Health

Social Security

Enrolment in a social security scheme is compulsory. The scheme you join depends on your personal circumstances:

• You are a student not in paid employment

1. You will be 18 or 19 during the academic year: if your parents are in paid employment, enrolment in the student social security scheme is compulsory (but free of charge); your parents are self-employed or work in a liberal profession: registration with the student social security scheme is compulsory if you are not covered by their health insurance fund.

2. You are aged between 20 and 28 during the academic year: you must register with the student social security scheme. An extension of the age limit is possible (for medical reasons or if you are enrolled on a postgraduate course).

3. If you reach the age limit of 28 during the academic year: you are entitled to retain your student social security cover for 12 months. This period begins on your birthday, provided you submit a request to the social security office responsible for your place of residence.

4. If you are over 28, you are covered by Universal Health Protection (PUMa). You must apply for this through the social security system. The application form is available on the ameli.fr website.

• You are a working student

1. If you can provide evidence of 60 hours’ work per month or 120 hours’ work per term during the academic year: you may be exempt from the student scheme upon presentation of your last three payslips and your valid employment contract covering the period from 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017, at the time of your enrolment at the Beaux-Arts de Paris.

2. If you cannot provide evidence of 60 hours’ work per month or 120 hours’ work per term throughout the academic year and are under 28 years of age: you must register with the student social security scheme.

3. If you are over 28, you are eligible for Universal Health Cover (PUMa). You must apply for this through the social security system. The application form is available on the ameli.fr website.

Enrolment

Enrolment with the social security scheme takes place at the same time as enrolment at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. Students must choose one of the student social security centres: centre 601 (LMDE, La mutuelle des étudiants) or centre 617 (SMEREP, Société mutualiste des étudiants de la région parisienne).
The contribution must therefore be paid at the start of the academic year, at the same time as the enrolment fees.
The enrolment form issued to the student upon enrolment serves as their social security card.

Reimbursement

Social security benefits are paid through the social security centre chosen by the student at the time of enrolment.

Supplementary health insurance

To supplement the reimbursements from the national health insurance scheme, you can take out supplementary health insurance. You can choose between a student health insurance scheme, your parents’ scheme or any other supplementary provider. Subject to means testing, you may apply for assistance with the cost of supplementary health cover (ACS). Furthermore, the Île-de-France region allows students aged 16 to 28 inclusive who are in receipt of a grant and enrolled at a higher education institution in the Île-de-France region to receive assistance with the cost of supplementary health cover, subject to certain conditions.

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Preventive Medicine

The inter-university preventive medicine service provides preventive health check-ups for students and consultations by appointment.

The Saints-Pères University Centre is located next to the School: Door T145 (1st floor). 45, rue des Saints-Pères. 75006 Paris. Telephone 01 42 86 21 29

The centre now acts as a one-stop shop. It is not only a preventative health centre but also a healthcare centre. This means that students can register their GP there.

Consultations are carried out in accordance with the usual payment arrangements (presentation of the Vitale card, direct billing, etc.). The healthcare services offered include those provided by general practitioners (consultations and routine care, medical certificates for sport or work placements abroad, vaccination updates, etc.) and specialists (gynaecologists, psychologists/psychiatrists, dentists, smoking cessation specialists, nutritionists and hearing specialists).

International students have access to all healthcare services (languages spoken: English, German, Italian, Arabic, Chinese). To book an appointment or for further information, click on the following link: www.siumpps.parisdescartes.fr

First-year students are required to undergo a medical examination at this department.

If you are a European national coming to study in France, you are considered to be on a temporary stay and should normally be covered by your home country’s health insurance scheme.

If you are an international student from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, you are covered by the universal health cover scheme (PUMA), without the three-month waiting period applying.

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