Student life in Lille

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Library

Dear students, as another academic year begins in exceptional circumstances, in the interests of everyone please respect the procedures for library users detailed below.

Procedures for DEFI library users

2021/2022 academic year

Opening hours

Monday 12h30 - 17h30

Tuesday 09h00 - 17h30

Wednesday 09h00 - 17h30

Thursday 09h00 - 17h00

Friday 09h00 - 16h00

It is a working / reading room.

The Library offers you :

Specialised documents in French – dictionaries, grammar and exercise books, DELF-DALF-TCF exams preparation booklets, style manuals, books on french society and life in France, classic works in French littérature (including a lot of french easy texts at levels A1-A2-B1), collections of texts written by DEFI students, tourist guidebooks, documentation on Lille and the Hauts-de-France region, comics, french films DVD and so on.
You can also make purchase suggestions.
All documents are open access.

Loan conditions :

An unlimited number of documents for 14 days (but only 1 DVD and 2 DELF-DALF-TCF documents), renewable once. The loan is free of charge, and the registration is made on presentation of the student card (CMS multiservice card).
For documents excluded from the loan, it is possible to take them out to make photocopies (please note that there isn’t any copy machines on the spot). For more details, consult, the noticeboards.

There are also to 2 electrified tables and a computer with access to : the internet, the catalogue and all the services and resources offered by the differents University’s libraries.

The library is also a place for discussion

Occasionally, several activies and manifestations are organized : reading aloud, mini-debates, students works exhibitions and so on.
Iwona and the instructors are available to answer your questions, to help and advise you in your work and ressearch, and also to talk with you.

Guided tours of the Library are organised at hte beginning of each semester for all DEFI students.

The Library is a workspace, please adhere to the rules and regulations on the noticeboard.

How to get to the library

Multimedia library

This is the DEFI’s multimedia lab.

Users can access 18 computers offering the following services:

Exercises linked directly to your classes, particularly for levels A1, A2 and B1.
Audio and video files to practice your French.
An introduction to the University of Lille’s digital campus.
Free access to the Internet, Moodle and a wide range of online resources made available by the language resource centre (CRL): French language websites and exercises selected by teaching staff.

You are welcome to work here as you wish and at your own pace. A personal study log can be used to monitor your individual progress, in liaison with your teachers.
Iwona is on hand to offer assistance and guidance and support you in your work.

Opening hours
These are determined at the beginning of each semester, depending on the schedule of classes. Sessions lasting 1.5 hours are planned for each group from levels A1, A2 and B1, and à-la-carte access is available to students from levels B2, C1 and C2 (subject to availability and opening hours). For more details, consult the noticeboards.

Guided tours of the multimedia library are organised at the beginning of each semester for all DEFI students, and you can get assistance navigating your way around the digital campus throughout the year.

The multimedia library is a workspace; please adhere to the rules and regulations on the noticeboard.

How to get to the multimedia library

Language resource centre (CRL)

The perfect complement for classes !

As well as the hours spent in class, students enrolled on a DEFI course can engage in self-learning at our University’s Language resource centre :

either at the centre itself, where they can watch French-language films or meet the tutor
or remotely by accessing selected resources categorised by skill, level and objective

The language resource centre also runs a scheme known as Tandem, which allows international students to work in pairs with French students for reciprocal learning.

You will find more information on the CRL webpage

Studies and disability

The University of Lille is strongly invested in the welcoming and support of the students with disabilities. It follows a policy based on the adaptation and the customisation to each individual’s needs.

For any further information, you can check this website : https://www.univ-lille.fr/home/campus-life/disability-and-studies/?print=%3Cinput_httpcs%2F%3E

For the students registered in the DUEF course, please aknowledge your requests for adjustments in the pre-registration form. The procedure will be relayed to you as soon as we receive your request.

In case of a temporary disability or of an emergency during the course of the year, please notify your need at the following adress : defiuniv-lillefr. The DEFI will process your request with the concerned service.

Cultural activities

A rich and diverse cultural offer

The University of Lille runs free cultural events open to all, contributing to a diverse cultural offer available to students in collaboration with cultural actors from the city and across the region.

These events include workshops, exhibitions, conferences, live shows, concerts and many other original projects.
Feel free to take part in the “conversation salons”, language cafes or the workshop entitled "Chansons francophones arrangées dérangées"!

There are cultural sites on all of the University of Lille’s campuses that you can visit to learn more about the workshops available:

Antre-2
Kino
Espace Culture
Galerie des Trois Lacs
Théâtre des Passerelles

More informations on the website of the Culture Department
Find out more about the cultural offer at the University

Ulysse

The aim of ULYSSE, which last adopted its articles of association on 15 October 2007, is to :

develop and encourage links between foreign students registered at the University of Lille and their French counterparts ;
contribute to the success of students at the University of Lille ;
provide the necessary information to accompany foreign students registered at the University of Lille with the formalities of everyday life in France ;
d’offrir un lieu convivial d’accueil et d’échanges culturels.

As well as welcoming and informing foreign students on the premises of the association, Ulysse organises many events for the university community in Lille.

The association runs free tours of Lille and the University at the beginning of each academic year, and a sponsorship day is also held so foreign students can benefit from the support of their French counterparts.

During the academic year, gastronomic events are held where French and international students come together to taste international dishes (provided by students from all around the world) in a relaxed atmosphere complete with musical entertainment.

Linguistic roundtable discussions, exhibitions, concerts and many other cultural events are also held on the association’s premises, and Ulysse organises integration events and cultural trips throughout the academic year.

Registration for the association is now open, allowing you to benefit from its activities and a warm welcome on its premises and make your cultural projects a reality.

Contact: Maxime Adigard
Local: salle A2.424 (bâtiment A, niveau forum + 2)
Tél. : 03.20.41.71.81
Page facebook : https://fr-fr.facebook.com/UlysseLille3/

How to get to the Ulysse association

Sports activities

Sport at the University of Lille

Keen to be active? Want to test your limits? Stay in shape? Clear your head?
Whatever your motivations or desires, the University of Lille’s department of physical & sports activities (SUAPS) makes sure you have plenty of choice!

More than 80 different physical & sports activities are on offer, from health & well-being to competitive training.

Once you’ve registered, you can take part in any of these activities for free across the full range of sports facilities of the University.

Sports events are also organised throughout the year.

Online registration from Wednesday 15 September 2021
Physical & sports activities begin on Monday 20 September 2021

You will find all the information you need on the SUAPS website : https://sport.univ-lille.fr/
And you can visit the SUAPS Facebook page to keep up with the latest sports news: https://www.facebook.com/sport.UnivLille/

Academic projects

Language cafés by Ulysse

Are you a student and interested in talking to native French speakers (also students in Lille) about current affairs? Or about things to do in Lille and the metropolitan area? Or about anything else for that matter?
Then the Language cafes run by Ulysse are for you!
Beginning on 6 October , come to the club every Wednesday from 5 to 7pm to chat with the people behind the Language cafes!
Room A4.095 – Building A, level forum+2

Cultural introductions to the land of the Ch'tis

If you’re a student at the DEFI and would like to discover a neighbourhood, town or the Hauts-de-France region through the eyes of French students as they know and love it, join one of the Saturday tours organised by our charming guides from the DEFI!