About campus life

Do you belong to a student association and would you like to lead a project that would benefit other students at the Lyon Saint-Étienne site? The Université de Lyon can help you finance your project via the Student Initiative Fund (FIE - Fonds d’initiative étudiante) that organizes several sessions per year.

This guide was written to reassure all international students with reliable information and guide them step by step through all of the administrative hurdles, so that their experience will be a successful one. It is as down-to-earth and practical as possible, answering the most common questions they might ask when organizing their trip and their life in France.

The Students Welcome Desk is back for three months, from September 3 to November 29, 2019 in the Université de Lyon’s building, as well as from August 27 to November 8, 2019 in Saint-Étienne, to greet all new students for the new academic year.

The Université de Lyon’s Student Initiative Fund (FIE) Commission has voted to award grants to 10 projects.

The Université de Lyon met with members of the GAELIS organization, winners of the Université de Lyon’s Student Initiative Fund’s call for projects, with their PSTTE project.

The Université de Lyon and its member and associated institutions have put forward several seven-month civic service missions to revitalize student life at the start of the 2019 academic year. Applications are now open.