STUDENT LIFE > Handy tips

Cost of living

Food: approximately : 230 € / month
Accommodation : from 230 to 400 €/ month + maintenance charges
Transport : 22 € / month
Personal expenses :

• Movies : (student rate) : 3,50 €
• Restaurant : from 9,20 to 22 €

A coffee in a bar costs 1,30 €, a glass of beer costs from 1,98 to 3,05 €

Where to get a meal

- Within the School

• Cafeteria Foyer
  Open from Monday to Friday, from 8.00 am to 5.30 pm

- On campus

• Brasserie universitaire “La vague”
  Between Law and Literature Faculties
  Open from Monday to Friday, from 8.00 am to 5.30 pm
• Cafeteria Arlequin
  Faculty of Law
  Open from Monday to Friday, from 7.30 am to 5.00 pm
• Restaurant Universitaire
  Open from Monday to Friday, from 11.30 am to 1.30 pm and from 6.30 pm to 7.45 pm
  On Saturday from 12.00 am to 1.00 pm
  You can either pay your lunchs with meal tickets (2,80 € each available in books of 5 or 10 tickets) or with cash money.
  Meal tickets are sold at the entrance of the Restaurant Universitaire located on the Campus.

- Off campus

• “Quick” Fast food restaurant : Boulevard Lucien Fabre
• Cafeteria LECLERC shopping mall

Opening a bank account in France

Here is the list of documents requested to open a bank account :

• A passport,
• A certificate of enrollment at ESC PAU Group,
• A proof of residence in Pau
• Abank certificate or letter which indicates that your bank account in your country of residence is funded (to get before your departure),
• parental attestation if your parents intend to make a monthly bank transfer (see annex 1 - (to get before your departure),

If you need to open a bank account with an English spoken person we recommend you to got to :

Crédit Mutuel
32 av. Jean Mermoz
64000 Pau
Ask : Dominique Tilloles or Fernando Gancedo
Tél : +33 (0)5 59 32 75 75

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