Lille (FR)
Université de Lille
Before arrival, visa application for non European students
You should make sure that your passport is valid for the whole duration of the programme.
Enquire about visa formalities at the nearest embassy or consulate: check here for addresses. Make sure you start the your visa application as soon as possible, since in some cases it may take a few months.
Visa: Your will need a long-stay student visa, with residence permit (VLS-TS). You can contact the nearest Campus France Agency, where you will find useful help to get your visa (https://www.campusfrance.org/en/the-different-types-of-visas). You also have to contact the nearest French embassy or consulate. You will have to provide the ASC invitation letter to the competent authorities. When requested, the ASC Master Office in Lille will provide letters in French to the embassy in order to support your visa application and can also be contacted by the embassy in case further information is required to process your visa application. Upon arrival at the University of Lille, you’ll get help from administrative officers to register with the French Immigration and Integration Office (OFII) and obtain your residence permit.
More details are available in the website of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs :
getting a visa
For mobility within the ASC network during the 2-year programme:
- When coming back to France from a European country for a stay of over 3 months, you will again need to obtain a visa before entering France. You will need an invitation letter from the ASC office in Lille.
- For mobility from France to your next host university, see here the addresses of foreign embassassies and consulates in France and contact them for information. You will need an invitation letter from the next host university.
- When going back to your home country before reaching your next host university (any one):
- if you apply in Europe, make sure you start the process early enough to collect your visa before leaving to your home country;
- if you plan to apply in your country, make sure it will be possible to obtain a visa within the possibly short time that you will spend there.
Living in Lille
For all practical information about life in Lille or on Lille1 campus, please refer to ULile’s International Relations Office webpage.
Usefull guides:
Study at the University of Lille
International student survival guide
Housing Options
There are diffent type of halls of residence on Lille 1 campus. Refer to above links for details and contact the ASC office.
Housing assistance
A room can be booked for you in a hall of residence. As soon as you are selected in the ASC master, you will receive all necessary information to apply for accommodation.
Housing application deadline(s)
Deadline for winter semester : May 15th
Deadline for spring semester: November 15th
Cost estimates per month (in EURO)
Housing : From 210 € / month (for a room in the halls) to 570 € (for a furnished studio flat)
Meal : 3.10 € per meal
Books : 70 €
Local Transportation : 30€/ month
Health Insurance : 211 € / year
Optional supplementary health insurance : from 85 € to 300 € / year
Registration fees: Click here
Fees should not deter you from applying: each year tuition fee waivers are awarded basee on outstanding study records and/or financial needs.
Comparable health insurance coverage from abroad allowed/not allowed
Students from outside Europe must take the French health insurance (211 € / year). No foreign insurance will be accepted by the French authorities, except the health insurance European card (to be requested by the Eu students to their national health insurance organism.
Health facilities at the university
Vaccinations
Various medical cares
Summer courses
YES
Academic calendar
First week of September to end of January
First week of February to end of June or July
Examination period(s)
First and last week of January.
Last week of May and June.
Orientation session(s) for incoming students
2 First weeks of semester.
Application deadline(s) for admission
Please refer to Application/admission details
Course registration deadline(s)
Upon arrival
ASC Network Coordinator
Prof. Sylvain Cristol
Université de Lille
UFR de Chimie – Bâtiment C3
Boulevard Langevin
59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq CEDEX
Tel: +320 436 985
E-mail: Sylvain.Cristol@univ-lille.fr
ASC Local Coordinator
Cédric Lion
Université de Lille
UFR de Chimie – Bâtiment C9
Boulevard Langevin
59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq CEDEX
Tel: +330 320 436 908
E-mail: Cedric.Lion@univ-lille.fr
ASC Administrative Office
Université de Lille
Master ASC
Bâtiment C15
Boulevard Langevin
59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq CEDEX
Tel: +320 336 436 // +320 436 234
Fax: +320 337 273
E-mail: Master-Asc@univ-lille1.fr
Website of the university (in French)
Website of the international office / information website for incoming students
English version : https://www.univ-lille.fr/en/international-student/