Fact Sheet
For Exchange Programs
Institution name
University of Poitiers
Erasmus code
FPOITIER01
Name and contact details of the student
At the international relations office:
exchange coordinator (incoming and
Incoming students
outgoing)
Sabrina DELB
Tél: +33 (0)5 49 45 30 87
E-Mail: [email protected]
Outgoing students
Martine GROSDENIER
Tél: + 33 (0)5 49 45 42 64
E-Mail: [email protected]
Valérie MORTEAU
Tél : + 33 (0)5 49 45 45 25
Mél : [email protected]
Within the faculties / schools/institutes : the international
relations contact: http://www.univpoitiers.fr/international/contacts/facultes-etinstituts/correspondants-internationaux-dans-lescomposantes-facultes--679441.kjsp?RH=1328806244131
Procedures for exchange students
Information for students on exchange programmes:
http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/international/venir-etudier-apoitiers/venir-en-programmes-d-echanges/venir-enprogramme-d-echange-679421.kjsp?RH=1328806189327
Required documents for exchange students
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(pedagogical registration within the faculty,
school or institute)
Original copies of diplomas with certified French
translation
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Immunization record (health record)
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Marriage certificate (if the case)
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Passport sized photos (at least 5)
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Birth certificate with certified French translation, issued
within the last 3 months
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Identify card or passport
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Documents required by your University residence or
landlord for the joint and several guarantee
Application deadlines
Fall semester or full academic year:
May the 30th (N – 1)
Spring semester:
November the 30th
Be careful: some faculties mays have specific deadlines
Language of instruction
French
Language requirements
Level B1 in French language accepted in specific study fields
(Sciences, technology)
Otherwise B2 level recommended in French language for all
other study fields (or even C1 for Law)
French as foreign language courses (CFLE)
The centre for French as foreign language offers language
support, full-time courses or intensive sessions
Website in French and English version: http://cfle.univpoitiers.fr/en/
Course load per semester/ year
Depending on the diploma prepared : Licence/Bachelor
(maximum of 1600 hours/ year), Master (depending on the
speciality prepared)
Website for course offering
http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/international/venir-etudier-apoitiers/venir-en-programmes-d-echanges/venir-enprogramme-d-echange-679421.kjsp?RH=1328806189327
Administrative procedures
Visa: how to get the extended-stay student visa with
residency permit ? See the Campus France website !
http://www.campusfrance.org/en/page/long-term-visaused-residence-permit-vls-ts
For non-European students : a registration process must be
completed with the OFII (Immigration and Integration office)
within 3 months of arrival in France to get the visa validation
(+ tax stamp of 58 €)
Insurances :
Health
For European Union students: the students have to
come to France with the EHIC (European health
insurance card)
Non-European students are under the legal
obligation to buy into the student social security
scheme or basic health insurance scheme, even when
they already have domestic health coverage.
Mobility: it is advised to the European Union students to
purchase additional mobility insurance
Accommodation (for all): whether you are living in a
university residence of by a private landlord, home insurance
policy is to purchase after your arrival to cover the possible
damages, theft during the stay
Contacts for accommodation
E-Mail: [email protected]
Registration and accommodation form to fill out :
(click on « compléter la fiche d’enregistrement et de
demande d’hébergement)
http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/international/venir-etudier-apoitiers/venir-en-programmes-d-echanges/venir-enprogramme-d-echange-679421.kjsp?RH=1328806189327
Campus Facilities
University libraries
Digital services
Sport (more than 30 different sporting activities):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SUAPS-Universit%C3%A9de-Poitiers/475459642565596?ref=hl
Social services
Health care
University meals
Cultural activities :
https://www.facebook.com/maisondesetudiantspoitiers
Survival kit of the international student :
http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/international/venir-etudier-apoitiers/etudiants-internationaux457251.kjsp?RH=1328180653418
French students mentor program
Open to all incoming international student (place numbers
(intercultural exchanges)
may be limited). Each French student mentor is assigned for
2/3 international students to get to know the university’s
facilities/ services and help with everyday life
See the Maison des langues : http://mdl.univpoitiers.fr/etudiants/parrainage-pour-les-etudiantsinternationaux-international-student-mentor-programme/
Poitiers Erasmus Student network : https://frfr.facebook.com/ESNPoitiers/
E-Mail address : [email protected]
Disability services
Location: disability service, on the campus within the building
of the “students’ house” (building A6)
Accessible for wheelchaired
Website : http://www.univ-poitiers.fr/campus/etudes-ethandicap/
Accommodation: university residences for wheelchair
accessible. The disability service is the contact point for the
reservation of an adapted accommodation in university
residences
Library: libraries are generally accessible. Help available for
copying, scanning, borrowing documents) through the
support association “Handisup” (help for documentary
research as well). The disability service may ask to purchase
some digital books. Possibility to have Braille copies. Tables
and toilets fit for wheelchaired people
Learning support: after a needs analysis, possibility of
adapted organization of the lessons (taking into account the
time to access to the building, the tiredness), help for
communication (sign language), loan of specific equipment
(laptop, software), assistance in writing and studying,
pedagogical mentoring
Assessments: extra time for examinations, personal
assistance available if needed, use of PC, depending on the
disability, possibility of vocal examinations instead of writing
(or the contrary)
Poitiers, 2016, December the 5th