Welcome at:

Bordeaux : Weather : 150 days/year

+ than 2 000 hrs/year

Oceanic climate : mild winters and hot

summers

A tourist town!

◗Tourist information:
bordeaux-tourisme.com

Useful information on news,

events, etc.:
bordeaux.fr
A rich cultural heritage:

45 mn

Dune du Pyla
Famous vineyards:
Pomerol, Margaux,
Saint-Emilion…

Bordeaux historical center

Less than Bay of Arcachon

2 hs ½

Perigord
Basque country
Pyrenees
Gastronomy Spanish frontier
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 Finance :

Cost of living Students jobs University social

assistance

• Accomodation : about 400 € Opportunity jobs include childcare, tutoring Exemption of registration fees or
• Food (RU) : 200 € (ie. languages classes), seasonal social aid
• Recreation : 50 € agricultural work (apples, grapes...).
Cinema : 8-9 € A unique application file
Restaurant : 15-20€ The University may also recruit students. available on the University website or
Drink : 4-5 € Ask the students life office. at the Students life office
• Phone : 20 €
• Insurances : 40-50€ Work and visa? See specific eligibility criterias
In most cases, it is possible to work
= 700 € / month up to 60% of a full-time job,
or no more than 964 hours Any social problem?
in a year.
Be careful the first month!
Meet the social worker for Talence campus
Jennifer Caumont
As there are some extra costs as
registration fees, health insurance, On Monday and Thursday
security deposit… 9.30 AM -12.00 PM
1. 30 PM – 4.00 PM

Bât . A22 –Rez de chaussée

Previous appointment required

http://crous-bordeaux.fr/
Accomodation :
Accomodation Financial aid Rental payment
guarantee

CROUS University residence : You may benefit from a student You may benefit from the aid system
Classic room: 140 € accommodation aid from the CAF provided by the Regional Council of
Renovated room : 230 € (Caisse d’allocations familiales – Aquitaine (Conseil Régional d’Aqui-
T1 apartment : 330 € Family Benefits Agency). taine) for these security/guarantee
Application between 15th of January requirements.
and 30th April Complete your application on-line via
the website: Consult their website for
Private student residence : further details:
About 600€ (all included) www.caf.fr
www.cle.aquitaine.fr
Private apartments:
T1 apartment downtown : about 500 €
+ deposit (and possible real estate Any question?
agency fees)
Meet the CAF on the
Talence campus
until 19th of September
You don’t have an an
accomodation yet? (bât. A22)
The students life office
can help you

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 Food:
➔ University Restaurants (RU) and cafeterias of
the Talence campus :
- La Soucoupe (Building A22) : sandwichs, salads or classic formula 3,20€
(starter+ main course+ dessert)
Monday to Friday : 7.45am - 6pm (except Friday : 5pm)
- The RU 1 (tram stop: Arts et Métiers)
Monday to Friday : 11.30am - 1.30pm
and 6.30pm - 8pm
The Aquipass card,
Cafeteria : 7.30am - 6.30pm a student passport that offers
many services:

-To pay at the RU (it can be loaded in

specific points in the RU with a credit
card)
-To take out books at the library

➔ Coffee-shops, restaurants, bakeries :

- Meals of the day (about 10€), formulas to take-away (about 6€),
sandwiches (about 4,50€)

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 Transport:
Infotbc.com
By bus or
tramway
Within Bordeaux and CUB
•Pass Jeune for 1 year= 17 €/a month By bicycle
•Pass Jeune month after month: = 28,90 € /a
month
•Tickarte 10 trips for students = 6,60 € Self-service bicycle : VCUB
•Tickarte 1trip : 1,40 €
infotbc.com By train
139 bicycle stations
A, B et C tramway lines run from 5.00 AM Deposit 200 €
to 00.30 AM (and up to 1.15 AM on First half hour free
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays). 15 € a year with a subscription Voyages-sncf.com
Tramways run every 10 minutes on average, 4 € a month with a subscription
and every 6 minutes from 7.00 AM to 8.00 SNCF : national train compagny
PM. Bordeaux city TER Aquitaine : regional train

Campus Talence : Bicycle house

Tramway line B, Peixoto / Béthanie/Arts et Free rent for 1 year Car-sharing
Métiers stops Deposit 180 €
Down town (Victoire) : 14 min covoiturage.fr
69 cours Pasteur à Bordeaux
Bus lines 8, 10, 20, 34, 87, 21, 35
05 56 33 73 75
Outside Bordeaux and through Gironde
transgironde.gironde.fr
2,50€ one way full tarif
2,50€ return ticket during Summers
 The University of Bordeaux
Key figures
Created on the 1st of January, 2014, from the merger of the Universities of Bordeaux 1, 2 and 4

+ 50000 students

12% foreign students

President :
+ 5000 research, teaching and administrative staff Manuel Tunon de
Lara
3 main campus (Bordeaux, Pessac and Talence) and some delocalized sites

The University organisation:

SOME KEY PEOPLE
Teaching Research
Sciences and
Sciences and
Technologies
Technologies College
Department
Law, Politics, Economics
Life and health
and Management
sciences Department
College
Social and human
Vice-presidents Health sciences College
Student Vice- sciences Department
president
International Teaching Univ. life
Relations R. Manoury Human sciences College
V. Dousset A. Braquelaire N. Rascle

+ IUT, ESPE and ISVV

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 The Talence campus :
a dynamic and pleasant campus

A rich natural and

historical patrimony

A privileged place of study with

green spaces

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 Many services for a
quality student life

Cultural office
Students life International office
office

Guichet Unique – GU
PHASE One-stop office
office

Sport office

Campus of Talence
Social
worker

Nurse

Library
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 Studying

Your library for science and technology

Allée Baudrimont
Tram B, Arts et métiers
Opening hours :
Monday to Friday : 8.30am - 9pm
Saturday : 9am - 5pm

You can find

Numerous books, reviews and A digital workspace :
publications, including on-line the ENT
resources
Wide opening hours
Work individual spaces Through your ENT, you can
Self-service computers access on-line documents, read
Printing and copying machines your e-mails, your schedule,
examinations dates, and much
more.
More than 40 libraries cover all
University domains and subjects
and are located throughout all
the campuses.

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PHASE service

Aimed at
Contact
- Disabled students,
Karine VERDEAU
- Top-level sport students,
Tel. 05 40 00 35 59
- Confirmed artists. karine.verdeau@u-bordeaux.fr
- Elected students
Bât. A22 / Hall rdc

Monday-Friday: 9-12.30 pm, 1.30-5 pm

What does it offer ?

- Personal accompaniment all along the year

- Arrangements for classes or examinations.
- Human or technical help

> In order to combine studies and extra university constraints

Worker students,
with family responsabilities,
under a doble study program,

can also be acompanied by the

Licence Department.

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Health

Student health center

13 avenue Pey-Berland à Pessac
Tram B - Arrêt Doyen Brus
Tel. 05 56 04 06 06

Without appointment
Nursing care
Social worker Tel: 05 35 00 07 09

With appointment
Visits to a general practitioner or specialists (psychologist, gynaecologist, sport medicine, etc.)

Students do not have to advance costs

 Les Petits Paniers Campus

Facebook pages :
Les Petits Paniers Campus ; Fruits Légumes Victoire ; Fruits Légumes
Carrière

Weekly basket of seasonal fruits and vegetables

for 5€

The order has to be done the week before.

• On the Talence campus : Thursday 12.15 -1.45 pm near the Guichet Unique
 A nurse on the Talence Campus
Catherine Taormina

Tel : 05 40 00 36 81

catherine.taormina@u-
catherine.taormina@u-bordeaux.fr

Schedule

Monday-Friday : 8-12 pm Bât. A22 RDC

In front of Amphi Franklin.
(except of Wednesday afternoon) 1-4.40 pm

Sophrology by appointment

Monday, Thursday and Friday 1 pm or 2 pm

Sport
• SUAPS
• SERVICE UNIVERSITAIRE DES ACTIVITES PHYSIQUES ET SPORTIVES

More than 50 activities… with different ways of practice

(as free play, with a recognition in the study program, or in competition)

›Athletics,
›Team sports: basketball, football, rugby, handball, volley, futsal...
›Racket sports: tennis, table tennis, squash, Basque pelota, badminton ...
›Gymnastics: floor and bar exercises, stretching ...
›Water sports: swimming, water polo, scuba-diving, kite surf, kayak, surf...
›Dance: contemporary dance, modern Jazz, rock and roll, salsa...
›Combat sports: judo, jiu jitsu, lutte, taekwondo, French boxing...
›Weight/fitness training
›Outside activities: skiing, snowboarding

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Sport

More information
http://www.u-bordeaux.fr/Profils/Etudiant/Sport

Sport office for Talence campus:

Bât A 22 RDC Tel. 05 40 00 63 69
Monday and Tuesday : 12-2 pm
Wednesday: 12 - 5.30 pm
Thursday : 9 am -1.35 pm /2-5.30 pm
Friday : 9 am-1.35 pm /2-4 pm

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 Culture

Cultural workshops
Supervised by professionals:

Choreographic workshop
Contemporary dance
Theater
Singing class
Rock
Percussions Cultural week
University orchestra From 17th to 24th of
Photography September
Drawing and animated illustration
… To discover cultural workshops, but also
Pessac your campus in all its cultural glory
site visits, concerts, film screenings.

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Culture
More cultural events organized,
on the campuses and free of charge: More information
festivals (« Moissons d’avril »,
Campulsations), science cafés, concerts, www.u-bordeaux.fr/Vie-des-
exhibitions.. campus/Culture
facebook Culture-Campus-Bordeaux

Keep informed

culture@u-bordeaux.fr
newsletter
…
cultural agenda

Contacts :
Talence : Anne Lassègues , Château Bonnefont - Bât A37- Tel. 05 40 00 24 21
 Student associations

➔ Over 60 student associations at UB

Field of study associations, cultural/sport/humanitarian
associations..
Offer many activities all along the academic year.

➔ Some examples of activities

• Conferences
• Meeting with professionals
• Workshops within schools
• Discovery flield trips
• A community garden The FSDIE ?
• Intergration weeks
A University fund to encourage
students initiatives and to bring
Life students office – Lucie Ouvrard them individually a financial aid
Bât A 22 RDC Tel. 05 40 00 60 38 if needed.
8.30 am to 12.30 pm – 1.30 to 5.00 pm
bve.talence@u-bordeaux.fr

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 Welcoming events
➔ Discovery field trips
All along the year (1-2 a month)
Next dates: 20th and 27th of September 2014
Vineyards
Registration from 18th of September, 2014
➔ Campus day
Presentation of all services and activities offered to students (sport,
culture, etc.)
18th of September 2014, Victoire campus
➔ « Bordeaux accueille ses étudiants »
Free visit of the town
4th of October 2014
Registration until 28th of September on the town website
➔ « Face à facs »
Welcoming eve for Talence students
7th of October 2014
Registration on the town website

More events organized by students association:

➔ International mobility day and international dating
23th September, 2014, from 3.30 pm, Haut-Carré, Talence
matthieu.lansade@fedealienor.fr
➔ Field trips and parties all along the year More information at the
Students life office
interactionbdx@gmail.com
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 Guichet Unique – GU
One-stop office

Welcome you,
Inform you,
Support you

M-Chantal Gipoulou Josiane Heurteboust

Responsible of the GU Marie-France Pellicier
Véronique Gabaix
Welcome officers
Guichet Unique

Monday-Thursday: 8.30-6 pm
Friday: 8.30-4 pm
Chapitre 2
From 8am during examinations.

Tel. 05 40 00 84 84
guichet.unique@u-bordeaux.fr
 International Office
Contacts for incoming students taking part in one of our international programs

Audrey SIDOBRE
Master MER M ER Master FAME Doctorate IDS Fun-Mat

Deborah DIDIO
Master, Doctorate ALGANT Master tropEd

Christopher NIESEN
Master, Doctorate ALGANT, Master tropEd, Master MER, Master FAME,
Doctorate IDS Fun-Mat

Nicole HASCOET
Master Productique internationale (franco-chinois)

Mélanie LECOUVEY
Erasmus+

Anna GERYKOVA
Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (BMU-MID, MID, GreenIT, GreenTECH, EU-METALIC II,
UNetBA, PUEDES, EUSA_ID), CREPUQ, bilateral cooperation, French course

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