Living in France

Cost of living

		NICE	LILLE
Student Health Insurance	year	217	217
Bedroom in a flat	month	from 450	from 300
private flat	month	from 550 to ...	from 400
Private student residence	month	from 460 to 700	from 420
House insurance	year	from 50	from 50
Electricity	month	from 50	from 40
landline phone + wifi connexion	month	20-40	30-40
Local tax	year	one month rent	one month rent
bus pass	year	150-230/year	from 28/month
Food budget	month	230	150-200
Meal at EDHEC snack bar	1	6.50	6
Sandwich	1	from 4	from 3.5
a coffee	1	1.5	1.5

* Some of the above-mentioned prices are estimates, which may vary depending on each student's way of life

Visa validation / Residence permit renewal

Administrative procedure

Once in France, the EDHEC International Students Office will help you for the official procedures: either the visa validation or the residence permit renewal.

Do not send any document to the office of immigration or do not go to the prefecture, EDHEC ISO will organize everything.

Students coming just for one semester may have a visa, which does not need to be validated.

Visa validation

Your visa has to be validated within the 3 months after you entered France.

The French consulate gave you an OFII form with your visa: keep it carefully. OFII = Office Français de l’Immigration et de l’Intégration (French office of immigration and integration)
When arriving in France or in the Schengen space (depending on your flight schedule) ask the customs officer to stamp your passport
For the welcome day (administrative file session) bring a proof of accommodation, a copy of your passport, visa and custom stamp and the original OFII form. We will explain how to fill it in.
EDHEC ISO will collect all files and send them to the immigration office.
Immigration will send you a notification for an appointment in order to validate your visa.
OFII will require administrative costs

Cost of visa validation per category

Visa or residence permit extension

If you need to extend or renew your long stay visa or residence permit in France while you are a student at EDHEC, the EDHEC ISO will organize the process in connection with the prefecture.

Work in France / Internship

Jobs

Full year International Students with a long stay visa are allowed to work maximum 964 hours per year (that means 60% of the annual legal duration of working hours).

The period starts from the 1st day of the visa validation or of the residence permit.For more information: Foreign students and work

Internship

All international students can do internships in France. The only condition is to have an internship contract (convention de stage), that will be provided by the EDHEC Student Career Center (only for full year students).

An internship is not considered as a job by the French law.

About EDHEC

Operating from campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, EDHEC is one of the world’s top 20 business schools. Fully international and directly connected to the business world, EDHEC is a school for business, rather than a business school, where excellence in teaching and research focuses on innovation to stimulate entrepreneurship and creativity. For business from birth and dedicated to business, EDHEC makes entrepreneurs for life, able to remodel or create successful businesses wherever they work.
EDHEC functions as a genuine laboratory of ideas and produces innovative solutions valued by businesses. The School’s teaching philosophy, inspired by its award-winning research activities, focuses on “learning by doing”.