
As soon as you have received your visa approval
Notify the ENSTA Brest campus
- "International Relations Department" (IRD), Department in charge of your recruitment and international partners Incoming-brest@ensta.fr
- Cellule AcOr (which stands for Welcome, Counseling, Orientation) supports you throughout your academic career AcOr
If you have already booked your accommodation:
Also notify the person in charge of your accommodation.
If you will be living in the student residence at the ENSTA Campus Brest, you can email the following address to let them know: RDE
If you will be living off-campus, notify your future landlord
Pay your tuition fees by the end of August (online)
For any other payment method, please contact Mr Laurent Gogé laurent.goge@ensta-bretagne.fr
You can view the amount of tuition fees to be paid by selecting your training program: https://www.ensta-bretagne.fr/fr/rentree-2023
To see what IT equipment you will need, read the following information:
Gather together all the documents you will need for your stay
Important recommendations: Make a photocopy of all your documents. Send yourself an email with all of the documents attached so that you can access them at any time (in case you lose them or they are stolen, etc. |
What you will need for your journey :
- Travel tickets
- Passport
- Payment methods (cash or payment or credit card which can be used to withdraw money outside your country of origin)
- Health and vaccination booklet if you have one
- Letter of acceptance at ENSTA on the Brest campus
What you will need for your registration:
- Birth certificate (translated into French)
- Previous qualifications
- If you have a bursary or scholarship, the award agreements
- If you have completed an English test (Toeic taken within the last 2 years), bring the original certificate
What you will need for your accommodation:
- Your accommodation booking
- The necessary documents for moving in to your housing (guarantor, etc.)
Other documents to remember:
- International driver’s license if you have one
- Your contacts (contact details in France)
One month before you arrive
One month before you arrive
- You will receive an email from ENSTA campus in Brest in early July giving you access to your computer account and to the Microsoft Office 365 and Moodle platforms.
- You will need to complete your administrative file on Aurion from August 1
Please gather the various administrative documents together in PDF format.
The list can be accessed from the pages on the start of the academic year.
These documents should be uploaded to your Aurion personal online space (“Administrative record” menu).
Tips for making your payments easier
Think about what your future expenses might be so that you can budget realistically.
If you have a payment or credit card, check that it can be used to withdraw money in France.
If it can’t, make sure you have cash on you. You will be able to open a bank account at a later date in France.
Important advice
To power your electrical appliances, remember to take universal adapters before you leave or buy them at the airport. In France, we use European plugs.
As soon as you receive your letter of acceptance at ENSTA on the Brest campus
Get in touch with ENSTA Students'office at the Brest campus (BDE)
The Students’ Union welcomes new students and helps you to settle in. Through social encounters and activities, you’ll get to know other students and adjust more quickly to life on campus. Feel free to ask them questions about student life here.
Some members of the Students’ Union will be back on campus from August 15, 2025
Contacts
You can contact them by emailing Bde-brest@ensta.fr
or instagram BDE instagram
You can begin your visa application process
You can begin your long-stay visa application process three months before your official start date. The earlier you do this, the better.
The steps involved and documents required may vary depending on your country of origin
We therefore recommend that you follow the different stages for Submitting your application
Discover how to complete your online application on France-Visas(Campus France video)
Please note The CMI Centre de mobilité international CMI Brest will be your first point of contact for all residence permit applications and renewals.
The centre is located at 235 rue Aimé Césaire, Plateau des Capucins, Brest. You can also contact them by e-mail at etudiant@cmibrest.fr or by telephone on (33) 298016700
They organise webinars to help you with your administrative formalities at the following link: CMI webinar-departure
Looking for somewhere to live
We recommend that you choose accommodation that is located near the school or public transport services
Map of Brest with the school
Map of Brest with the school
If you would like to live at the ENSTA Brest campus
- ENSTA Brest campus has a student residence : to book a room, please follow the instructions online
If you would like to live off-campus
You have a range of options available:
- In private housing: homeowners may let a private room in their own property. Some owners may also let an entire property. House- or flat-sharing is also possible.
- Private student residences also exist.
- Lodging with an elderly person (carefully read the terms of access and eligibility criteria)
- Real estate agencies
You can have a look at the following websites
Documents you will need for booking accommodation
- An ID document or passport
- Your residence permit (long-stay visa or residence document) if you came to France with a visa,
- Your student card or school attendance certificate for the current year,
- A letter from your guarantor* and their ID document.
A guarantor is somenone who guarantees financal security for you. This means that if you are unable to pay your rent, the landlord will ask the guarantor to pay for you. The guarantor must be a French citizen.
If you do not know of anyone who could be your guarantor, there is a scheme in place VISALE
On VISALE, you can plan ahead and begin your process, without needing an address, before you arrive in France.
International students: checklist for getting everything ready for your arrival
To help you get everything ready for your arrival, here are the different steps you need to go through: