INFORMATION FOR INCOMING STUDENTS Academic Year 2016

INFORMATIONFORINCOMINGSTUDENTS
AcademicYear2016‐2017
AutumnSemester:September1st2016toJanuary13th 2017
Holidays:October19th toNovember3rd2016 //December17thtoJanuary3rd2017
SpringSemester:January16thtoendofMayorendofJune(FirstYearBTSandDMAstudentshavetodoa5‐7
weekinternshipattheendoftheacademicyear.SecondyearBTSstudentsendtheirclassesmid‐May,andthen
taketheirwrittenandoralexamsupuntiltheendofJune).
Holidays:February4th toFebruary20th2017//April1st toApril18th2017
We’dratherhaveinternationalstudentsduringtheautumnsemesterthanthespringsemester.
Orientation
Anorientationdayfornewforeignexchangestudentsisarrangedatthebeginningofeachsemester.
Deadlineforapplications
May10th:AutumnSemesterandthewholeyear
November10th:SpringSemester
Applications
Applicantsmustsend:
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Aportfolio(PaperorCD)
AcoverletterinFrench(ifpossible)
Aletterofreference(inFrenchorEnglish)
ACV
Aphoto
AcopyoftheirpassportorIDcard
Atranscriptofrecentacademicrecords
Theapplicationformfilledoutavailabletodownloadonourwebsite:http://www.ecole‐
boulle.org/page/international
ToAnnickLety
InternationalCoordinator
9ruePierreBourdan
75571ParisCédex12
annick.lety@ecole‐boulle.org
Decisionswillbesentupto4weeksafterthedeadline.
Fees
Studentsapplyingthroughapartneruniversitydonothavetopayanyadditionalfees.Forotherstudents,theprice
ofasemesteris1300eurosforEuropeanstudentsand1600eurosfornon‐Europeanstudents.
Courselanguage
AllcoursesaretaughtinFrench.
StudentswhowishtocometoEcoleBoullemusthaveafairlevelofFrench(B2equivalent)
EcoleBoulleoffersaweekly2hourFrenchlessonforallforeignexchangestudents.
Courses
Coursesareorganisedonafull‐timeweeklyschedule.Thestudyprogrammeisorganizedbytheschool;students
arenotatwilltochoosetheirownschedule.
TheGradingSystem
EcoleBoulleusesboththeFrenchandtheECTSgradingsystem.
TheFrenchGradingsystemspansbetween1and20.Allmarksabove9areconsideredapassandthereforea
validationforECTSpoints.
ECTS
TheEuropeanCreditTransferSystem(ECTS)referstothestandardstudyattainmentandperformanceofhigher
educationstudents.30creditsareawardedtoeachcompletedsemester,and60foracompleteschoolyear.
Generalinformation
Visas
ApplicantsfromtheEuropeanUnion,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,Switzerland,MonacoorAndorradonotneed
avisatostudyinFrance.
Studentscomingfromothercountriesneedtoapplyforastudentvisa.VisasareissuedbytheFrenchConsulatein
yourhomecountry.Itisrecommendedtoapplyforavisaonreceptionoftheacceptanceletterasinsome
countriesthisproceduretakestime.
Socialsecurity&healthinsurance
YoumusthavesocialsecuritycoverifyouintendtostayinFranceformorethanthreemonths.Formore
informationandtocheckyoursituationpleasevisithttp://www.lmde.com/etudiants‐etrangers/foreign‐ students.html Housing
StudentsattendingEcoleBoulleareresponsibleforfindingtheirownaccommodation.Youmayhavedifficulties
findingshort‐termaccommodation.Herearesomehelpfullinksandideasforfindingsomewheretostay:
Advertisementsforrooms,studioapartmentsandotherlodgingsforstudents:
www.crous‐paris.fr/BddLogement.asp?idcat=AADCB
FrenchYouthHostels
www.fuaj.org(aubergesdejeunessedeFrance)
Classifiedadvertisements,mainlyinFrenchhttp://www.leboncoin.fr/locations/offres/ile_de_france/?f=a&th=1
Don’tforgetthatinordertorentaroomorflatyoumaybeaskedforathirdpartyguarantor,1month’sdepositin
advanceandacertificateofinsuranceifyou’renotrentingaroomfromahomeowner.
LacitéinternationaleuniversitairedeParis:http://www.ciup.fr/maisons/houses‐admission/