Life on campus
Strasbourg, the favorite students' French city
In 2022, Strasbourg was elected the best student city in France for its quality of life, housing, cultural and sports life (according to the magazine L’Etudiant and by the web site Diplomeo).
50 000 students
50 %
Easily accessible in the heart of Europe
- 1h50 from Paris (France)
- 1h45 from Madrid (Spain)
- 1h15 from Rome (Italy)
- 1h15 from Barcelona (Spain)
- 1h00 from Berlin (Germany)
- 50 min from Geneva (Switzerland)
A Sense of school spirit : a close-knit body of students
- Traditional Strasbourg “Flamenkuche” evening
- Christmas meal: everybody brings a typical dish from their country of origin
Culture
“Carte culture“: your master key to cultural events :
- Free access to 26 museums
- Access to preferential rates in 48 concert halls and festivals, and in 10 cinemas
Sport
SUAPS, the university sports centre, offers over 50 types of sports, such as badminton, dance, handball, judo, and even skiing. A hiking club is also active which organizes regular outings into the nearby Vosges Mountains in France and the Black Forest in Germany.
SUAPS also organises training and competitions at academic, regional and national level. There is a sport here for you !
Campus Facilities
Your student ID card is called the Pass Campus. This all-purpose smartcard is given to you upon enrolment. In addition to its ID functions, your Pass Campus can be used to pay for canteens and for printing facilities, and serves as your library card. Outside campus, it can be used as a travelcard on all public transports in the city.
Students may use the University of Strasbourg libraries for bibliography on a broad range of subjects.
The University Health Service (Service de Santé Universitaire : SSU),provides medical services to all students, including a free preventive medical examination in the first three years of studies at the university.
Health services include:
- consultations with medical specialists (sports medicine, nutrition, support of smoking cessation)
- vaccination
- disability support
- relaxation
- stress management workshops
- audiometry
- planning centre: free and anonymous STD tests (HIV, Hepatitis…), gynaecology consultations, information on contraception, sexuality, abortion, STDs etc.
University canteens and cafés are open around the campus.The canteens serve three meals a day on week days and brunch on Sundays.
A two-course lunch costs only 3.20 Euros (if paid for with a student card).
