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DO YOU SPEAK ENSTA PARIS ?

> CAF CAF is the institution that helps you pay your rent, the Caisse d'Allocations
Familiales offers you a certain amount of financial aid (APL) www.caf.fr.
See page Formalities and the definition APL.
> CDM Centre de Documentation Multimédia : the school library where you can borrow/
consult/access books, literature, the press, but also study.
> CET The Coordinateur des études (Study coordinators) are at the heart of the
academic program, and are the interface between students, teachers and the
DFR. They are the first point of contact for students for questions related to your
courses, timetables, rooms, audio-visual material. They manage students' grades
and absences.
> CIUP Located in a 34-hectare wooded park in the south of Paris, the Cité Internationale
Universitaire de Paris is home to 5,500 residents from all over the world,
representing 130 nationalities, of which about a third are French, spread over the
37 houses. The CIUP is located near the “Cité Universitaire" station of the RER B,
which provides access to the centre of Paris but also to Massy Palaiseau in about
thirty minutes.
> CLASSES (Preparatory classes). Classes préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles (CPGE) refers to
PRÉPA the two years of very intensive scientific education ("Math sup" and "Math spé")
after high school which prepare students to the French national examination
(concours national) which allows students to access the Grandes Ecoles.
> CONCOURS The highly selective national examination (concours) taken by students to enter
COMMUN the first year of ENSTA Paris after the preparatory classes. Sometimes « concours
commun » is used to name the students who entered the school through this
competition.
> DEL Division des oeuvres sociales et des logements. (housing office)
> DFR Direction de la Formation et de la Recherche. This department is responsible
for the programme and research activities. It is the main contact for students’
orientation or for any problem affecting the smooth running of their studies.
> DRIPE Department of Development, International Relations and Partnerships.
> DSI The Direction des Systèmes d’Information is responsible for the school's computer
stations, the school's network and publishing.

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