Students

Bon5997 Paris is studentville “par excellence”: with 13 universities, specialist colleges and the prestigious academies known as “Grandes Ecoles”. Welcoming around 300,000 students each year, Paris merits its title of European university capital.

Advantages

Paris City Passport The Paris City Passport

For only 5€, discover a great-value Paris with the Paris City Passport! The Paris City Passport has something for everyone: museums, attractions, excursions, shopping and evenings out… It gives you the opportunity to discover a total of 47 sites selected by the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau while enabling you to benefit from their special offers: discounts from -10% to -50% in the main.

More about the Paris City Passport

The student card means that just by showing it you can get reductions or special rates at the hairdresser’s or in the public transport, in movie theatres, exhibitions, or even certain snack or sandwich shops…

See www.eduparis.net

The RATP “Imagine R” card, reserved for students under age 26, will make it easier for you to use the public transport systems throughout the Parisian and Ile-de-France network. This train pass is also known for its extras and advantages, a substantial list of shops, museums and other addresses offering you reductions just on presentation of the card.

See www.ratp.fr

The SNCF 12-25 card is, in other words, for young people between ages 12 and 25 who want to travel for less and have the benefit of advantages with other SNCF partners.

See www.sncf.com

They are free, numerous and available in student centres in schools, faculties and universities, these weeklies or monthlies that talk to you about what you are interested in: news, music, concerts and fêtes, advantages, lodging, studies, multimedia, culture, reports, interviews, summer jobs, etc. A real source of useful and sophisticated information!

See www.crous-paris.fr

Last, know that Paris has available a student information centre called the [Centre de Documentation et d’Orientation pour la Jeunesse (CIDJ)], which offers you:

  • a reception which is free and anonymous, from Monday to Saturday, all year long, even without an appointment;
  • open use of the resources which offer a large choice of document classified by themes,
  • a bookshop where you can find CIDJ publications and over 800 references in all the areas that interest you;
  • personal interviews with people there to inform you and with specialised CIDJ partners;
  • a “Cyb” centre, with multimedia training workshops.

See www.cidj.com

Explore different neighbourhoods of Paris with real Parisians as your guides (students of tourism, no less), find out their insider tips and hints, exchange impressions and ideas with them over a coffee - amongst other fun activities, this is what’s on offer from the “Club International des Jeunes à Paris” for French and international students living in Paris and Ile de France.

See www.club-international.org

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