Université Jean Moulin: Lyon III

The university was helpful and friendly in finding me accommodation, however a few issues I had were that they did not give me a straight answer as to whether or not I would be sharing my room (indeed I did not find this out until I walked into my room for the first time); also there was no warning of the excessive €1200 deposit that had to be paid, and they would only accept cash for this deposit, which took about a week to obtain due to the ATMs not allowing you to withdraw that much per day. I had a very noisy neighbour, however this was obviously no fault of the university, and once I made a complaint, the issue was dealt with very well. The staff who deal with housing are all friendly and very well informed.

The university's international office provided a basic level of assistance to students searching for housing but didn't really do too much for me. I was lucky to have found a duplex at the Moliere because housing is very difficult to find in Lyon. I loved the location - it was easy to get to campus and the downtown core by foot. The rooms were modern, clean and provided basic cooking equipment (microwave, fridge, hotplates). But the windows were not very well insulated and as electricity was not included in the rent, heating sometimes was a little pricey. I was lucky to have a fairly large room but my neighbours across the hall had a tiny room with a horrible layout.

everything was comfortable and I had the opportunity of meeting a ot of people and of enjoying a lot of funny times together. As far as the study is concerned the apartament allowed me to study with calm without noise and rumors of each kind.

Dorms organised by Lyon III were extremely expensive. We had to organise hosting by ourselves, which wasnt very easy.. Frenchs werent very helpful, knowledge of English very poor and conditions of renting-terrible (huge bond, 1 year rent, letters, papers, French citizens...)

The university campus was not too bad but I still preferred the private accomodation. It was more expensive but with the help from the government (most people can apply for it), it turned out to be quite a good bargain.

You had to choose among different residents depending on your budget: public ones and private ones. In both cases you recive economic help from the government.