Launched in October 2021, the Welcome Week is Université Paris Cité’s annual event to support and facilitate the onboarding of its new incoming international students.
Two one-week sessions are organised twice a year, in October and January, to meet and greet international students who will be joining the university for a semester.
International students interested in this event will be contacted directly by email.
PROGRAMME
Monday January 16th afternoon – between 1:30PM and 6PM
Guided tours around Paris by Feminists in the City – 6 possible visits in French and English
Tuesday January 17th morning – from 9AM to 11:30AM
Presentation on the French University System, Accommodation and Contacts Intervention by the Guichet Etudiant department
Wednesday January 18th afternoon – between 3PM and 4PM
Guided tour of the Foire Foraine d’Art Contemporain exhibition at the Centquatre – 2 possible visits (one in English, one in French)
Thursday January 19th morning – from 10h30AM to 12h30PM
- Presentations on Student Life and Campus Life in France
- Interventions by the Student Health Centre, French as a Foreign Language professors and Equalities Mission representatives
Friday January 20th
- From 9AM to 11AM : open to non-European students: Explanation of the French Healthcare system and registration procedures for the French social security system
- From 2PM to 3PM, dedicated to European students: Explanation of the French Healthcare system and using the International Health European Card
- From 6PM to 9PM: Closing event – Welcome Party
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