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Profile: PhD student
Visas for PhD students and Researchers
A residence permit gives you the right to stay in France. It’s delivered by the Prefecture in your place of residence in France.
Finding accommodation for PhD students and Researchers
To find accommodation, you can use the list of temporary accommodation in Nancy and Metz. You can also go by way of a real-estate agency.
European Euraxess Network
The Euraxess centers of the University of Lorraine can assist you in all stages of your stay in Lorraine: formalities for entering and staying in France, help with finding accommodation, enrolling for health cover, opening a bank account, information about your children’s schooling and all aspects of daily life.
Coming with your family
If you are coming to France with your family (spouse and/or children), you will have to carry out the procedures required to organize childcare and/or schooling for your minor child(ren). Depending on your child(ren)’s age, you will find practical information to guide you through the steps you will need to take in France.
Research clusters and Research laboratories
With 60 research units divided into ten thematic scientific clusters, the Université de Lorraine covers a wide range of disciplinary fields.
Traveling in Lorraine
For your daily and one-off journeys in the Grand Est, the Region provides you with transport services by regional coaches and trains. Special fares and subscriptions are available to students.
Research policy
Université de Lorraine covers all scientific fields: Science and Technology, Life and Environmental Sciences and Human and Social Sciences, through 60 research units.
Taxes in France for PhD students and researchers
You’ve received a salary in France, paid by a French organization, you engage in a professional activity, salaried or otherwise, and France is your country of residence (for more than 183 days a year): then you must submit a tax return to the French tax authorities every year.