital city.                                    institutions, the PSL Welcome
                                                                                                                                                   Desk team organizes “Welcome
       • The long-term visa for studies with                                                    If your institution does not offer this
                                                                                                                                                   Days” with workshops (opening
       the residence permit (VLS-TS) is valid                                                   service, sign up to the Buddy Program
                                                                                                                                                   a bank account, having your visa
       for one year and renewable. This visa                                                    of the PSL Welcome Desk.
                                                                                                                                                   validated and renewed, finding
       allows you to work 20 hours a week,                                                      > Contact: partner@psl.eu                          accommodation, learning about
       travel within the Schengen area, get                                                       partner.psl.eu                                   healthcare, security) and cultural
       housing benefits from the CAF and the                                                                                                       and social events to meet other PSL
       free student local deposit (VISALE).                                                                                                        students and discover your new
       This visa is for students doing their                                                                                                       campus.
       Bachelor’s, Master’s and for PhD
       students without a doctoral contract.

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IN MY SUITCASE                                                                               CVEC: A COMPULSORY
                                                                                                      STEP FOR YOUR
                                                                                                      ENROLLMENT

                                                                                                                                                       — In some cases, you can be exempt
                                                                                                                                                         from payment of CVEC (scholarship
                                                                                                                                                         students, university exchange
                                                                                                                                                         students, etc.) Ask for advice from your
                                                                                                                                                         welcoming referent.

                                                                                                                                                       > For further information:
                                                                                                                                                         etudiant.gouv.fr/pid33626-cid130435/
                                                                                                                                                         vous-acquitter-de-la-cvec-une-
         In my suitcase,                                  — A credit/debit card which works in                                                           demarche-obligatoire-pour-vous-
                                                            France.                                                                                      registr-dans-l- teaching-superieur.html
         I won’t forget to pack...                                                                                                                     > To pay the CVEC, register on the
         — My administrative papers: passport,            — Euros in cash.                                                                               following site: cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr
           visa, certificate of admission to PSL,         — My computer and my charged mobile
           birth certificate (translated), certificate      phone.
           of housing, CVEC, photocopy of                   Do not forget to save the number
           previous diplomas and grades with                                                          The CVEC, or Contribution Vie Etudiante
           their certified translation, health record,
                                                            of the PSL Welcome Desk in your
                                                            contacts: +33 7 50 15 92 93 and the one   et de Campus, is a compulsory tax            >      Good to know
           certificate of social insurance from             of your buddy if you have signed up for   that the majority of students must
           my home country (notes: if you are a             a Buddy program.                          pay annually. To register at your host              Need help paying the CVEC?
           European student, bring your European                                                      institution, you will need to provide a             You can find a step by step guide
           Health Insurance Card or the S1 form. If       — My medicines/antihistamines               CVEC receipt.                                       on the PSL website.
           you are a Quebecker student, bring the           (if applicable).
                                                                                                      The CVEC money is used to fund, for                 psl.eu/en > International students >
           SE401Q102bis or the SE401Q106 form),           — An adaptor, in case my devices are not    example, university health care and                 Prepare your arrival
           certificate of success on my French/             suited to E/F type sockets.               social workers, projects of student
           English test, driving licence (optional),        The voltage and the frequency in          organizations, improved reception of
           etc. Scan these documents and save               France are 230V, 50Hz.                    newcomers on campus, and improved
           them on a USB flash drive or a hard                                                        access to sports equipment.
           drive in case you lose them.
                                                                                                      — The CVEC costs €92 and can be paid
                                                                                                        online.
                                                                                                      — To pay the CVEC, you must first register
     >                                              Meet & Greet Service                                on the following site: messervices.
                                                                                                        etudiant.gouv.fr/envole
                                                    To provide you with a peaceful arrival            — If your bank card does not allow you to
                                                    in Paris, the PSL Welcome Desk offers a             make the transfer, you will have to pay
                                                    personalized welcome service at the station         the CVEC in cash at a post office once
                                                    or at the airport. The terms and conditions         arrived in France.
                                                    are available on the PSL website, section
                                                    International students > Meet & Greet

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AFTER YOUR ARRIVAL IN FRANCE                                                             I open a bank account
                                                                                              If you stay in Paris for more than three
                                                                                                                                           SUMMARY
                                                                                              months for your studies, we advise you
                                                                                              to open a bank account in France. This       OF YOUR INITIAL
                                                                                              will make your life easier. Your bank will
                                                                                              provide a check-book and a RIB (account      EXPENSES
                                                                                              number) which are mandatory for some
                                                                                              of your paperwork: to pay rent, sign
                                                                                              a contract for a phone number or get
                                                                                              a refund on your medical expenses, it
                                                                                              is better to provide a French account
                                                                                              number. When you need to make a
                                                                                              deposit for an apartment, a trip or a bike
                                                                                              rental, you can be asked for a check.

                                                                                              To open a bank account, banks usually
                                                                                              request the following documents:
                                                                                              — A photocopy of your ID card.
                                                                                              — A housing certificate from the last 3
                                                                                                months (certificate of accommodation
                                                                                                from a university residence, electricity
                                                                                                or gas invoice, certificate of
                                                                                                accommodation).                            You need to anticipate the
                                                                                              — Your visa certificate.                     following expenses during the
                                                                                                                                           first month:
                                                                                              — Your enrollment certificate (a document
                                                                                                which proves that you are enrolled in      — Enrollment costs: check with your host
     I get my visa validated                                                                    PSL and that you have paid the tuition       school for the exact amount and the
     If you have a student visa VLS-TS or VLS-TS
     Passeport Talent Chercheur valid for less
                                                    >   A word of advice                        fees).                                       conditions of payment.
     than 12 months, you have to validate your                                                                                             — The CVEC tax (€92).
     visa within three months after your arrival        — Check if your bank in your home     If I meet the eligibility
                                                                                                                                           — The deposit for your accommodation
     in France.                                           country has a partnership with      criteria, I register for                       (often equivalent to one month’s rent)
     This procedure is mandatory!                         a bank in France. If applicable,    French Public Health Insurance                 and possibly additional costs if you rent
     In order to validate your visa, go to                opening a bank account could be     by signing up on the etudiant-etranger.        through an agency.
     the website https://administration-                  easier.                             ameli.fr website.
                                                                                                                                           — Housing insurance and civic liability
     etranger-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/              — Opening a bank account and                                                         insurance.
     particuliers/#/ and fill it out with all the         obtaining your bank card can        I check if I am entitled to
     required information (your visa number,              take some time: start the process   housing allowances                           — Health insurance to cover the period
     email, date of arrival, address in France).          as soon as you arrive in France.    and make a request at the CAF (Caisse          from your arrival in France to your
     Then, you have to pay a tax which takes                                                  d’allocations familiales)                      enrollment at your host institution
     the form of a fiscal electronic stamp              — The best-known French banks                                                        (because you are not insured if you are
     (€50 for a student visa and €200 for a               are: BNP Paribas, Société           First, make a simulation online in order       not enrolled).
     talent passport visa with the mention                Générale, Banque Postale, LCL,      to check whether you are eligible. If
                                                          Caisse d’Épargne.                   applicable, create an account at caf.fr      — Additional health insurance (optional).
     « CESEDA R311–3 9°»). You can also buy
     a fiscal stamp at a newsdealer. You will                                                 to submit an application and claim your      — For non-European students: costs of
     receive a certificate of validation in PDF                                               benefits.                                      the visa and the fiscal stamp for the
     format which you will fold and put in your                                               > See p. 38 “Housing Allowances”               validation of your visa.
     passport.
                                                                                                                                           — Your transportation card: ImagineR
                                                                                                                                             (or Navigo if you are over 26 years old).

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Housing

                 ACCOMMODATION
 EVERYDAY LIFE   First of all, check with your host school before you
                 arrive to find out about the available accommodation
                 services. Some schools book accommodation for their
                 international students.

                 PSL Housing service
                 PSL international students may be offered
                 accommodation for a semester or a full academic
                 year. You can either get accommodation in public
                 student residencies of CROUS de Paris, or with other
                 PSL housing partners. The commute takes on average
                 40 minutes to the PSL campuses. Rents vary between
                 €350 (in a double room) and €800 (in a premium              >   Tip
                 studio), charges included. Do you want to be helped
                 in your search? Accommodation help fees in the
                                                                                 Better keep away
                 amount of €49 (or €180 if you come to France for a
                 university exchange) will be required at the start of the       Some agencies, so-called “list
                 procedure.                                                      sellers”, give you access to
                                                                                 their offers for a given period
                 > Info: psl.eu/en > Life@PSL > Campus Life in Paris >
                                                                                 (usually 4 months) if you pay
                   Housing
                                                                                 expensive fees (between
                 > Contact: logement.housing@psl.eu
                                                                                 €150 and €450). However,
                                                                                 the available offers are limited
                 Student residencies with CROUS                                  both in number and in quality,
                 Accommodation in public student residencies is                  and very often, they are
                 mainly limited to French government scholarship                 outdated. Don’t waste your
                 holders and international exchange students. If you are         money on such offers.
                 neither part of an exchange program with your home
                 university nor have a French government scholarship,
                 you can still apply during the additional phase. If you
                 get a CROUS room, plan to arrive during the week,
                 Monday to Friday, before 4 p.m. Reception closes
                 at 4 p.m. and on weekends.
                 > Info: crous-paris.fr
                 > Also read: lokaviz.fr offers private accommodation
                   certified by CROUS

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STEPS TO RENT ACCOMMODATION
                                                                                                 USEFUL TERMS

                                                                                               m 2 (square meter)
                                                                                               Unit to calculate the living space. The loi Carrez is the name of the law
                                                                                               detailing how to calculate living space in France.

                                                                                               Charges (additional charges)
                                                                                               Rental prices are indicated either excluding charges (HC or HT) and/
                                                                                               or with charges included (CC or TCC). Monthly rental charges usually
                                                                                               include building maintenance and rental taxes. Generally, these charges
                                                                                               include cold water (ask for confirmation) and sometimes heating,
                                                                                               this is called “collective heating”.

                                                                                               L’état des lieux (inventory of fixtures)
                                                                                               These two documents are written on your first arrival at the
                                                                                               accommodation (incoming inventory) and when you hand it over
                                                                                               (outgoing inventory), in the presence of both the tenant and the
                                                                                               landlord. The document describes precisely the general state of the
                                                                                               apartment (cleanliness, electrical network, heating, wall paintings,
                                                                                               floors, sanitary facilities, etc.).
                                                                                               Be careful, the comparison of these two documents will be used as a
                                                                                               reference to determine possible damage and determine responsibilities.
                                                                                               The owner will decide on this basis to return all or part of the security
                                                                                               deposit when you leave.

     In France, students of all nationalities       — The APL is Aide personnalisée au         Le délai de préavis (notice period)
     benefit from specific State allowances to        logement. It is paid directly by CAF
     find accommodation. France is the only           to the housing under contract. Most of   Before leaving your home, it is essential to notify the landlord within
     country in Europe to offer such a scheme.        the housing units are under contract,    the time limit set by law, called “notice period”. This period is set at
                                                      particularly those managed by the        1 month for rentals in Paris and its suburbs.
                                                      HLM organizations and the CROUS          The letter indicating your departure from the accommodation must
     Housing allowances                                                                        be sent by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt (courrier
     Rent is a significant item in your budget.       residences.
                                                                                               recommandé avec accusé de réception). The landlord will be entitled
     Don’t forget to apply for housing              To estimate your budget, you can use       to claim the months of rent you owe them.
     allowance. Monthly rent allowance:             the simulator to calculate the housing
     Aide personnalisée au logement (APL)           allowance to which you may be entitled
     or Allocation de logement à caractère                                                     Le garant (guarantor)
                                                    on the CAF website (caf.fr). To take the
     social (ALS). Both are paid by the Caisse                                                 Also called “la caution”: a person who stands surety for the tenant’s
                                                    necessary steps, follow the guide to
     d’allocation familiale (CAF).                                                             debt. In case the tenant doesn’t pay the rent and additional charges,
                                                    student housing allowances available on
                                                                                               the guarantor is required to pay them (Article 2288 du Code civil).
     — ALS is Allocation de logement à              the CAF website. Do not delay in sending
       caractère social. It can be paid for         your application, CAF allowances are no
       a room in a residence, but also for a        longer retroactive!                        Le bail (lease agreement)
       studio, an apartment or a house in the                                                  The lease agreement describes the rights and duties of the landlord and
       city. This is the most significant support                                              the tenant. Part of the information is required by law. The rules depend
       provided to students.                                                                   on the type of accommodation --either furnished or empty.

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Visale Guarantee                                       aides-fiches-techniques/comparateur-
     Visale offers rent guarantee for students              electricite/abonnement/)                        Get around
     under 30 years old (until they are 31) when
                                                          — La taxe d’habitation (residence tax)
     they take out a loan for accommodation
                                                            Residence tax has to be paid every
     in Ile-de-France, either private or public, if
     the rent is below €1,500.
                                                            year to contribute to public community        PUBLIC TRANS-                                   TRAVEL FROM
                                                            services. Don’t forget to ask if your
     > Online application on visale.fr                      accommodation is eligible and how             PORTATION                                       PARIS
                                                            much you have to pay.
     Services to help you manage                          — Legal aid
     accommodation are available                            The Agence Départementale
                                                            d’Information sur le Logement de Paris        14 Metro lines, 5 RER light-rail lines, and     — 6 mainline train stations bound for all
     on the website:                                                                                      hundreds of city bus lines make it possible       of France and European metropolitan
     messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr                           is a charitable organization whose
                                                            purpose is to offer legal advice on any       to move quickly and easily around Paris           areas oui-sncf.fr
                                                            question about accommodation. Free            and Île-de-France. First trains run at            Find out more about SNCF discount
     — Guarantee deposit
                                                            service is available on appointment in        5:30 a.m. and last trains at 0:30 a.m.            cards: the avantage jeune pass costs
       The amount of the security deposit is
                                                            every city hall.                              on weekdays and 1:45 a.m. on Fridays,             €49, is valid for one year, and entitles
       limited to one month’s rent (excluding
                                                                                                          Saturdays and before public holidays.             you to 30% discount prices on travel.
       charges) if the property is unfurnished            > See opening hours and make an                 The above-mentioned hours are given
       (two months in furnished housing).                   appointment: adil75.org                                                                       — 2 international airports: Orly and
                                                                                                          on an indicative basis.
       The deposit is repaid to you within a              > Further information on financial                                                                Roissy Charles de Gaulle.
       maximum of 2 months after outgoing                   support for housing: psl.eu/en >              > The Imagin’R pass for students under
       inventory of fixtures. The owner is                  Life@PSL > Campus Life in Paris >               the age of 26 provides reduced-fare
       allowed to withdraw any amount                       Housing                                         access to all of Ile-de-France (€350 for         Next Stop
       necessary to restore the property                                                                    a year, with payment in nine months)             The app is free and fully available
       in the event of damage and if they                                                                 > Navigo pass: available on a weekly               in English, German, Dutch, Italian,
       can have it certified.                                                                               (€22.80) or monthly (€75.20) basis               Spanish, Japanese for all those who
                                                                                                            navigo.fr                                        want to visit Paris with the subway.
     > Further information: service-public.fr/                                                            > RATP offers a website and an app to              >You can download the app on the
       particuliers/vosdroits/F31269                  >      AILE                                           help you find your way: ratp.fr                  RATP website.
     — House and civil liability insurance
                                                             Are you a bursary student living
       policy
                                                             in private housing in Paris ? If so,
       When you sign the rental contract, it
       is mandatory to take out a “multi-risk
                                                             the fund for student housing (AILE)      >      Tips
                                                             can help you with fees relating to
       home” insurance policy that covers
                                                             your accomodation in Paris such
       the risks of fire, water damage, theft,                                                               GeoVelo                        24/7. About 1,000 Vélib       Zipcar, Renault, Totem
                                                             as buying furniture, utilities or
       etc. and to send the certificate to                                                                   The app is sponsored by        stations are available for    Mobi...).
                                                             equipment thanks to a grant ranging
       your landlord every year. Civil liability                                                             the City council of Paris      your everyday rides or to
                                                             from 500 to 1000 euros.
       insurance policies allow you to be                                                                    as part as the “Bicycle”       visit Paris. Cycle lanes in   Driving licence in France
       repaid if you accidentally cause harm to              To check your eligibility, please               scheme. The app includes       Paris account for 7,000       — Students from the
       a third party. It is mandatory in France.             refer to the website of the Maison              timed itineraries with the     kilometers in 2020.           European Union: you can
       It is often included in home insurance                de Initiative Etudiantes                        proportion of streets with     Information, subscription,    drive in France with your
       policy (be careful not to pay it twice).              mie.paris.fr                                    cycle lanes.                   pricing, plans: velib-        driving license.
       Banks and student health insurance                                                                                                   metropole.fr                  — Non-EU students: you
       contracts offer this type of scheme.                                                                  Free-floating                  — Such hiring offers are      can use your license for a
                                                                                                             — With the Velib’ service,     also available for adult      maximum of one year after
     — Heating and power contracts                                                                           you can pick a bicycle in      kick scooters (Lime and       you have settled in France.
       When you arrive in a privately-owned                                                                  a station and hand it over     Txfy), scooters (Cityscoop,
       accommodation, you have to find an                                                                    in another one. This hiring    Coup...) and carpool
       energy contract. There are several                                                                    self-service is easy to use,   (Ubeeqo, Communauto,
       suppliers, you should compare them
       (try on fournisseur-energie.com/

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Special cases
       Healthcare                                                                                                                              >
                                                                                                 — Students from the EEA/Switzerland                  Contact
                                                                                                 Before you arrive in France, ask for a
     STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE                                                                    European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
                                                                                                 from your health insurance policy, valid
                                                                                                                                                      CPAM
                                                                                                                                                      The website of the public health
                                                                                                                                                      insurance (CPAM): ameli.fr
                                                                                                 for the current academic year. It certifies
                                                                                                                                                      Phone: 36 46 (Monday to Friday,
                                                                                                 that you benefit from health insurance in
                                                                                                                                                      8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
                                                                                                 your country and that you are exempted
                                                                                                                                                      Call prefix from abroad:
                                                                                                 from subscribing the French Public Health
                                                                                                                                                      +33 (or 00 33) 811 70 36 46 (cost
                                                                                                 Insurance scheme on condition that you
                                                                                                                                                      depending on your telephone
                                                                                                 provide the paper when you enroll. You
                                                                                                                                                      operator).
                                                                                                 do not need to register on the website:
                                                                                                                                                      There is also a phone service in
                                                                                                 etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr
                                                                                                                                                      English: 0811 36 36 46 Monday-Friday,
                                                                                                 If you do not have a European Health                 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (cost €6 cts/min).
                                                                                                 Insurance Card, ask for the S1 Form from
                                                                                                 health insurance policy in your home
                                                                                                 country. Afterwards, you have to register

                                                                                                                                                   OPTIONAL HEALTH
                                                                                                 on: etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr

                                                                                                                                                   INSURANCE
                                                                                                 — Students from Quebec
                                                                                                 • Before you leave, take the SE 401-Q-
                                                                                                 102 bis form (or SE 401-Q-106 if you are
                                                                                                 participating in an exchange program
                                                                                                                                                   POLICY
                                                                                                 between universities) valid during the
                                                                                                 current academic year, which certifies your
                                                                                                                                                   (MUTUELLE)
                                                                                                 subscription to Quebec health insurance
                                                                                                 policy. When you register on the website
                                                                                                 etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr, you have to
     The health system in France is available     a definitive social security number later      provide one of these forms. You do not            The optional health insurance
     to international students. To benefit from   in the year. Social security registration      have to provide a residence permit.               complements the Social Security
     French Public Health Insurance and have      is free and compulsory.                                                                          repayments for the remaining 30%.
     your health expenses reimbursed, certain                                                    • If you are not eligible for the student         In particular, such policy entitles you to
     steps must be taken. They vary according     Please attach the following documents:         social security policy, you can benefit           third-party payer as well as the repayment
     to your situation and your nationality.                                                     from the Universal Health Insurance               of expenses related to hospitalization.
                                                  — ID papers (national ID card, passport...).
                                                                                                 (PUMA). Subscription to PUMA is made              We strongly recommend that you
                                                  — A document certifying you enrolled           with the health insurance policy of your          subscribe to one. Most health insurances
     International students (from
                                                    in a higher education institution            home country.                                     offer their services for 7 to 20 euros/
     outside the EEA and Quebec)                    for the academic year.                                                                         month, depending of what you need.
     and residents of overseas                                                                                                                     You can subscribe while you register for
                                                  — Your French bank details, which will
     collectivities (New Caledonia,                 allow you to receive repayments.
                                                                                                                                                   student public health insurance during
     French Polynesia or Wallis                                                                    Support and inclusion                           the administrative enrollment or directly
                                                                                                                                                   with the LMDE (lmde.fr) and the SMEREP
     and Futuna)                                  — A civil status document required to
                                                    create your registration ID number.
                                                                                                   services for students                           (smerep.fr).
     Once you have arrived on French soil and       The valid civil status documents are:          with disabilities
     registered with PSL, register on the site      a full copy of the birth certificate, a
     etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr                     birth certificate with filiation (or any       The component-schools of PSL do
     A few weeks later you will get a               document issued by a consulate), a             their best to enable enabling students
     provisional social security number which       family booklet, a marriage certificate.        with disabilities to fulfil their maximum
     will allow you to be reimbursed for your     — A valid residence permit (only for             potential during their studies. For
     medical expenses. You will be assigned         international students).                       further information, please contact
                                                                                                   the student disability service at your
                                                                                                   school.
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GLOSSARY OF                                   STUDENT HEALTH                               >       QARE x PSL, for 100% free online consultations
HEALTH CARE                                   SERVICES
                                                                                                   Finding a doctor or a specialist can      in several languages, available from
                                                                                                   be quite difficult, very expensive and    the comfort of your own home! This
 Costs                                                                                             very time-consuming in Paris. PSL’s       service is completely free of charge,
                                              The wellbeing of students and their                  university health service aims at         with no advance fees. Without
 — Secteur 1: The doctor charges fixed        access to healthcare matter to us. To                offering its students first-class rapid   delay you will receive an email
   rates set by French Public Health          ensure your wellbeing throughout your                access to healthcare. For students        inviting you to create your account.
   Insurance (€25 for an appointment          studies, PSL remains available to listen             subject to the CVEC, PSL provides         Do not hesitate to get in touch at
   with a GP). The National Health            to your questions and to offer you its               full access to Qare. Qare is an online    vieetudiante@pls.eu for more
   Insurance repays on the basis of           services. A shared PSL health service                consultation website which covers         information!
   Secteur 1 costs.                           is available, made up of a center for                more than 30 medical specialisms,
 — Secteur 2: The doctor slightly             preventative medicine and a center for
   overcharges and the patient has to pay     psychological aid and guidance. It is
   the extra cost.                            available to students from all of PSL’s
 — Non conventionné: the doctor chooses       schools. You can use the service for your
   the cost of the appointments.              mandatory check-up (all students entering        Care centers                                  Need to talk or to find
                                              an higher education institution must get                                                       information?
 Médecin traitant (referring                  a medical check-up during the first three        — Centre Colliard
                                                                                                 Care center designed for students
 doctor)                                      years of their studies). You can also make                                                     — Fil Santé Jeunes 0 800 235 236
                                              an appointment with a psychiatrist or a            (third-party payer/secteur 1 costs,           (free of charge on a landline phone) or
 To be repaid at best rate, you have to                                                          extended opening hours and open
                                              psychologist if you feel the need to talk.                                                       01 44 93 30 74
 choose a referring doctor, called médecin                                                       on Saturdays). You will find general
 traitant, who is in charge of coordinating                                                      practitioners, a gynecologist (and a        — Nightline (Chat and listening service
                                              > Info: psl.eu/en > Life@PSL > Campus
 the treatments.                                                                                 family planning center), a dermatologist,     by and for students): nightline-paris.fr
                                                Life in Paris > Health and Wellness
                                                                                                 a psychiatrist, an addictology/nutrition      / 01 88 32 12 32
 Tiers payant (third-party payer)                                                                consultation... You will find general       — Free listening service duty by
                                              The office’s drop-in times.                        practitioners as well as a planning
 With tiers payant, you don’t have                                                                                                             APASO (Prévention Accueil Soutien
 to pay the doctor up front. Tiers payant     — L’INJS                                           center.                                       et Orientation): 01 40 47 55 47 /
 can be either complete or partial.             254, rue Saint-Jacques, 75005                                                                  etudiants@apaso.fr
                                                                                               > Address: 4 rue des Quatrefages, 75005
                                                Thursdays for drop-ins and upon
                                                                                                 Paris – Phone: 01 85 56 00 00               — Violences Femmes info:
                                                appointment on other days.
 Les pharmacies (drugstores)                                                                   — Care center of the City of Paris              39 19 / stop-violences-femmes.gouv.fr
 Medecine can only be bought in               — Dauphine- PSL                                    These centers are available to everyone     — Institut de santé génésique against
 drustores. Many drugs are delivered            Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays for             and offer consultations with general          violence on women: 01 39 10 85 35 /
 only on a prescription written by a            drop-ins and upon appointment the                practitioners and specialists without         institutensantegenesique.org
 doctor. Some common medicines are              other days.                                      excess fees by applying the third-party
 available over the counter. However,                                                            payer.
 only prescription drugs are repaid. Some     > To make an appointment or to get
 drugstores are open on Sundays. During         further information:                           > Info: centres-sante.paris.fr
                                                siumpps.parisdescartes.fr
 nights and national holidays, you can
                                              > Address: 45, rue des Saints-Pères,
                                                                                               — 6 Centers for Psychological Support            Counselling and care unit
 ask a duty drugstore, which is on a list                                                        - Bureaux d’Aide Psychologique
 displayed on the door                          75006 Paris – Phone: 01 42 86 21 29
                                                                                                 Universitaire (BAPU) in Paris.                 If you witness or experience violence,
 of all drugstores.                                                                                                                             harassment or hazing, or if you simply
                                                                                               > Info: psl.eu/en > Life@PSL > Campus
                                                                                                                                                want to get information or discuss,
                                                                                                 Life in Paris > Health and Wellness and
 Ordonnance (prescription)                                                                       crous-paris.fr/aides-sociales/
                                                                                                                                                PSL has set up a listening and
 The paper on which a doctor writes the                                                                                                         monitoring unit.
 treatment. The prescription may include                                                                                                        > Contact : cev@psl.eu
 a health exam, a medical treatment,
 a list of drugs, a device.

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