If you are starting school at a French university this year, then no doubt you have an exciting 12 months ahead of you. But before the fun can begin, you'll need somewhere to stay - and there are housing benefits available in France that can help ease the costs of accommodation, even for foreign students. To find out exactly which benefits you have access to, visit the Caisse d'allocations familiales (CAF) website. Here , you can start by seeing what you could claim with an online calculator for which you will need certain information, including your income for the past two years. Nevertheless, the number of foreign students in France, which sits at the 343,000 mark, dropped by 8.1 percent between 2010 and 2015.

Source: The Local July 19, 2019 12:44 UTC