Discover all you need to know about student reception in 50 university cities in France

Welcoming international students remains a top priority for France. Every year, Campus France provides students with information sheets on student life and integration in the main university cities in France. These sheets give you all the useful information you need to discover your chosen city and prepare for your arrival in your new French home.

Practical information on student life...

The city guides contain practical information on:

• Welcome services for international students (welcome desks, international sponsorship programs, etc.)
• Housing
• Transportation
• Administrative procedures upon arrival (university enrollment, residence permits, etc.)
• Daily life (banking, health, work/internships, etc.)
• Social life, tourist and cultural activities
• Connecting with the alumni community through the France Alumni network

These sheets are updated annually for the start of the university year and can be viewed in both French and English.

Download Montpellier city guide

…In 50 university cities in France

For the 2025 academic year, you can download the city guides for 50 university cities in mainland France and its overseas territories:

Aix-en-Provence, Albi, Amiens, Angers, Arras et l’Artois (Béthune, Lens, Liévin, Douai), Avignon, Besançon, Bordeaux, Brest, Caen, Chambéry et Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Corte, Dijon, Dunkerque et la Côte d’Opale (Boulogne, Calais, Saint-Omer), Fort-de-France et la Martinique, Grenoble, Cayenne et la Guyane, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille, Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Nîmes, Nouméa et la Nouvelle-Calédonie, Orléans, Paris et l’Ile-de-France, Pau, Perpignan, Pointe-à-Pitre et la Guadeloupe, Poitiers, Reims, Rennes, Rouen, Saint-Denis et La Réunion, Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg, Toulon, Toulouse, Tours, Troyes, Valenciennes.