Accommodation and meals
The accommodation is in one of our residences, in a flat (shared room), or in a host family.
All accommodation locations are equipped with a kitchen. Work exchange participants can prepare their own meals. However, for those who are accommodated in our summer campus without kitchen, we shall provide meals.
For participants accommodated in host families, we provide half board (breakfast and dinner) if they cannot use the kitchen to cook.
Moreover, we offer 50% reduction of public prices at our school restaurant and café for work exchange participants.
More details :
- Please note that you might have to move, from one residence to another, several times during your stay.
- In the summer season, the accommodation could be in a dormitory.
- Deposit: 150 € deposit will be requested upon arrival and will be refunded when you will have completed your work exchange program in accordance with your “practical work experience confirmation”
- Opening of the French bank account:
Please note that you will be ask during the first week of your stay to open an account in a French bank. Of course we help you to open this account providing you with all the documents necessary a bank address as well as a contact person.
This operation is free of charge, having an account in the French bank is very useful because you won’t have to pay any fee to withdraw money with your international credit card. For your information the school gets an allowance for the accommodation of students staying more than three months, (this helps the school providing accommodation for free). To make sure that the students stay in France longer then 3 months, the French government ask the number of students french bank account. If you are not willing to open the account we will unfortunately have to charge you with the accommodation fees.
