Student life and practical information

Students of the bachelor are students of Université PSL, and have access to what the university offers across its campus in the centre of Paris: housing help, health services, sport, libraries, a hundred or so clubs, and a welcome desk for those arriving from abroad.

Where classes take place

Most teaching takes place on two PSL sites in the fifth arrondissement, a few minutes apart, behind the Panthéon and next to the École normale supérieure:

Estrapade · 16 bis rue de l’Estrapade, 75005 Paris
Amyot · 3 rue Amyot, 75005 Paris

Both are a short walk from the Cardinal Lemoine and Place Monge stations on metro lines 10 and 7, and from Luxembourg on RER B.

The rest of the PSL campus is spread over central Paris: the member schools are within walking distance of each other in the fifth and sixth arrondissements, apart from Dauphine – PSL in the sixteenth.

Map of central Paris showing the PSL schools, and the two streets where IBSAI classes are held — The schools of Université PSL across Paris. Most classes of the bachelor are held at the two points marked in orange, rue de l’Estrapade and rue Amyot.

Registering, once admitted

Administrative registration at Université PSL is done online over the summer, after admission. Admitted students receive the instructions and the deadlines directly from the registrar’s office. Tuition fees are set at this point, from the household’s most recent tax assessment (see tuition fees), so it is worth having it at hand early in the summer. Questions about registration go to enrollment.psai@psl.eu.

What to bring

A laptop is needed for the programming, database and machine learning classes. Any machine running Linux, Windows, or macOS will do, with at least 8 GB of memory; Linux is recommended. What matters is that you have administrator rights on it, since you will install software: Chromebooks, devices locked in Windows S mode, iPads, and Android tablets are not suitable.

Before the year starts, it is worth revisiting advanced secondary school mathematics – limits and continuity, differentiation and integration, elementary probability, complex numbers, polynomial equations, elementary arithmetic. The Math in Practice week in September builds on them.

Student services

Welcome desk: Support for international students, before arrival and after: visa formalities, residence permit, social security, bank account, housing, student tutors, French classes, cultural outings. welcomedesk@psl.eu
Centre Mazet: The student life centre of PSL, 5 rue André Mazet in the sixth arrondissement: coworking spaces, events, cultural and social programming. gestion.mazet@psl.eu
Health: Free and confidential student health services: preventive medicine, psychological support, teleconsultation seven days a week, at Centre Mazet and at Dauphine – PSL. santeetudiante@psl.eu
Sport: PSL Sport offers close to forty disciplines six days a week, for an annual fee reduced for grant holders. pslsport@psl.eu
Libraries and collections: More than seventy libraries and museums, searchable from a single platform: explore.psl.eu
Clubs and student life: Over a hundred clubs and associations, a student union, and annual calls for student initiatives that fund student projects.
Reporting discrimination or harassment: A helpline against discrimination, hazing, harassment, and sexist or sexual violence: cev@psl.eu
Disability: Support for students with disabilities: etu-handicap@psl.eu

Contact

Questions about the programme, its content and its admission: bachelor_science_ai@psl.eu. Questions about registration and fees: enrollment.psai@psl.eu. The official page of the programme is on the PSL website.