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Orientation

By the time you arrive in Paris, you'll have already registered for your courses. NYU in Paris faculty and staff will be on hand for academic advisement, to help you change your schedule if the need arises, and to serve as guides during your first few days. Through a carefully planned orientation program, you'll attend information sessions, tour parts of the city, and begin the required two-week Workshop in French Language and Culture, which provides an intensive introduction to the French language and a grand introduction to French culture and your new city, including an excursion outside of Paris. Textbooks for your courses may be purchased at the center and at local bookstores.

Housing and Meals

All undergraduate students accepted to NYU in Paris are guaranteed housing. Housing costs are separate from tuition and fees paid to New York University, and must be paid directly to Parisian landlords. While some undergraduates prefer to make housing arrangements on their own, the NYU in Paris housing coordinator helps students find housing to meet their individual needs. Student housing is secured throughout the city, but primarily within a 45-minute commute from the NYU Center, which is in the upscale 16th arrondissement. Students have the opportunity to discover many different neighborhoods during their stay in the City of Light.

Participants in the NYU in Paris program have the choice between a room with a French host or a single or shared independent, furnished apartment. Over the 40 years that NYU in Paris has existed, a solid network of host families and landlords who receive students has been built.

Before leaving for Paris, students are required to fill out an on-line housing questionnaire indicating the type of lodging preferred. Based on this information, NYU will make arrangements for students to visit appropriate housing accommodations when they arrive.

Room in a Parisian household | Students may elect to live in a Parisian home with or without another NYU in Paris student. Making a successful transition into French life has a lot to do with your flexibility and openness to new ways of living. In most French households, bath and toilet facilities are shared; kitchen privileges are part of the arrangement.  One meal per week may be shared with the host depending on the arrangement. 

Studio/Apartment | Students can request housing in a studio or larger apartment to share with other NYU in Paris students.  All studios and apartments are furnished.  A limited number of very small studios with shared toilets in the hallway (chambre de bonne: former maid’s quarters) are available for students on a very limited budget. 

Independent living arrangements | Students who have friends, relatives, or personal contacts in Paris are free to make their own living arrangements. In this case, NYU is not responsible for the students' housing.

For more detailed information on housing options and costs offered by NYU in Paris, please refer to the NYU in Paris Blackboard shell or the link accessible through the online housing questionnaire.

Temporary lodging | NYU in Paris provides several days of temporary housing to undergraduates in a youth hostel upon arrival before students move in to their permanent housing. For more detailed information on arrival and this temporary housing, please refer to the NYU in Paris Blackboard shell.

Health and Safety

The NYU Student Health Center and the Department of Public Safety work closely with program staff to plan for safe, healthy, and enriching opportunities long before you arrive. You will be introduced to many of these services in the months leading up to your program abroad while others will be explained in detail during the mandatory on-site orientation such as meetings with local health care providers, presentations of local laws and crime prevention techniques, and examples of cultural differences.

While an issue is unlikely to surface, should an emergency situation arise, there is a contact person designated for wellness issues on call 24 hours a day located locally; as well, the Department of Public Safety in New York will assist with international emergencies (212-998-2222). For medical situations, the University provides coverage by HTH Worldwide, an international insurance company, to ensure that treatment is available to you by qualified professionals when needed with no out of pocket expense. Students are also required to maintain insurance with their home policy. For assistance in extremely rare situations, the University has contracted with International SOS, the world's leading provider of international customer care, which includes evacuation services.

The Department of Public Safety in conjunction with the Office of Global Programs works to create a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors to pursue their educational and professional goals and aspirations. The annual security report for NYU in Paris contains useful and relevant information.

Before you depart for the semester you will be instructed on how to use NYU Traveler, a Web-based information collection tool where flight and travel details, local and U.S. telephone numbers, and emergency contact information can be stored so that NYU staff can assist you if needed.

Trips and Activities

Students in the NYU in Paris program have access to some of the finest museums, galleries, theatres, and architectural monuments in the world. Our program features a wide variety of cultural activities that give students an extraordinary opportunity to enhance their experience abroad. Most activities are covered in the cost of tuition and include day trips to places such as Chantilly, Giverny, and Versailles. Special events such as wine and cheese tastings, film screenings, lectures, literary readings, walking tours, and guided museum visits are also scheduled. NYU in Paris organizes outings to theatre, ballet, and opera performances, as well as for special art exhibitions. Weekend excursions are organized to places such as Avignon, Burgandy, Mont-Saint-Michel, and La Rochelle. Most of these trips are subsidized by NYU in Paris. Unless required for a course, all activities are optional.