Students may choose to rent a room in a home, to live in a student residence or a foyer, or to share an apartment with a French student(s) (fall and year students only). 

Students are not permitted to live alone, and no one is permitted to share housing with other English-speakers.

Students heading to Bordeaux will submit a housing questionnaire to the School in France's Site Coordinator early April for fall and year students and early November for spring students. This questionnaire provides the School in France staff with valuable information concerning each student's background, expectations, and special needs, if any. This housing questionnaire is binding and students should not expect to change their housing preference after arrival.

Once students indicate their preference for either a room in a French home, or a student residence or a foyer on the questionnaire, the School in France staff will review their responses, communicate with them if additional information is needed, and send them by e-mail their assigned housing, which will include a short description. Upon receipt of her/his housing assignment, the student shall send a confirmation letter and a deposit check to the hosts or the director of the student residence or foyer.

If students choose to share an apartment with French students, they may live in a residence hall on campus during the first month in Bordeaux, time during which they will look for a French roommate with the assistance of the School in France staff.  The student residences on campus where students will temporarily stay, offer single-room accommodations containing a bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and lavatory. Bathrooms and showers are communal, and there is a kitchen (with a stove, a sink and a refrigerator, but no cookware) on each floor. The city center can be reached within 20 minutes by tramway.