University of Poitiers

Student life is not just limited to studying. Students also want and need to meet other people, to go out, to discover new things and to participate in events in order to learn and to develop their personalities. Discovering the world should also mean enjoyment and fun on campus and in town.

In order to increase its openness to other people and places, the University has joined forces with local and regional actors in order to reach out to the public sphere. This is the case for the Poitiers concert theater (“TAP”), the Beaulieu Events Centre (“Centre d’Animation de Beaulieu”), and also for the “Festival A Corps” (which brings together professional and amateur choreographers and dancers each year).

The Poitiers University libraries (BU) provide resources for all courses. You will find:

• More than 800,000 books and 6,000 journals;
• Numerous electronic resources accessible by logging in from university’s computer workstations 
• National reference collections for the medieval period;
• The possibility of consulting more than 30,000 documents published before 1830 via the Old Collections service

• All students enrolled at the University of Poitiers are automatically given an e-mail address, a mailbox and a personalized, secure virtual desk
• Free access computer rooms are available in the faculty buildings. WiFi internet connection is available on all university sites.

Social workers are available at both the Student Health Care Centre (SIUMPPS) and Crous . Their mission is to welcome, listen and provide information on specific student legislation to help students with personal, family, financial or school-related problems.