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SRIL Sept 2025

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Index

Bank account transportation and mobile phone

Health insurance

Covid

IT account

House Allowance

Every day life

Documents to upload

Studies platforms

Campus Card

Administratives procedures

Accommodation

Welcome Event

Upcoming Events

Covid 19

• Travel to France (update 3 August 2022)
• Test COVID in Montpellier

Useful information

Throughout your stay, you can count on:

The welcome team

The SRIL team

Psychologist (free of charge consultation)

Your buddies (parrain-marraine in French)

Campus Card

• access to the Residence and the campus
• to pay for your meal at the campus canteen
• for computer classrooms, photocopies, to print
• if you lose the card, the charge is 12 eurosyou must return the card at the end of your stay

About the campus canteen

Institut Agro Montpellier student card

for discount on shopping, cinema, etc.

Accommodation at Institut Agro Residence

• Inventory (check in & check out)
• 1 month guarantee deposit (credit card or bank transfer)
• a guarantor (cautionnement solidaire) through Visale

• The rules of procedure (respect of the neighborhood)

House insurance

Other compulsory insurance

needed to receive the financial aid for housing (French house allowance called “CAF”) and for the French health system reimbursement

• documents required

French Bank account

Tramway, bus (and bike “vélomag”) The agency is called TaM and the link is: free of charge with the TaM card (to be done)

Transportation

• Contract with or without engagement (example of mobile operator : Free)
• Termination of the contract with an end-of-study certificate

Mobile phone

Intranet and IT account

• You received the process / note and IT login.
• free Wi-Fi on the campus
• To check your Institut Agro mailbox, the link is :

Important

Studies platforms

Website and intranet

TICEA platform

GEMSA platform

Academic calendar, directory, access to different platforms

Course material, teaching resource (aid) - access via the intranet or via link

Timetables, marks / results and so on - access via the intranet or via link

Job Teaser

Library and workspace

Information and offers for internships - Through the intranet: FORMATIONS/ETUDIANTS then Stages

@rchipel for La Gaillarde campus & O@sis for La Valette campus

This office will help you with the following process:

Administratives procedures

Immigration

VISA validation online - for non-EU citizens

Service Accueil International Etudiants – Chercheurs SAIEC

French Health insurance

for non-EU citizens

Website (in French & English)

CAF

Please make your SAIEC individual Appointment online

financial aid for housing (house allowance) – for all

Health Insurance “l’Assurance Maladie”

Non EU citizens

EU citizens

• You must have your European Health Insurance card
• Your medical expenses will be covered by your home country health insurance

with SAIEC support

• Online French health insurance registration
• Free of charge
• Documents you need to register online
• Reimbursement

House Allowance (CAF)

If you are eligible, the house allowance:

with SAIEC support

• will begin for the second month of your stay in France
• you will get the financial aid after the end of each month due
• the amount of this financial help is around 100 euros/ month (depending on the amount of the rent)

Documents you need to register online

For non-EU citizens, you need to have the VLS-TS visa to get this allowance

Documents to upload

Documents to upload in your application file on our mobility Platform

Before the mobility

Health Insurrance

Certificate of housing allocation

During the mobility

Personal Data and images, Risks

Health insurance and Housing insurance

Documents to consult on the website

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Upcoming Events

October 9 Institutional Welcome Day

March 12 International Mobility Fair – Espace Lamour (campus La Gaillarde) Come and talk about your university and country to our future outgoing students, be an ambassador!

Thanks!

Documents you need to register online

• birth certificate
• copy of an identity document (passport, ID, etc.) + visa
• school certificate (“certificate de scolarité”)
• French bank account statement (RIB)

Documents required

• copy of an identity document (passport, ID, etc.)
• prove of your French address (Residence document)
• school certificate (“certificate de scolarité”)

Psychologist

• Cindiane Vareille
• on site (Ambuscade – Hameaux) on Thursdays: 1.30 to 6pm
• or over the phone : + 33 6 87 20 21 03
• by appointment at : psychologue-etudiants@supagro.fr
• or by SMS at : + 33 6 87 20 21 03

More information in the intranet:

Intranet Institut Agro Montpellier

SRIL Team

Emmanuelle Brévier Head of academic exchange

Claudia Medina South America, Asia, Africa, surrounding Europe

Santi Mallet Europe, USA, Canada, Océanie

Civil / public liability insurance

(“responsabilité civile”)

= social security coverage for accidents you may cause to others compulsory in France for internship + excursions / outdoor activities

• Included generally in the pack “house insurance” subscribed through the French bank

Reimbursement

• About 70% of the health expenses
• For the 30% left: you can take out a complementary private insurance called mutuelle = complémentaire santé

• subscription possible for EU citizens too

Documents to consult on the website

School rules and regulations

My guide – a must have

House insurance

(“assurance habitation”)

compulsory in France for any tenant or owner

• can be subscribed through the French bank when opening the bank account
• You must give a copy of this house insurance to the Residence

Important

Please transfer your Institut Agro mailbox to your personal mailbox if you do not check your Institut Agro mailbox regularly.Important information is sent by the director of Institut Agro Montpellier, professors, administration staff and so on. Credit per student of 100 print copies black and white and 25 print copies colour

Documents you need to register online

• copy of an identity document (passport, ID, etc.) + visa (non-EU citizens)
• “attestation de loyer”: rental certificate or rental contract
• “certificat de scolarité”: Institut Agro Montpellier school certificate
• French bank account statement (RIB)

Immigration

Administration étrangers en France

Cost : about 50 euros – by credit card For an electronic tax stamp to pay by cash, please read the page:

Comment valider votre visa long séjour à votre arrivée en France

Welcome team

Florie DANDREA CELTON – florie.dandrea-celton@supagro.fr Clémence BIDET - clemence.bidet@supagro.fr Tom TARIS - tom.taris@supagro.fr

Campus Canteen

• Needed (at least two dishes) to get the student fee rate (subvention) - the meal (with 3 dishes) costs around 5 euros
• The canteen casheer only accepts your campus card as payment (you can not pay directly with your credit card).
• You can credit your campus card : with your credit card at the canteen cashier

Your Buddies

Through the welcome team and/or by contacting them directly. Their e-mail address through the link:

https://nuage.supagro.fr/s/pbi44fGw4TDJ6ax?openfile=true