STUDENT LIFE

Main student services at national level

Bureau de la Vie étudiante, Ministère de l'Education nationale

61-65, Rue Dutot
75732 Paris Cedex 15
France

Tel: +33(1) 55-55-10-10

Category of services provided: Social and welfare services; Academic and career counselling services

Services available to foreign Students: Yes

Centre National des Oeuvres universitaires et scolaires (CNOUS)

69, Quai d'Orsay
75007 Paris
France

Tel: +33(1) 44-18-53-00

Fax: +33(1) 45-55-48-49

Telex: 203048 cnous

WWW: http://www.cnous.fr

Category of services provided: Social and welfare services

Services available to foreign Students: No

Mutuelle nationale des Etudiants de France

137 Bd St Michel
75006 Paris
France

Tel: +33(1) 40-92-54-92

Fax: +33(1) 56-24-40-75

Category of services provided: Social and welfare services

Office national d'Information sur les Enseignements et les Professions (ONISEP)

PO Box 86 Lognes
12, Mail Barthélemy-Thimonnier
77423 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2
France

Tel: +33(1) 64-80-35-00

Fax: +33(1) 64-80-35-01

Category of services provided: Academic and career counselling services; Employment services

Services available to foreign Students: Yes

National student associations and unions

Union Nationale des Etudiants de France Indépendante et Démocratique (UNEF-ID)

46 rue Albert Thomas
75010 Paris
France

Tel: +33(1) 42-02-25-55

Fax: +33(1) 42-03-33-91

EMail: international.unef-id@wanadoo.fr

WWW: http://www.unef-id.org

Health/social provisions

Social security for home students: Yes

Cost/fee (per year): 165 (Euro)

Social security for foreign students: Yes

Cost/fee (per year): 165 (Euro)

Foreign student social security provisions: Only students from EC countries (or from a country having an agreement with France) duly registered in a university may draw benefit from the social security system. Others must take out their own insurance.

Special student travel fares:

By rail: Yes

By air: Yes

Available to foreign students: Yes

Student expenses and financial aid

Student costs:

Average living costs: 6100 (Euro)

Home students tuition fees: Minimum: 183 (Euro)

Maximum: 6860 (Euro)

Foreign students tuition fees: Minimum: 183 (Euro)

Maximum: 6860 (Euro)

Bodies providing information on student financial aid:

Centre national des Oeuvres universitaires et scolaires (CNOUS)

69, Quai d'Orsay
75007 Paris
France

Tel: +33(1) 44-18-53-00

Fax: +33(1) 45-55-48-49

Deals with: Grants and Loans

Category of students: Administers scholarships awarded by the Government within cooperation agreements.

Publications on student services and financial aid:

Title: Guide de l'étudiant : "Enseignement supérieur dans la Communauté européenne"

Author: Commission des Communautés européennes

Publisher: Commission des Communautés européennes, Office des publications

Title: Je vais en France. Guide à l'intention des étudiants étrangers

Publisher: Centre national des Oeuvres universitaires et scolaires

Title: Study Abroad 2000-2001

Publisher: UNESCO/IBE

Year of publication: 1999

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