Services
Accommodation
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.
Through its accommodation service, Lille Catholic University also offers bedrooms and studio apartments that will range from €220/month to €600/month.
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: TRANSPOLE
