Grenoble Ecole de Management

The GEM was very helpful concerning bank account or housing. The organisation is french style - so it take some weeks before everything works well. Travel tips: Lyon (esp. 8th of december!), Annecy!!!, Paris (only 3hours with the TGV), rambling in the mountains (Vercors, Chartreuse, etc.), Geneve (2 hours with the train)

For you ski lovers, this is your Mekka! Grenoble is a great place to be and it is easy to get around. For instance, it is the capital of the Alps, Italy is a 2 or 3 hour drive away, so is Geneva, Switzerland. Paris is 3 hours and Lyon is 1 hour away by train. These are only examples, there are lots of possibilities. A tip is to get the "Carte 12-25" if you're under 25, you get up to 50% off on train fares and there are also other advantages. Before you leave, make sure you have all the papers you can think of plus several copies. You will need them in France as it has a bureaucratic and paper-loving administration. The school explains you what to do and where to go in order to get your visa, which is very important. Also you must register with the Caisse d'Allocations Familiales, it is worth the pain and effort: you get money back on your rent! A really nioce bonus that helps on your budget!!