The French Health Care system (Social Security) is called la Sécurité Sociale. It reimburses part of your expenses paid out for medical care and prescriptions. All students are covered except for European students who are holders of an EHIC (European Health Insurance Card).
For French students, all health insurance procedures are simplified and entirely cost-free.
As soon as you register at IÉSEG, check your contact details with your Caisse d’Assurance Maladie and give them your phone number and e- mail address.
When you turn 18, you need to create a personal Ameli account on ameli.fr or via the Ameli app. Learn more on the website Ameli.
It is recommended that you get supplementary health insurance in order to be better reimbursed for your healthcare costs.
On your arrival in France, depending on your nationality, you must connect to the Sécurité Sociale website and provide and upload the following documents:
The registration process will be explained to you during the Welcome Seminars.
EEA students studying in France are covered by the social security system of their own country. However, it is mandatory for students from other countries to register to the student social security system scheme in order to benefit from the same protection as the French students. Learn more on the website www.etudiant.gouv.fr.
The student social security scheme covers student healthcare: it reimburses part of the expenses paid for medical care and prescriptions.
Is enrollment to a student social security scheme mandatory for foreign students? It depends on the student’s nationality.
We also strongly encourage students to have international insurance, covering them for travel, lost luggage, repatriation, and civil liability.
The French government has implemented a law and a medical process mandatory for all new incoming international students (except for European Union students and students who have a double French nationality).
Before their arrival, students must acquire a medical certificate/attestation from their general practitioner (doctor) declaring that they don’t have any contagious diseases nor any contraindication preventing them from leaving to do academic studies at IÉSEG.
This certificate/attestation (sent by IÉSEG during the Summer) must also include the dates of the students’ vaccines (such as Diphtheria, tetanus, polio, whooping cough/pertussis, Hepatitis B, Chickenpox, Meningitis, Flu, Tuberculosis).
The certificates must be sent by email to our Health Center (CPSU – cpsu@all-lacatho.fr) before the Welcome Seminars where it will be reviewed by an official general practitioner/doctor. Depending on the situation, the CPSU Health Center may call students for a medical check. This medical check will not affect your admission to IÉSEG, it is for public health purposes only. CPSU will inform us about the forms received at the beginning of the semester. If your form is missing, you will be required to have a compulsory medical examination in France (and pay related fees). If you have health related questions, please contact the CPSU: cpsu@all-lacatho.fr.
