To help foreign students succeed in their studies in France, engineering schools may request students to follow integration packages designed to enable them to resolve problems of insurance, housing, transfer etc. or who may organise French language courses to improve French levels or even methodological assistance (in engineering schools) designed to improve understanding of teaching methods (note taking, relations with teachers, writing of reports, oral presentations and personal work etc.).
French engineering Grandes Ecoles, from among the best, have created the "n+i" Network to help you before your departure, after your arrival in France, and indeed throughout your stay!
Before you leave, the “n+i” network...
- Helps you choose your program,
- Informs you about the cost of housing, food, insurance, health care, intensive French classes, and tests of French proficiency,
- Searches for scholarships and other forms of financial aid from regional authorities and companies and helps you identify sources of financial aid,
- Simplifies application procedures (there’s only one online form to fill out, and applicants need send only one set of supporting documents),
- Helps you comply with administrative and regulatory requirements and prepare for your trip. You should contact also the EduFrance desks in your country and the services of the Embassy of France (consulate),
- Offers you Free French courses on line (reserved to students who apply in session 1 and who pay the deposit € 300).
As you can see, “n+i” has drawn a “track to the success” to help you—and to make your life simpler.
Failure after one year in France may result in repeating a year or even exclusion. it is therefore important to give students every chance to integrate successfully. Packages are so managed by the "n+i" Network at the request of the schools and in the interests of students.