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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
For exchange students:
Once you are selected by your university
you will receive an application form and a
“learning agreement”from the International
Relations Office (SRI).
These two documents should be filled in and
signed before your arrival at the URCA. They
should be transmitted to the (SRI):
• at the latest by May 15th for the
exchange students
• before November 1st for the ERASMUS
students coming for the second term
you must demonstrate your level of French
proficiency (European reference B2)
For the international
students intending to
acquire a degree at the URCA :
It is necessary to follow the so - called a
preliminary admission procedure:
• Deadline for international students outside
Europe: from the 1st of December to the
31st January. (As part of this procedure, You
must demonstrate your level of French
proficiency – European reference B2 –
by passing a language test.)
• Deadline for European students: from the
20th of January to the 20th of March.
Visa
If you are not a resident of one of the 30
member countries of the European Economic
Community (EEC), Andorra, Monaco,
Switzerland, San - Marino or the Vatican, you
must acquire a visa (“type D”) before your
arrival. The request must be submitted to
the Consulate or the Embassy of France in
your country at least three months before
your departure.
If you are not a resident of the European
Economic Community and your study period
in France is longer than 3 months, then the
acquisition of a student residence permit is
compulsory once you arrive in France.
>> See Chapter 4, Residence permit.
On the website of Campus France you can
find detailed information concerning the
enrollment procedure, the visa and the
residence permit: www.campusfrance.org
Most of the international students outside
of Europe who intend to earn a degree at
the URCA must go to the “Centre pour
les études en France” (CEF) of Campus
France. Residents from countries without
a CEF procedure should go to the
French Embassy.
>> Check out which procedure you have to
follow on: www.campusfrance.org
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