Reception of international students when they arrive at urca (degree seeking students)

You are foreign and your application to be admitted on to one of the courses on offer at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne has been accepted. You now have to do several things to be able to come and study at our university.

For several years, the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne has had a One Stop Shop to help you with these steps.

From the beginning of the 2019 academic year, non-European students who are enrolling for the first time on a higher education programme at a university in France will have to pay annual tuition fees: €2,770 for a degree and €3,770 for a master's degree.
URCA has set up an exemption scheme enabling you to pay the same tuition fees as European students.

WHEN?

The Guichet Unique (one stop shop) will be open from 25 August to 25 September 2020, from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The URCA will accept the registration of international students until October 15.

WHERE?

URCA international students arriving in France for the first time will be welcomed at Guichet Unique (one-stop shop) - Espace Reims Campus, 31 Rue du Général Sarrail in Reims.

WHAT DOES THE ONE STOP SHOP DO?

At the one stop shop, international students arriving for the first time in Champagne-Ardenne will be able to get help with their administrative procedures, and in particular those relating to:

the Student Life and Campus Contribution (CVEC),
social security and top-up health insurance,
public transport in the Reims conurbation,
CROUS accommodation (university halls of residence or not), university canteens and CROUS cafeterias, CVEC),
associations, some of which will be available to you to give you information about their activities and in particular those put in place for international students.

Visit the Champagne-Ardenne CROUS website, and you will find all the answers to your questions.

STEP 1

Paying the Student Life and Campus Contribution (CVEC) to CROUS is a mandatory step before you enrol at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Confirmation of payment of the CVEC will be requested when you visit the One Stop Shop.

As of 2 May, 2019, you can do this:

By paying online by credit card by clicking on the following link: get my CVEC code;
By cash payment at the counter of a French post office: after declaring online that you want to pay in cash, you must go to a post office with your nominal payment advice to be able to pay the CVEC. You will then receive an e-mail within 2 days inviting you to download your conformation that you have paid the CVEC.

STEP 2

At the One Stop Shop, an appointment will be given for your administrative enrolment with the department that accepted your application for the new academic year.

Please ensure you bring:

the original copy of your acceptance letter,
original copies of your qualifications and a translation of them,
original copies of your grades and a translation of them,
your passport,
confirmation that you have paid the CVEC.

After checking these documents, you will receive an enrolment form.

STEP 3

You will need to go to the appointment arranged with the department's academic affairs service to complete your administrative enrolment.