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5 key steps to prepare for your studies in France
New in France? Follow our 5-step checklist to prepare your arrival, get your essentials sorted, and settle in smoothly.
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- A five-step checklist — printable, tickable, in the order things actually need doing.
- Health cover first — what to sort before you travel, and what can wait until you land.
- Housing, from CROUS to shared flats — the options, and the guarantor question that comes with them.
- A roof for the first nights — why temporary housing is a step of its own.
- Money and a phone number — currency exchange, and the French (e)SIM that gets you connected.
