International students: exchange programs and freemovers

Your Law School is linked by an international agreement with the Law School of Aix-Marseille. Please contact the international relations department of your university to find out about the selection procedure and to take all the necessary steps to be nominated.

The criteria for coming to the FDSP as an exchange student are :

• A B2 level in French
• A good level of adaptation and curiosity for the French language and culture
• A little courage at the beginning to live the most beautiful experience of your life... But we are here to dispel your fears or apprehensions.
• 2 years of law
• To be autonomous and reactive in order to facilitate the setting up of your mobility.

After selection, your international relations department will announce your appointment by e-mail. An email confirming your selection and a welcome pack is sent to your email address provided by your coordinator. In this welcome pack, all your mobility to Aix-en-Provence is explained with all the documents to be provided:

• The contract of the envisaged studies (Learning Agreement). This document must come from your home university and must be signed by your university, our university and yourself.
• The identity document (identity card or passport)
• The certificate or social security card that covers you abroad and during the whole period of your stay. For Europeans : the European social security card is MANDATORY (it can take up to 1 month.... so it must be done quickly). For non-Europeans, affiliation to the French social security system will be compulsory once you arrive in France(apply online).

• Pre-course start 1st semester: last week of August
• Start of the 1st semester: beginning of September
• End of 1st semester courses: December
• 1st semester exams: beginning of December until the Christmas holidays (including make-up exams)
• Pre-commencement and start of 2nd semester courses: beginning of January
• End of 2nd semester courses: mid-April
• 2nd semester exams: end of May (including make-up exams)
• 1st semester: compulsory arrival at the Faculty of Law the last week of August.
• 2nd semester: compulsory arrival at the Faculty of Law on the Monday following the New Year.

A service, a coordinator, a single contact will be dedicated to you throughout your studies and will manage all aspects of your mobility (preparation before your arrival, processing of your requests by e-mail, management of your accommodation, personal questions, organization of exams, contact with your university, administrative and pedagogical questions and registrations, integration and any requests or concerns you may have).

We offer our exchange students the possibility to be housed in a university residence, if they request it on Moveon. The university halls of residence are located approximately 15 minutes walk from the Faculty of Law and 10 minutes from the city centre of Aix. The rooms are renovated with private toilets and a shared kitchen. The accommodation is paid per semester, it is necessary to count 1500€ per semester. Wifi is free and parking can be rented.

If you don't want student accommodation, we will help you to find private accommodation in our beautiful city.

The Faculty of Law offers free refresher courses in French as a foreign language (FLE). These courses are planned in 2 phases:

• Intensive courses at the beginning of the semester (15 hours in one week)
• Semester courses (4 hours per week) organized in the evening to avoid conflicts with law courses.

These French courses are accessible to all exchange students. It offers 3 ECTS to students who put it on their study contract and who pass the exam. Attendance and registration on Moveon is mandatory.

In order to familiarize exchange students with French legal terminology, the Faculty of Law offers an intensive session at the beginning of each semester (14 hours) in private and public law. This course offers 3 ECTS to students who put it on their study contract. Attendance and registration on Moveon is mandatory.

The integration week :

Each year, Aix-Marseille University welcomes more than 3500 new students from all over the world. It is very important for AMU to provide a quality welcome and to enable them to integrate easily into their new environment. The integration week is one of the welcome measures developed by the AMU International Relations Department. The aim of these few days of integration is to allow international students who have just arrived in France to discover the different services of the university and to familiarise themselves with the campus. The integration week is also a time to meet and socialize.

The welcome evening :

Organized every year, the welcome evening brings together hundreds of students around a cocktail and friendly background music. A highlight of the new academic year, it reflects AMU's desire to facilitate the integration of these international students and to honour them.

The FDSP's International Relations Department offers an examination scheme especially for you. Exchange students have 2 exam sessions per semester and are assessed at the end of each semester by oral exams (and/or written exams for DU Kent, Exeter and Dublin students).

A 2nd session (rattrapage) can be organised if the student has obtained a mark of 5 to 9/20 in the 1st session and if he/she was present at the 1st session. To pass the subject and obtain ECTS credits, the student must have a mark equal to or higher than 10 out of 20 points in the examination. No compensation between exams is possible.

An official transcript will be sent to your university coordinator who will convert the French marks into your language and evaluation grid.

Exchange students must draw up their study contract according to the speciality in which they are registered at their home faculty. This is the most important document of the year. It is included in the Erasmus kit given by the sending university. The choice of courses is up to the home faculty and the student. The study contract must be approved and signed by the pedagogical coordinator at your faculty, the pedagogical coordinator at the FDSP and the student. It should then be uploaded to the Moveon file.

A modification (During the mobility) is possible when the student arrives.

Tutorials are small classes (maximum 30 students) which follow the lecture, but in a more practical and detailed way.

Only students from the University College of Dublin, the University of Exeter and the University of Kent, enrolled in the DU "French Law Studies for Foreign Students" are allowed to follow certain tutorials. Exception, students from Sheffield and Oslo are allowed to follow some tutorials, but under particular conditions that will be given by your coordinator.

Each tutorial represents 3 ECTS.

Afin de postuler pour venir faire un échange chez nous, il faut nous envoyer votre dossier (formulaire de candidature + les pièces à fournir) par mail à leslie.karsenti@univ-amu.fr

Avant le 1er juin pour une mobilité au 1er semestre ou 15 novembre pour le 2eme semestre

Once your application has been accepted, you will have access, like other exchange students, to

• Dedicated service (put the dedicated service link in "Your mobility"),
• The integration program
• The same oral exams as the exchange students, a transcript of records with the ECTS credits passed.

Each year, AMU organizes a welcome desk on the Aix-en-Provence campus to help international students who are arriving.

This desk offers international students help with the administrative procedures they need to carry out on their arrival in France (housing, visa, insurance, etc.). It offers personalized support.

Students from outside Europe:

• Assistance with the online procedures for visas and residence permits
• Appointments for: chest x-ray and medical consultation with SIUMPPS

All students:

• Opening of a bank account
• Registration on the social security website.
• Subscription to a complementary insurance for health, civil liability, multi-risk home insurance with: the Heyme student mutual insurance company or the banks
• Information on transport offers and subscription to student passes with: the SNCF, Aix en Bus and the RTM
• Help with the allocation of the housing allowance by the CAF
• Help to get in touch with the different internal or local services of AMU: sport(SUAPS), medical and disability services, student associations, CROUS...

Aix-Marseille University has set up a system to help you prepare for your departure, called LivinFrance, a digital platform where you will find useful and practical information on

• Consular procedures and obtaining a visa
• Opening a bank account
• Housing and home insurance
• Electricity
• Telephony
• Health insurance
• The CAF

But above all, you will be able to benefit from individualised support and advice.

1. Create an account and connect to the LivinFrance platform
2. If you wish, make an appointment by phone or WhatsApp with one of our helpers
3. Consult all the information and carry out some of your procedures online before your arrival in France
4. You will have the possibility to ask your questions by Chat, WhatsApp or phone