Student life

The university encourages, sponsors and organizes a full array of pedagogical, professional, athletic and cultural activities from conferences and symposiums, debates, and discussions, to moot courts and awards ceremonies, sporting events and celebrations, as a kind of perpetual testimony to the richness of university life and the exchange that it encourages. What is more, by the sheer diversity, spirit, and vitality of the student associations within our walls, this reservoir of recreational initiatives is continually enriched and replenished.

At the origin of fifty or more associations, are students willing to take on all issues (academics, sports, music, societal debates, acts of solidarity), defending their opinions and predilections, affirming their centers of interest, promoting their university. They create spaces of mutual help and conviviality as constructive as they are formative, where, even in the air of festivity, their core values of democracy, citizenship, justice, and creativity hold firm. For those wanting to create an association, the Cultural Service is there to help, assisting with the modalities or eventually attributing financial aid through the FSDIE (Fonds de solidarité et de développement des initiatives étudiantes). These associations are opened to all those willing to invest actively in the university and to take part in its rich and varied campus life.

Campus

The university campus is spread all over the city of Paris. Classes take place in the Institute of Comparative Law (Institute de Droit Comparé -IDC-) at 28, rue Saint Guillaume, in the heart of the popular district of Saint-Germain. French classes take place in the modern Centre Assas at 92 Rue d’Assas. 

The Comparative Law Centre is accessible by:

Metro line 4 : Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Metro line 10: Sèvres-Babylone
Metro line 12: Rue du Bac
Bus: 63 and 87

Library

The library of the Institute of Comparative Law (IDC) and of the Centre for European Law (CDE) has a documentary collection that is unique in France on comparative law, foreign law, and European Union law, as well as a room of reading allowing students and teachers to work in a privileged environment. Its attachment to the library of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University also provides access to many digital resources.

Terms of Access

The library is accessible to all audiences.

Collections

Created in 1931, the library of the Institute of Comparative Law has the largest collection of comparative law and foreign law in France (80,000 books, 609 periodical titles, etc.), thanks to the invaluable support of the Société de législation comparée and the Centre français de droit comparé.

The Centre for European Law was created in 1988 and has extensive documentation on European Union law.

The library also has digital access to more than 30,000 journals accessible in full text, to which you have access via the ENT of Paris 2 University.

The catalog of the Institute of Comparative Law library can be consulted on the site of the documentary network of Paris 2 University or on that of the SUDOC network of which it is a part.

Loans

The documents can be consulted on site and can be borrowed by students registered at Paris 2 University on presentation of their student card.

Services

•  A librarian is available to answer your requests;
•  A photocopier is also available for the reproduction of documents;
•  A Wi-Fi network is available for all students at the University: eduspot and WIFI-PARIS2.

Hours

Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and during university vacations.

Accommodation

Paris-Panthéon-Assas University does not provide for accommodation. We suggest students to check the websites of the CROUS and the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris (CIUP). For further information we recommend to regularly consult the website of CampusFrance, where other relevant advice is provided (budget, health, bank accounts, working while studying, etc.)

We urge students to not wait until last minute to find accommodation in Paris.

Visa

All the information you will need to obtain your visa is available at the following official website: https://france-visas.gouv.fr/