Student life in Strasbourg
Source : Christophe Hamm, Office de Tourisme de Strasbourg
Caption : Médiathèque de la Presqu'île André Malraux
Studying in Strasbourg means taking an active part in the lives of over 40 000 students, 20% of which are foreigners: a young and cosmopolitan city, land of Europe and crossroads of Rhine humanism, Strasbourg cultivates its strengths on a daily basis to provide the best for its residents. Its human scale puts everything at your fingertips regardless of your means of transportation.
The internationally recognized excellence of its training programmes, the best of science is in Strasbourg with 3 Nobel Prizes assets! In Strasbourg, one in two PhD students is from abroad country. Multidisciplinary innovation, support for entrepreneurship, proximity to business: these are all levers that encourage the youth in their projects. The BNU (National University Library) and the André Malraux Media library, which are popular with the AFSE students are landmarks of culture.
Alsace is the fourth region in France hosting the highest number of young people, which is considered both as an opportunity involving greater responsibility.
With the “carte culture” (culture card) proposed to all AFSE students, you will have access to a wide variety of contemporary or classical performances, concerts, films, plays, which will animate your evenings in Strasbourg. Sport and nature-tourism are also available, mountain sports, water sports… still with a glance in the background on Alsatian heritage: historical districts, castles, churches, memorial places…
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