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Lille : your gateway to Europe
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IESEG School of Management is located in the heart of Lille, the traditional capital of Flanders. It is a European metropolis in France’s Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region, but also, a city of culture and tradition.
With 5 European capitals within a 250 km radius, Lille is a strategic cross-road in Northern Europe. High-speed trains (TGV) put downtown Lille 1 hour away from Paris, 1 hour and 40 minutes from London and 40 minutes from Brussels!
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With 1.2 million inhabitants, the metropolis of Lille is the third-largest urban area in France. It is renowned for its friendliness and its youthful vitality, thanks to more than 150,000 students.
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Lille, a centre for higher education and researchLille is one of the largest French cities in terms of students, universities, institutes, schools and "Grandes Ecoles" (the elite higher-education centres). The metropolis boasts 340 research laboratories and 4,000 scientists. The entrepreneurial spirit
Endowed with an ideal geographical position, the Lille Metropolis has naturally become a hub of international trade, as well as a magnet for foreign direct investment. The region boasts over 500 foreign funded enterprises, including world leaders and household names, such as: ABN AMRO, Bayer, Bridgestone, BASF, Bombardier, BP, Campbell Soup, Coca Cola, Ferruzi, GAP, ICI, Mc Cain, Mölnlycke, Pirelli, Siemens, Toyota, Unilever, US Robotics, and Xerox. The region is the cradle and home base of major French firms such as Auchan, Bonduelle, La Redoute, or Peaudouce. More information: http://www.mairie-lille.fr/http://www.lilletourisme.com/http://www.cdt-nord.fr/fr/
Services: accommodation, catering, transport
Accommodation
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Students wishing to stay in AEU's (University Support Service Association) dorms, may fill-out and send (with the application form) an application for accommodation in a student dorm that will be forwarded to this association.
www.aeu.asso.fr
Through its accommodation service, Lille Catholic University also offers bedrooms and studio apartments that will range from €220/month to €600/month.
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Catering
University Restaurant "Le Meurein"
As soon as your student card is made, you will be able to benefit from subsidised meals in the University Restaurants (“RU”) of Lille. “RU” meals cost around €2.80, with an unbeaten quality/price ratio (a 10 ticket-booklet will cost you €28).
The closest University Restaurant is "Le Meurein". It is managed by AEU and is located only 300m away from IÉSEG. "Le Meurein" is open for lunch and dinner.
Outside catering
IESEG has two cafeterias offering drinks, pastries and sandwiches (meals between €1.60 and €4.10 Euros).
AEU also manages a restaurant, a cafeteria-crêpe-sandwich shop, a snack club, a Flemish sandwich shop; all of which provide catering at moderate prices.
The neighbourhood of AEU and IESEG is full of sandwich shops, crêperies (which allow quick snacks at a limited cost), as well as traditional restaurants or "brasseries" (French restaurant pubs). Allow between €8 and €15 for meals in traditional restaurants at lunch during the week, and a minimum of €15 in the evenings or during weekends.
Self catering
Student dorms, hotel studios, outside lodging: all include an individual or common kitchen. Self-catering ranges between €2.30 and €3 Euros per meal. Markets, supermarkets and grocery stores are common around IESEG.
Public transportation
The public transportation network
Lille metropolis has a practical, modern, clean and convenient public transportation network. All modes of transportation exist: subway/underground, bus and street-cars. The network is managed by a single company: Transpole. One ticket will take you anywhere, while connections between various modes of transportation are free.
Tickets are about €1.25 per unit or €10,30 for 10 ticket booklets. Daily, weekly and monthly passes are at a discount rate.
Metro and bus maps, fees and timetables, are all available at: http://www.transpole.fr
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