Université de Franche-Comté (UFC)

Bar de l'U does an excellent Erasmus night on a Tues, fantastic for meeting other international and french students. In the summer swimming in the river up at the Loue is a must.

Appartments come unfurnished so there's extra cost and effort needed there. But it was worth the effort, most Erasmus students lived on Campus though and were envious of our flat.

ninguno

Living in town you don't need a car, but to explore the region (which is stunning) you do need your own transport. However for longer journeys the trains are very good- especially if you book well enough in advance to get 50% discount. My main advice would be to remember that you're not the most important group of people at university in terms of enrolement and timetabling. Just be aware of what's going on and try to find a french student to help you out after they've sorted themselves out.

Small classes meant that you always had to follow the lesson but it also meant you could ask if you didnt understand. The course I did, LEA had french students studying English on it too, so there was lots of opportunity for working together and helping each other. In general speaking with other international students is easier because its at a slower pace and you've got a lot in common, but my french improved the most by talking to French students.