France

Always wanted to study in France? Eat baguettes while sitting in a park in front of the Eiffel
tower, have an apartment in the middle of Paris. Well, now you can. Weve researched
everything you need to know to study in Paris, the capitol of France. From the trip to the
entertainment there, here is your guide to studying in Paris.

INFORMATION ABOUT FRANCE
Currency: Euro
Most visited country in the world (83 million
tourists in 2012)
President: Franois Hollande
Total surface area: 640,679 km2
Population: 66,616,416 inhabitants
GDP(nominal) per capita: 36,453

THE TRIP TO FRANCE
The next step is actually getting to France. You can go by plane, or by train. The cheapest plane
ticket for economy class from Schiphol Amsterdam to Charles de Gaulle Paris is 177,17 from
the SAS(Scandinavian Airlines) and the most expensive is 1926,75 from Smart Wings. The
flight from Amsterdam to Paris from SAS first goes to Copenhagen and then to Paris. The flight
information is listed below:
Outbound flight SK 552 SAS- Scandinavian Airlines
Total travel time 1h 25m
Outbound Tue 2/09 10:25 Amsterdam, Schiphol
Arrival Tue 2/09 11:50 Copenhagen
Class Economy
Aircraft Airbus A320
Total miles 635

Wait 55m
Outbound flight SK 567 SAS- Scandinavian Airlines
Outbound Tue 2/09 12:45 Copenhagen
Arrival Tue 2/09 14:40 Paris, Charles de Gaulle
Total travel time 1h 55m
Class Economy
Aircraft Airbus A320
Total time 4h 15m
Total miles 1004

If you dont want to go by plane, you can also travel to Paris with the Thalys train, which is
much cheaper. One ticket for the Thalys train costs 35,- for a person between the ages of 12
and 25, the costs for youths(12-25) and adults(26-59) are the same. Further information is listed
below:
Departure Tue 2/09 13:33 Schiphol, Amsterdam
Arrival Tue 2/09 16:35 Paris Nord
Total time 3h 2m
First apartment
Price 2
nd
class adult or youth 35,-
Price 1
st
class adult or youth 79,-
Seat reservation included

FINDING AN APARTMENT
As a student with hardly to no income at all, it can be hard finding an apartment. There are
several ways you can find cheap housing in Paris, one is to go and look for it yourself. On
www.parisrental.com you can find apartments in all the districts in Paris for different prices.
We chose three apartments to show you, the cheapest furnished, one unfurnished and one in
the mid-price range. All of these apartments are 1 bedroom apartments.
The first one is the cheapest, already furnished, apartment. It includes a living room, fully
equipped kitchen, 1 shower, 1 toilet, a washing machine and a TV.
(http://www.parisrental.com/furnished-apartments/rue-jouffroy-d-abbans-paris-17-
39670.html)
Address Rue Jouffroy dAbbans 75071 Paris
Metro Wagram
Surface area 24 m
Monthly rent 1,050 (maintenance charges included)
Floor 6
th
floor with elevator
Furniture IKEA

















The second one is a stylish apartment in the 16
th
district of Paris, and it is also already
furnished. It includes a living room, 1 bathroom(bathtub and shower), 1 toilet, a washing
machine, dish washer, linen, a TV and gorgeous wooden beams.
(http://www.parisrental.com/furnished-apartments/rue-desaugiers-paris-16-33276.html)
Address Rue Dsaugiers 75016 Paris
Metro Michiel-Ange Auteuil
Surface area 45 m
Monthly rent 1,400
Floor 1
st
floor without elevator
Furniture modern
Second apartment
Third apartment




















The last one is an unfurnished apartment in the 16
th
district of Paris, and includes a double
living room, 1 shower and 1 toilet. (http://www.parisrental.com/unfurnished-apartments/rue-
de-musset-paris-16-45963.html)
Adress Rue de Mussel 75016 Paris
Metro Exelmans
Surface area 42 m
Monthly rent 1,250
Floor 2
nd
floor with elevator
Furniture none
















There is also another way to find housing in Paris, and this website is specifically for students.
www.parisforstudents.com offers help with finding a cheap apartment. How does it work? You
first have to fill in an application file where you tell them what your housing preferences are,
your budget, you show them your acceptance letter so they know that you are a student, your
passport and your financial guarantee documents(pay slip, employers certificate, bank
statement). Your accommodation manager will then give you advice that corresponds to your
housing preferences. To complete the housing reservation, you must make a payment to
Parisforstudents and to your landlord for your first months rent and security deposit. All the
properties have been visited and hand-picked. Go to their website and fill in the form to see
which houses are available.

What is also important to know is that it is required by French law to get insurance for your
apartment, even if you rent. These are a couple of organizations offering student housing
insurance:
-LMDE
-Assistance Etudiants
-Most major banks also offer housing insurance. Please ask your bank for more information.

Utilities(monthly):
Basic utilities for a 85 m apartment like electricity, heating, water and garbage costs 171,13 per
month. 1 minute of prepaid mobile tariff Local costs about 0,24 and internet(6 MBps,
Unlimited Data and Cable/ADSL) costs 29,81 per month.



FOOD
Paris, or France in general is well known for her food. From cultural delights like the tartiflette
to the classic croissants and pain au chocolat. There are plenty of bakeries in Paris full of bread
and crperies to fulfil you desires, but for the economical few, we have made a list of the
average prices of food in restaurants and in markets in Paris, using numbeo.com.
Restaurants
Meal, inexpensive restaurant 12,00
Meal for 2, Mid-range restaurant, three
course
50,00
Combo meal at McDonalds or similar 7,75
Domestic beer(0.5 litre) 6,00
Imported beer(0.33 litre) 5,00
Cappuccino 3,41
Coke/Pepsi (0.33 litre) 3,00
Water(0.33 litre) 1,95

Markets
Milk(1 litre) 1,09
Loaf of bread(500g) 1,63
Rice(1kg) 1,82
Eggs(12) 3,31
Local cheese(1kg) 15,49
Chicken breasts(1kg) 13,08
Metro lines Paris
Apples(1kg) 2,88
Oranges(1kg) 2,73)
Potatoes(1kg) 2,02
Tomatoes(1kg) 2,94
Lettuce(1 head) 1,40
Water(1,5 litre bottle) 0,96
Bottle of wine(mid-range) 6,00
Domestic beer(0.5 litre bottle) 1,64
Imported beer(0.33 litre bottle) 2,06


CLOTHES
Fashion is a big deal in Paris, but for those with less cash we found the perfect places to shop
quality clothes for a lower price. The average pair of jeans in Paris costs about 89,95, the
average pair of Nike shoes 84,20. At Mistigriff, a designer seconds outlet, some of the best
known names in fashion are discounted bu 25-85%. At Ding Fring you can get Levis for just 16
euros and at Kooka Stock you can get dresses for 20 and T-shirts for 9. Below is a list of
addresses to our cheap Paris shopping tips.
Mistigriff 83-85 rue St-Charles
Ding Fring 340 rue de Pyrnes
Andr 106, rue de Rivoli
Viseart 58 rue Charlot
Puces de Montreuil Avenue du Professeur-Andr-Lemierre
Rue Meslay Rue Meslay, 3
rd
district
Guerrisol 19, 29 & 31 avenue de Clichy
Kooka Stock 82 rue Raumur
TRAVELLING IN PARIS
Want to get from one place to the other, and youre too tired
to walk through the districts of Paris? No problem, there are
buses and taxis driving through the city and you can always
hop in the metro. If you happen to own your own car, the
average gas price in Paris is 1,63. Taxis cost 3,10 from the
start and then 2,24 per km.




Metro:
Paris has about 300 metro stations, 16 lines and their entrances are marked with a yellow M.
Every line has its own colour, which are also shown at the entrance of every station. A one way
ticket for the metro costs about 6 euro, but if you are between the ages of 12 and 26 you can get
a discount on a year pass called Carte Imagine'R for the metro lines. The prices are adjusted
to your personal package.
Bus:
With over 59 routes, the busses in Paris can take you anywhere. A book of 10 tickets costs
about 7,55.

ENTERTAINMENT
In Paris there are several forms of entertainment available.
First of all there are plenty of museums available, the Louvre
is the most popular one. A day ticket to the Louvre costs 12,-
but it is free if you are 18-25 years old. A year pass is 15 for 18-
25 year olds, and 35 for 26-29 year olds. There are also
opportunities for clubbing and music festivals like the
marvellous island festival and the monthly parties in club
Haussman. In France there are multiple service providers that
have international broadcasters in there packages. They include the BBC, Discovery Science,
ESPN America, Eurosport and National Geographic. France also offers you English newspapers
like the international Herald Tribune and The Connexion, and of course the Times. There is a
variety of magazines, the most popular in Paris are the fashion ones, but there are also other
international magazines like the economist available.

UNIVERSITIES
Some of the best universities on the world are located in
Paris. To get in one of those universities you have to apply at
the service de scolarit of the school with a copy of your
diploma. To be able to study in Paris you have to have a
decent level of French, which you have to show when
making a DALF test(Diplme Approfondi de Langue
Franaise). You can take this test in Amsterdam in the
Maison Descartes, or at the university you want to go to. To
attend the higher education institutes in France you have to
have a VWO-diploma. Consult with the University of your liking as to which criteria they
follow.

The next question is how much it would cost. The average study in Paris is about 300 per
year, the licence-programs cost 177, master-program 245 and the Doctorat-program 372 per
year. Many Grand-coles are free but are hard to get into. You can also try to get a scholarship,
like the Erasmusbeurs which tries to improve relationships between EU countries.