France for Students is an independent, practical guide for international students who want to study, move to or live in France.
Moving to France means dealing with a lot of new words at once: CAF, Ameli, VLS-TS, RIB, Visale, alternance. Official information exists, but it is spread across many websites and often only in French. We bring it together in clear English, step by step, with the official sources linked so you can check everything yourself.
What we cover
- Money: bank accounts, budgets, scholarships and transfers
- Housing: finding a place, guarantors, leases and housing aid
- Visa & Administration: visas, residence permits and renewals
- Healthcare: health insurance, doctors and mutuelles
- Studies, Work and Life in France
Our principles
- Useful first. Every guide should tell you what to do next.
- Sourced and dated. We link official sources and show when each guide was last updated.
- Honest about money. The site is funded by advertising and affiliate links, always labelled and never allowed to change our advice.
Read our editorial policy, our advertising and affiliate disclosure, meet our authors, or contact us.
France for Students is not affiliated with the French government, Campus France, the CAF, the Assurance Maladie or any university.
