International Students

UCA (Clermont Auvergne University) welcomes international students.

To start preparing your stay, you will find information on how to join us below:

• Visit the website Etude en France
• Check this page for information on international students at UCA
• Download our UCA Welcome Guide here

 

Studying at the INSPÉ

When you study at the INSPÉ (Higher National Institute for Education and Teaching), you also become a Clermont Auvergne Université (UCA) student as the Inspé is part of UCA.

Check out our courses here


If you come and study at the INSPé, we will welcome you and help get you started :

• Asking for a visa : follow the formalities of your home country at the embassies and consulates in France
  • Go to the Campus France website
  • Go to the CROUS website to learn about their International Student Welcome Centre. The application for a student residence permit is now done online at the following site: https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/ (use Mozilla Firefox). Don't send or deposit a file to the prefecture. The Students Welcome Desk team can inform and guide students in all their daily life procedures, in order to start the academic year well and facilitate their integration. Some aids are available for housing to help you move to France (checklist, here).  

Students Welcome Desk

• Enrolling at Clermont Auvergne University :

You will register once in France, at our office. Online payment is preferable.
Tuition fees for the 2020/2021 academic year are 243€ for a Master’s degree, for both national and international students.

 

• Accomodation :

The INSPÉ has different locations :
- Chamalières in the Puy de Dôme Department (36, av Jean Jaurès - 63407 Chamalières - Tél : +33(0)4 73 31 71 50). It is very close to Clermont-Ferrand.
- Moulins in the Allier Department (28, rue des Geais - 03000 Moulins - Tél. : +33 (0)4 70 35 13 00)
- Le Puy en Velay in the Haute-Loire Department (8, rue Jean Baptiste Fabre - 43011 Le Puy en Velay - Tél : +33 (0)4 71 09 90 50)

The following websites can help you find a place to stay :

- CROUS
- Le boncoin (specify the city where you want to live)
- Les estudiantines (for the Puy de Dôme Department)
- Office de tourisme Royat Chamalières (for the Puy de Dôme Department)
- Clermont Auvergne tourisme (for the Puy de Dôme Department)
- Student Housing by Moulins habitat : http://www.moulinshabitat.fr (for Moulins)
- Student Accomodation in Le Puy en Velay : https://www.location-etudiant.fr/logement-etudiant/Le-Puy-en-Velay-43157.html
- Youth Information Desk at Le Puy en Velay : https://www.pij-velay.org/logement.php
 

• At your arrival at the INSPÉ, you will receive a personalised welcome. Address any question you may have to Vincent Michel, via this e-mail adress : ri.inspe@uca.fr

 

• Living in the Puy de Dôme (Clermont Ferrand / Chamalières)
  • Public transport : site internet de la T2C
  • Bike rental : https://www.c-velo.fr/
  • Useful associations :
    • Lieu'topie
    • Worldtop
  • Clermont Ferrand city website
  • Chamalières website

 

• Living in the Allier (Moulins)
  • Public transport: site internet Aléo
  • Bike rental : http://www.agglo-moulins.fr/services-equipements/mobilites-et-transports/vleo.html
  • Student association : Bouge-toi Moulins via : 0623135872 / https://bougetoimoulins.fr
  • Moulins city website

 

• Living in the Haute Loire (Le Puy en Velay)
  • Public transport: site internet Tudip
  • Bike rental: https://www.agglo-lepuyenvelay.fr/velo-en-velay-presentation/
  • Puy en Velay city website