Saint-Etienne

STUDENTS WELCOME DESK 2021

WHAT IS THE STUDENTS WELCOME DESK? A one-stop reception desk for international students.

The objective of the Students Welcome Desk (SWD) is to improve the reception and facilitate the integration of international students while giving people the opportunity to discover the riches and values ​​of Saint-Étienne, its metropolis, and of Roanne.

Public

All international students

Proposed services

A welcome desk in French / English to inform, guide, and support international students on issues of:

• Residence permit
• Health, social security affiliation
• Housing and administrative procedures (CAF, Action Logement, Visale, etc.)
• Transport
• Everyday life
• Cultural life

A welcome pack including a city map and essential guides to student life in Saint-Etienne

Integration and discovery activities of the territory throughout the year

Partners

The SWD is coordinated by COMUE University of Lyon and locally managed by the International Mobility Office of Jean Monnet University (UJM) with the support of the City of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne Métropole, and CROUS.

The local higher education institutions involved are: Jean Monnet University (UJM), Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (EMSE), Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne (ENISE), Ecole Superior of Art and Design of Saint-Étienne (ESADSE), the National Superior School of Architecture of Saint Etienne (ENSASE), the National Superior School of Social Security (EN3S), the EM Lyon of Saint-Etienne.

Part of the actions are financed by the CVEC.

Dates and times

Office hours at La Comète from September 1st to 29th, 2022
Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Office hours are also planned in the partner establishments involved. Contact your host institution for more information on this subject.

Address and contacts

Students Welcome Desk, Espace-Info Jeunes, La Comète,
7 Avenue Président Emile Loubet, 42000 Saint-Étienne

Contacts

Answers to all your questions from Monday to Thursday (outside office hours):

By phone, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. / 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.: +33 4 77 43 79 68

By email, welcome-student@univ-st-etienne.fr

Chat on https://www.facebook.com/SWDsaintetienne/

Program and information: https://www.facebook.com/SWDsaintetienne/

Back-to-school events

Integration activities will be offered to international students in September and then throughout the year to help them discover the Saint-Etienne and Roanne territory.
In September there will be:

• A welcome evening at La Comète on September 15th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to meet local associations involved in welcoming international students and discover local gastronomy,
• An original visit of Saint-Etienne, a green city!
• An outing for "sensational" activities in the Hautes Chaumes
• An outing to the Geoffroy Guichard stadium to watch an ASSE match and discover the unique atmosphere of the "cauldron"
• Thematic language cafés in several partner bars in Saint-Etienne.

The Students Welcome Desk plays the extensions with activities and times of exchange all year round with in particular the "Universciné" evenings to exchange after a film in VO and discover other cultures! The city of Saint-Etienne also offers activities as part of “Saint-Etienne Welcomes Its Students” (SASE) in October.

Additional programming will be offered in January-February for the winter SWD.

Program and information: https://www.facebook.com/SWDsaintetienne/

Link to SASE program: https://www.facebook.com/saintejeunes

Buddy System

You can be accompanied by a "buddy" in Saint-Étienne!

In some schools, a student sponsorship scheme has also been set up. Contact the international relations department of your establishment.

If you have a master's degree in Saint-Etienne, you can become a Young Ambassador. It is a sponsorship program for international students by business leaders and members of local communities and institutions to discover the city, its activity and develop a project between Saint-Etienne and its country of origin. Information and registration: https://www.jeunes-Ambassadeurs.com/

At Jean-Monnet University, there are also two types of sponsorship (you can combine the three schemes):

The Buddy System, sponsorship between students throughout the duration of the stay, for support and in-depth cultural exchange. Information and registration: https://buddysystem.eu/en/

The UJM GREETERS program to meet members (students and staff) of the Jean Monnet University during a visit to the city, a coffee, a meal, a sporting or cultural activity, to share a bit of its culture, its country and discover in exchange Saint-Etienne and its inhabitants. Information and registration: https://forms.gle/WnSteL2PX8es22VEA