Useful information

Université de Lorraine covers all scientific fields: Science and Technology, Life and Environmental Sciences and Human and Social Sciences, through 60 research units.

If you’re a citizen of a NON-EU country, the residence permit is mandatory.
Once you’re in France, depending on the type of visa you’ve been issued, you must carry out residence formalities in order to be authorized to live in the country with “Student” or “Researcher Talent Passport” status.

Why do sport?
– To stay in good physical and moral health
– To make friends by sharing common activities
– To unwind, manage your stress levels, sleep better … and above all, enjoy yourself!

A multi-service card delivered to all students, PhD-students, staff employed by the Université de Lorraine, temporary teaching staff and hosted staff once their administrative registration process is complete.

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.

Many French public services, such as the Préfecture, will request translations of your official documents (birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc). Here are lists of sworn translators.

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.

Lorraine is well served by trains and international flights.

You’ve arrived in France with a VLS-TS; within the 3 months following your arrival, you must validate your visa in order to give it the full value of a residence permit, i.e. so that it will give you the same rights

A residence permit gives you the right to stay in France. It’s delivered by the Prefecture in your place of residence in France.