Pau and region
Life in Pau and the region
For over 40 years, the Institut d'Études Françaises pour Étudiants Étrangers at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour has welcomed around 700 students every year to take language courses at its two sites in Pau and Bayonne. The length of their stay varies from three weeks to nine months. A recognised university institute, located in the pleasant surroundings of two towns on a human scale, Pau at the foot of the Pyrenees and Bayonne on the Atlantic coast.
Our strengths:
- A personalised welcome thanks to our secretaries, Sandrine, Annie and Vilma.
- Courses designed specifically for foreign learners and a highly-qualified teaching team that is proficient in innovative methodologies.
- The possibility of taking advantage of the university's amenities: libraries, university restaurants, attending faculty lectures as an observer, sports, cultural events, preventive medicine, and much more.
- A campus endowed with lush greenery based in two medium-sized towns near the Pyrénées mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean – Pau and Bayonne, cities where you can simply enjoy life.
Public transport
- A bus network provides easy transport around Pau
- Student benefit from reduced fares
- There is also a public bicycle hire service, with very low usage fees.
Bicycle hire ("Véli’b"): https://www.idelis.fr/se-deplacer/velos-idecycle/le-velo-en-libre-service
Bus (Idelis): http://www.reseau-idelis.com/index.php
Cultural offers
- Le Méliès
- Le Théâtre Saragosse
- Les ACP
La Médiathèque (Public Library)
There is a network of 10 public libraries in the Pau-Pyrénées area
Enrolment is free, simply present one piece of identification and proof of address (electricity or phone bill, rent receipt, etc.). With one single card you can borrow books, CDs and DVDs, as well as download items, from any one of the libraries in this network.
http://mediatheques.agglo-pau.fr
