University of Bordeaux

The International Office has dedicated International Mobility services to welcome international exchange students and each main campus also has Student Life Centres, whose mission is to support and inform students before and during their mobility period in Bordeaux. Topics include: registration processes, student integration, French classes, student file management and follow-up, scholarship and accommodation requests, Erasmus programme agreements, etc.

If you are a PhD student or a researcher, you may contact the Welcome Centre for International Researchers.

• A variety of options are available, including the following: university residences, halls of residence/residential hotels and private rental.
• Independent mobility: If you wish to apply for a room in the university residence, you must complete an application on the Internet site of the Regional Centre of Student Social Services (CROUS) before the end of April.
• Exchange Programme: Erasmus students and international students within an exchange programme may apply for a room in the university residence. 
• The University of Bordeaux has launched a platform, Studapart where thousands of dwellings (private owners, residences, real estate agencies) are available on the various sites of the university.

A total of 38 university libraries (representing 4,000 seats) may be found throughout the campus sites. Open to students, tutors, researchers, employees and people from outside the university; they cover all the disciplines taught at the University of Bordeaux.

The University of Bordeaux offers a digital work environment. Each student has a digital identity, and is thus able to access the digital services and messaging system. The messaging system may be consulted remotely. The university provides its users with wireless access points (Wi-Fi) to the IT network on the University of Bordeaux campuses.