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Haute école des arts du Rhin Guide de l'étudiant
International
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handbookInternational student handbook
3 Introduction Thank you for your interest in the Visual Arts or educational programmes offered by the Haute école des arts du Rhin – HEAR. This guide is designed for current and prospective international students. It offers useful information about studying at HEAR, settling in France and living in both Mulhouse and Strasbourg. The International Office is in charge of counselling all international students. Should you have any question, please don’t hesitate to contact us at international@hear.fr We wish you a pleasant reading of this guide and are looking forward to see you soon at HEAR! How to use this guide You can access to all the hyperlinks and email addresses on the digital version of the International Student Handbook on the HEAR website on the international part.
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Content
6 HEAR at a glance 32 Student life
6 History & key figures 32 Transport
7 Addresses, opening hours & directions 33 Shopping guide
8 In and around Alsace Region 34 Professional experience in France
35 Student community and university services
9 Academic information 37 Going out
9 Semester dates 38 Cultural information
10 Overview of educational programmes
10 Theoretical Visual Arts classes 39 Your studies at HEAR
11 It happens in English 39 Student life at HEAR
11 French classes for HEAR students 41 Exchange students
43 Regulation and safety
12 Educational programmes
12 Académie supérieure 45 Learning French
de musique of Strasbourg
14 Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus 47 Events not to be missed…
15 Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus 47 … at HEAR
19 Visual Arts projects & workshops 48 … in Alsace
20 How to Apply 49 Maps
20 Incoming exchange student 50 Where is HEAR
21 Admission at HEAR as a regular student 51 Mulhouse
52 Strasbourg
23 Prepare your sta 53 Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus
23 Legal entry requirements 54 Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus
24 Budget
24 Documents to bring with you 61 Annex
25 Arrival 62 Key contacts
25 Housing 64 Language self-assesment grid
65 Glossary
28 Settling in France 65 Useful weblinks
28 Insurances
30 Healthcare
30 Bank
31 Phone
31 Emergencies6 HEAR at a glance 7
HEAR 129 Students at Académie supérieure
de musique of Strasbourg - HEAR
243 Art students
at a glance 139
Students at HEAR - Mulhouse
Visual Arts Campus
170 Communication students
6–8
106 Design students
Students at HEAR - Strasbourg
439
Visual Arts Campus
Addresses, opening hours
History & key figures & directions
History Addresses
HEAR was created in 2011 by merging three higher • T he Strasbourg Ecole supérieure des arts Académie supérieure Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus
education institutions in Alsace: décoratifs founded by the city of Strasbourg in de musique of Strasbourg 3, quai des Pêcheurs 1, rue de l’Académie
• T he Académie supérieure de musique of 1892 as a professional school of Applied Arts, 1, place Dauphine 68200 Mulhouse CS10032
Strasbourg stemmed from the Strasbourg offering a vast choice of workshops (joinery/ 67000 Strasbourg FRANCE 67082 Strasbourg cedex
Conservatory created in 1855. carpentry, metalwork, ceramics, bookbinding, FRANCE FRANCE
• T he Mulhouse Ecole supérieure d’art, founded in lithography and embroidery).
1825 by the Industrial Society of Mulhouse as a
drawing school focused on the textile industry,
which became the Mulhouse municipal school of Opening hours during the academic year
Fine Arts in 1945.
Académie supérieure Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus
de musique of Strasbourg Monday – Thursday Monday – Thursday
Key figures 2015 Monday to Friday 8 am – 10 pm 8:15 am – 8:45 pm 7 am – 9 pm
Saturday 8 am – 8 pm Friday 8:15 am – 7:30 pm Friday 7 am – 7 pm
3 campuses Students from more than 30 countries
135 faculty members More than 100 international partner institutions
735 students 24,000 m2 of buildings (Music: 9000 m2 Directions*
– Visual arts: 4,500 m2 in Mulhouse,
10,500 m2 in Strasbourg) Académie supérieure Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus
de musique of Strasbourg From the train station Gare From the train station Gare
From the train station Centrale Take tram 3 towards Centrale take tram C and exit at
Gare Centrale take tram A towards Lutterbach, station Gallia,
Illkirch Lixenbul or or
or tram-train towards Thann exit at from Gare Centrale take bus 10
tram D towards Aristide Briand Tour Nessel. and exit at station Saint Guillaume.
and exit at station Étoile Bourse.
*See maps in the Annex of this guide.HEAR at a glance 8 9
In and around Alsace region Academic
City of Mulhouse
information
9 – 11
Mulhouse is sometimes called the ‘French 30 km away from Basel in Switzerland, another
Manchester’ for its rich industrial past. The city city with a rich and vibrant cultural and student
is famous for its technical museums such as the life. Mulhouse is 100 km away from Strasbourg; the
Electricity museum, the Cité du train and the Cité train ride takes about 50 minutes.
de l’automobile. Another world known museum
is the Musée de l’impression sur étoffes which Official website of the City of Mulhouse:
holds a collection of more than 3 million textile www.mulhouse.fr
samples. The high number of empty 19th century
industrial buildings makes Mulhouse a wonderful Tourist Information: 1, Avenue Robert Schuman
‘playground’ for young artists. Mulhouse is located www.tourisme-mulhouse.com
City of Strasbourg
Semester dates
There is no class during public holiday and most of the stores are usually closed.
Strasbourg is a major city in Eastern France, Vacation period starts in the evening of the indicated day. School starts on the morning of the indicated day.
as well as the official seat of various European Official website of the City of Strasbourg:
institutions such as the European Parliament. The www.en.strasbourg.eu
city is located very closely to the German border Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg
and is the 7th largest city in France. Strasbourg’s Tourist Information: Place de la Cathédrale
historic city centre, the Grande Île, was classified www.otstrasbourg.fr Academic year 04.09.17 – 06.07.18 Winter vacation: 23.02.18 – 12.03.18
a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1988. Toussaint vacation: 20.10.17 – 06.11.16 Spring vacation: 20.04.18 – 07.05.18
Strasbourg is home to more than 50,000 students. Christmas vacation: 22.12.17 – 08.01.18 Public holiday: 2.04; 1.05; 8.05; 10.05; 21.05.
Public holiday: 01.11.17
Alsace region
Visual Arts campuses
Strasbourg and Mulhouse are both located in
the Alsace region, famous for its high number of
and dry winters and hot summers.
You should also explore the nearby cities by bike, Mulhouse and Strasbourg
picturesque villages, churches and castles. Alsace train or car to discover the Alsatian countryside.
is also well-known for its vineyards, its Christmas You can also participate in hikes organized by the Fall Semester – Mulhouse Visual Arts campus Spring Semester 22.01.18 – 08.06.18
fairs, its gastronomy and the Vosges Mountains SUAPS (Strasbourg) or the UHA (Mulhouse). 25.09.17 – 02.02.18 Winter vacation: 16.02.18 – 03.03.18
with thick and green forests and beautiful lakes. Fall Semester – Strasbourg Visual Arts campus Spring vacation: 13.04.18 – 02.05.18
Alsace has a semi-continental climate with cold Tourist Information: www.tourisme-alsace.com 25.09.17 – 19.01.18 Public holiday: 30.03; 2.04 ; 1.05 ; 8.05 ; 10.05 ;
21.05.
Christmas vacation: 22.12.17 – 08.01.18
Around Alsace Public holiday: 01.11.17
Alsace shares border with Germany and For information on how to travel in and around
Switzerland. You can easily reach the following Alsace, please check the transport page 32.
cities which present a great cultural interest within
a few hours: Metz, Nancy, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart,
Freiburg, Basel, and Zürich.Academic information 10 Academic information 11
Overview of educational It happens in English
programmes Classes in English can be found in every
department. Some teachers follow the student’s
to share their work and ideas with ease and
enthusiasm. In a trusting and non-judging
work during Rendez-vous invididuels (individual environment, all communication happens in
Académie supérieure de musique Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus appointments). These are not English classes English, regardless of ability or level.
of Strasbourg Art department but moments for students to acquire technical,
• Bois | Woodwind • Farmteam/Storytellers | Mixed media practical and theoretical knowledge in their Mulhouse Visual Arts classes
• Claviers | Keyboards • Hors-format | Performance, media-arts specific fields of work in English, giving their work jan-claire.stevens@hear.fr
• Cordes | Strings • La Fabrique | Sculpture & installation an opening to international opportunities. mirjam.spoolder@hear.fr
• Composition et musiques électroniques • No Name | Mixed media, art & science zoe.inch@hear.fr
Composition and electronic music • Peinture(s) | Painting Students also get to experience different
• Cuivres | Brass • Phonon | Sound art teaching methods used around the world, most Strasbourg Visual Arts classes
• Direction d’ensemble | Conducting of these focused on openness, co-teaching alexandra.david@hear.fr
• Jazz et musiques improvisées | Jazz and Art-Object department and collaborations, allowing students to gain roger.dale@hear.fr
improvised music • Bijou | Jewellery the necessary self-knowledge and confidence ilana.isehayek@hear.fr
• Musique ancienne | Early music • Bois | Wood
• Percussion | Percussion • Céramique | Ceramic
• Voix | Voice • Livre | Book
French classes
• Métal | Metal
Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus • Verre | Glass
Art department
• Le Plateau | Mixed media
Design department
Communication department
• Communication graphique | Graphic
Communication
for HEAR students
• Didactique Visuelle | Information Design Most classes at HEAR are held in French. Improving Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus and Académie
Textile Design department • Illustration your French skills will allow you to make the supérieure de musique of Strasbourg
most of your study period at HEAR and your stay A mandatory test of French proficiency level will
Scenography department in France in general. Although French language take place at the beginning of each semester.
classes are offered to our international students The class focuses on everyday life communication
during the semester, we still strongly recommend and is based on practical situations. This class
a good preparation before your arrival. also offers a specific support for Music and Visual
Theoretical Visual Arts classes
Arts students with dedicated time related to arts
French classes are mandatory for all international training. From understanding French contracts,
non francophone Music students, regardless of to writing a French CV, a Master thesis, a work
their level, and for Visual Arts students whose level statement, or preparing for the bilan (final
Theoretical classes at HEAR are taught by However some theory teachers are fluent in is estimated at B1 and below on the CEFR scale presentation), the teacher will help you develop
specialised faculty members. These classes English and accept essays to be written in English. (see page 53 – 54 in the annex). your language skills, and offer adequate tools
nourish the students’ entire curriculum, allowing related to your own field.
them to situate and maintain a critical distance Mulhouse Visual Arts campus Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus:
with their artistic productions. alice.marquaille@hear.fr Tests and classes will take place in the CLAM Teacher: soufia.souai@hear.fr
bastien.gallet@hear.fr language center.
These classes offer a varied approach in historical, CLAM 6, rue des Frères Lumière
thematic, transversal contents and in disciplines Strasbourg Visual Arts campus www.clam.uha.fr
ranging from semiotics, aesthetics, history of cyrille.bret@hear.fr
modern and contemporary art, just like specific
History based on mediums (photography,
graphics, design, typography…). Most of the
classes are taught in French only.12 Educational Programmes 13
Educational Cordes | Strings
Alto | Viola
Jean-Christophe Garzia
Trombone
Nicolas Moutier
Musique ancienne | Early music
Chant baroque | Baroque voice
Programmes
Contrebasse | Double bass Trompette | Trumpet Martin Gester
Christophe Béreau Patrick Carceller
Stephan Werner Vincent Gillig Clavecin | Harpsichord
Martin Gester
12 – 19
Guitare classique Tuba
Classical guitar Micaël Cortone d’Amore Flûte à bec, traverso
Alexis Muzurakis Recorder and baroque flute
Susana Prieto Direction d’ensemble Patrick Blanc
Conducting
Harpe | Harp Direction d’ensemble vocal Flûte à bec et hautbois baroque
Pierre-Michel Vigneau Vocal conducting Recorder and baroque oboe
Anne Vonau-Spannagel Jean-Philippe Billmann Renata Duarte
Violon | Violin Direction d’orchestre Luth et guitare baroque
Académie supérieure Samika Honda
Hédy Kerpitchian-Garzia
Philippe Lindecker
Orchestral conducting
Miguel Etchegoncelay
Theodor Guschlbauer
Lute and baroque guitar
Yasunori Imamura
de musique of Strasbourg Ana Reverdito-Haas
Jazz et musiques improvisées
Viole de gambe
Viola de gamba
Violoncelle | Cello Jazz and improvised music Franziska Finckh
From early music to classical, contemporary or and participate in numerous master classes with Eva Böcker Batterie | Drum kit
jazz, the Académie supérieure de musique of eminent guest artists throughout the year. Véronique Fuchs Luc Isenmann Violon baroque | Baroque Violin
Strasbourg prepares its students for world-class Stéphanie Pfister-Reymann
careers in music performance, composition and You can download the leaflet of music option: Composition Chant | Voice
teaching. Students learn with internationally www.hear.fr/la-hear/publications-hear et musiques électroniques Claudia Solal Percussion | Percussion
renowned professors, performers and composers, Composition Cymbalum | Cimbalom
and electronic music Contrebasse | Double bass Luigi Gaggero
Composition Jean-Daniel Hégé
Musical Dominants Daniel d’Adamo Percussion
Guitare | Guitar Stephan Fougeroux
The Académie supérieure de musique of instruments that are rare even amongst French Création et interprétation Jean-Pierre Herzog Denis Riedinger
Strasbourg comprises 10 music departments institutions, such as the accordion, ondes électroacoustique Emmanuel Séjourné
and offers more than 40 music majors, including Martenot, and cimbalom. Creation and performance Jazz et musiques improvisées
of electronic music Jazz and improvised music Voix | Voice
Bois | Woodwind Hautbois | Oboe Orgue | Organ Tom Mays Bernard Struber Chant | Singing
Basson | French bassoon Sébastien Giot Francis Jacob Jean-Noël Briend
Jean-Christophe Dassonville Christian Schmitt Daniel Maurer Cuivres | Brass Piano Marie Kobayashi
Johan Vexo Cor | French horn Eric Watson Marie-Madeleine Koebelé
Clarinette | Clarinet Saxophone Kevin Cleary Françoise Kubler
Sébastien Kœbel Philippe Geiss Piano Jérôme Hanar Saxophone Silvana Torto
Jean-Marc Foltz Michel Benhaiem Michaël Alizon
Claviers | Keyboards Masako Hayashi Ebbesen Euphonium Philippe Aubry
Fagott | Bassoon Accordéon | Accordion Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt Philippe Wendling
Hannoo Dönneweg Michel Gaechter (Piano forte)
Marie-Andrée Jœrger Amy Lin
Flûte traversière | Flute Michèle Renoul
Mario Caroli Ondes Martenot Dany Rouet
Sandrine François Thomas Bloch
Christine OttEducational Programmes 14 Educational Programmes 15
Specific organisation of studies Design
The Académie supérieure de musique of them to progress with the help of nationally Design operates in an ambiguous field that and methods. The diploma projects and the
Strasbourg offers the following diplomas and and internationally renowned musicians and involves technical concerns and symbolic theoretical research reflect this broader spectrum
degrees: a joint Bachelor degree – Diplôme faculty members. The curricula take into account dimensions, daily use and prospective questions. of questions.
national supérieur professionnel de musicien the diversity of our students’ profiles through It must be able to intersect with the artistic
(DNSPM)/Licence Composition et interprétation a large selection of over 50 complementary practices and some of its theoretical, social and Coordinator teacher:
musicale (CIM), a Master de composition et courses. Students are encouraged to engage in political, sometimes formal questions. It considers nathalia.moutinho@hear.fr
interprétation musicale, and a Diplôme d’État (DE). other aesthetic and interdisciplinary fields in the economic mechanisms, manufacturing costs
The teaching programme emphasises on the Académie’s lively artistic, economic and cultural
students’ daily instrumental practice which allows environment.
Textile Design
Professional experience and career opportunities Mulhouse was marked by a vital industrial activity. production in full difference, question skills, boost
The relationship between Arts and Industry the can-dos and invent editing and collective
The Académie supérieure de musique of each ensemble has two to three sessions a year gave pace and structure to the city. Today, the diffusion scales, where self-production tools
Strasbourg prepares students for a career as a that culminate in concerts in the auditorium of post-industrial heritage provides the student occupy a significant place.
musician, artist and teacher. the Cité de la musique et de la danse. Chamber researchers with a dense reflexive and meaningful
The Symphony Orchestra of the Académie and music is an essential part of the Académie medium. So as to imagine a creative relationship Coordinator teacher:
Conservatoire of Strasbourg, along with the degrees. Professors assist students with all facets to their environment, consider the object of their christelle.ledean@hear.fr
Contemporary Music Ensemble and Concert of their chamber music, helping them to gain a
Band, give students the opportunity to participate profound knowledge of the repertoire as well as
and learn in a professional environment and performance and practice techniques. Their work
Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus
perform the master works of the repertoire. is showcased in public concerts at the end of each
Under the direction of esteemed conductors, trimester.
You can download the leaflet of differents Visual Arts option:
Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus
www.hear.fr/la-hear/publications-hear
Art
This detailed description will help you choose your option (department)
or/and groupe pédagogique (workgroup) at HEAR. Farmteam/Storytellers, Hors-Format, No Name, common core (technical learning, workshops,
Peinture(s), la Fabrique and Phonon are groupes platforms, transversal courses, etc.) enriches the
You can download the leaflet of differents Visual Arts option: pédagogiques (workgroups) in the Art department student’s project. In addition, theoretical courses
www.hear.fr/la-hear/publications-hear of the Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus. Artists incorporating a wide variety of approaches
and theoreticians develop different approaches (historical, thematic, transversal) constitute an
to art supported by the thoroughgoing practice educational programme in their own right that
Art – Le Plateau of various mediums, techniques and materials. feeds the whole of the student’s curriculum. In the
This range of possibilities enables the invention of Master programme, the supervision of the visual
The Art department is marked by the presence of any particular medium is prioritized. Sound Arts, open and personalized experimental domains in research developed by the student is coordinated
an active sound art workshop and programme, Painting, Volume, Photography, Video, Intermedia, which students organize their courses according with that of the Master thesis in which issues and
Sonic and Sound Spaces and thus displays Set Design and Exhibition Practices have a to their practice and their project. Alongside this question related to personal work are developed.
a particular interest in the question of the common concern: experimentation with space as time of experimentation and artistic research, a
propagation of art in space in its material an artistic concern.
and immaterial dimensions. The department • Farmteam/Storytellers | Mixed media • Coordinator teacher:
articulates different teachings around a common Coordinator teachers: Farmteam (Bachelor), is aimed at students who manfred.sternjakob@hear.fr
project in order to encourage the particular anne.immele@hear.fr have a desire to invent stories with their visual
project of each student. No technical expertise or didier.kiefer@hear.fr production. Although audiovisual production is • Hors-format | Performance, media-arts •
central, other media remain possible. Storytellers The Hors-format workgroup consists of artist-
(Master) seeks new forms of narration. The artistic teachers, theoreticians, guest artists and
medium is the audio-visual language. students. Together they analyse and constructEducational Programmes 16 Educational Programmes 17
artistic events in order to experiment with ways to Coordinator teacher: • Wood • manifestation, this approach is embodied in the
create, transmit and analyse instability by using mathieu.boisadan@hear.fr The Wood Workshop involves a technical concept of the ‘artist’s book’ which is rooted in
time, space, image, text, sound, the body and the approach to information about materials and diverse twentieth century experimental practices.
relationship with technology as malleable media. • La Fabrique | Sculpture, installation • their implementation but also a more conceptual The workshop combines theory and practice and
Coordinator teacher: At La Fabrique, sculpture may be produced in approach related to the specific nature of the aims to train students to understand the book-
anne.laforet@hear.fr large formats. The teachers have a sculpture, material with regard to the living world and to its object as a medium in which form and content
moulding, drawing and photography practice and cultural role. Such training is designed to provide maintain an unstable but open relationship,
• No Name | Mixed media, art & science • a site-specific strategy. Throughout the course, students with the necessary elements in order to especially in the era of digital mutation.
In No Name, teaching is designed for students students acquire tools for the presentation, give them real autonomy and ensure their future Coordinator teacher:
aware of the complexity of contemporary communication and dissemination of their work in independence as authors and artists. Although the ju-young.kim@hear.fr
societies. By linking their personal research to the order to facilitate integration into contemporary main material employed is wood in all its aspects,
theme of the seminar ‘Art, Science and Society’ art networks. other materials and other means of expression are • Metal •
that is developed each year, students experiment Coordinator teacher: developed, without restriction, in relation to the The Metal Workshop explores the concept of
with visual forms in order to devise and produce a gerard.starck@hear.fr various projects undertaken by students. assemblage, static and dynamic experimental
collective exhibition. Coordinator teacher: structures and all formal systems induced
Coordinator teacher: • Phonon | Sound art • stephane.lallemand@hear.fr by metals and their physical properties. The
christiane.geoffroy@hear.fr Phonon is a transdisciplinary workgroup in sound workshop is based on free experimentation with
art. Sound is considered in its essence, but is also • Clay, Ceramic • a variety of materials and guides each student in a
• Peinture(s) | Painting • combined with other media and other practices. As an outstanding feature of French art schools, process that encourages openness and curiosity.
In Peinture(s), an introduction to the techniques Transdisciplinarity can be expressed and the Clay/Ceramic Workshop explores the medium Coordinator teacher:
of painting, drawing and printmaking encourages experienced through voice, writing, performance, of clay in terms of its uses, its history and its role konrad.loder@hear.fr
the development of a personal formal language. noise, field-recording, composition, live music, in contemporary art practices. Such training
Peinture(s) draws its project from the paradoxical radio (FM, streaming), installation, sound in facilitates approaches to the articulation of form • Glass •
space of the studio: a place of withdrawal, scenography and video. and meaning in relation to sculpture, image and The Glass Workshop in Strasbourg is unique
work and concentration that that translate Coordinator teacher: space. Clay and its derivatives are explored and in the field of French art schools. It enables
the world into forms. philippe.lepeut@hear.fr manipulated in all forms (liquid, solid, unfired, the development of work through technical
fired) and at all temperatures. Using raw materials and theoretical approaches to understanding
(oxides and minerals), students develop a the origins and role of glass in the field of
Art-Object personal formal repertoire to be employed in their contemporary art, with critical distance. Students
projects. analyse and progress further in their work by
The Art – Object departement is situated within Although attached to the workshop they chose, Coordinator teacher: using glass, as if it were any other medium, in a
the contemporary art field and includes the Clay/ students share teaching modules with the other arnaud.lang@hear.fr unique functional or poetic plastic production.
Ceramic, Glass, Jewellery, Metal, Paper/Book and workshops. Furthermore, the other departements, Direct experimentation is the driving force behind
Wood workshops, some of which date back to the Art and Communication, collaborate with the • Paper, Book • each student’s personal project. Weekly group
origins of the Ecole supérieure des arts décoratifs workshops, places of fruitful multidisciplinary The Book Workshop, which has arisen from a discussions are a forum for monitoring projects
of Strasbourg in 1892. Closely related to the field encounters. Throughout their studies, students culture of book binding, is a place of research and and production. See the website of the Glass
of sculpture, in its current manifestation ranging benefit from various forms of teaching: technical experimentation and approaches the book as an Workshop: atelierverre.wordpress.com
from actions to installations, the notion of object training, theoretical courses, individual tutorials, object encoded by its historical uses and which is Coordinator teacher:
goes beyond the artist’s book and jewellery. conferences, research workshops, seminars and in a perpetual state of evolution. In its most recent yeun-kyung.kim@hear.fr
Through the use of diverse materials and high- workshops… A group presentation, open to the
level knowhow, students discover unexpected public, is offered every Thursdays.
forms and expressions and produce new aesthetic Lexpodujeudi Communication
approaches.
The Communication department consists of and graphic practices that are fully anchored in
• Jewellery • through the use of various materials and know- three specialisations: Graphic Communication, reality;
Jewellery as an artistic discipline and field of how. Whether an object of power or a popular Information Design and Illustration. • Graphically answer contemporary political and
experimentation is a particularity of French art Art – Object, the jewel is a small zone of materiality Each specialisation develops its specific trainings socio- logical questions.
schools. Rooted in the Goldsmithing Workshop, and jewellery is a portable art, situated on the in full autonomy, but they all share the same goals:
the Jewellery Workshop at HEAR borders on body. See the Facebook page of the Jewellery • Attentively read the world of visual signs around Visual Communication takes into account an order
contemporary art and design. It is a place for Workshop: HEARbijou us and its underlying rhetorical processes as much as its recipient. This is the methodology
acquiring and using techniques and for generating Coordinator teachers: • Understand what gives power to images and towards which the students are lead, step by step.
ideas related to the intrinsic qualities of the jewel florence.lehmann@hear.fr texts, and how they interact; Visual Communication questions the Media in
and the complex evolution of body adornment sophie.hanagarth@hear.fr • Develop the works of authors engaged in artistic its full range from paper to ‘digital’, from book to
Students develop a relevant personal visionEducational Programmes 18 Educational Programmes 19
audiovisual. These teachings enhance the ethical laboratory, wide-open on contemporary society The graduation diploma is thus a rare opportunity Coordinator teacher:
and aesthetic stakes of these tools, their impact and aware of its social, cultural, political and to initiate projects outside the existing codes of francois.duconseille@hear.fr
on the subject as much as the know-how that they artistic issues. It is open to the school’s other (re) presentation and to freely experiment with
require. specialisations, as well as to cross-disciplinary issues related to space and fiction.
practices and helps students develop their
• Information Design • research process, their ability to analyze raised
HEAR’s Information Design department is issues and their contexts, while maintaining a
Visual Arts workshops
unique in France. This specialisation focuses on critical and committed attitude. The question of
methodologies to improve the understanding, the sign’s place, its status, the nature of the media
communication and transmission of specific (printed, digital or hybrid) and its pervasiveness
knowledge including art mediation using Visual occupy a singular place in this workgroup.
and Digital Arts. Drawing, in its various styles See the blog of the Graphic Communication Technical workshops are accessible beyond regular class time. During the whole process
and usages, is as central to these courses specialisation: comgraph.hear.fr an assistant will help you through the realisation of your project.
as technological development (production, Coordinator teacher:
distribution, publishing). Contributing theoretical jerome.saint-loubert-bie@hear.fr
approaches include cognitive and learning
sciences. Information Design at HEAR is • Illustration • Mulhouse Visual Arts Campus technical workshops
therefore a cross disciplinary practice that The Illustration specialisation teaches the
favours, depending on the context, intersecting narrative image language and its relation to the • Sérigraphie | Silk screen printing • Menuiserie | Carpentry
approaches of the different media, languages of text (from the implied narration of a silent image to • Photographie | Photography • Metal
art mediation and forms of expression… Students the complementary features of image and text on • Infographie | Computer graphics • Gravure et découpe laser | Laser cutting
can develop their talents as authors, creators a page layout). This language is complex to learn • Sonic (son) | Sound and engraving
sharing and participating to a critical and sensitive and produces paradoxically simple and accessible • Video
reading of the world, communicating a point of reading for a great majority of people. An • Volume | Sculpture Coordinator: Brice Jeannin
view, a testimony, an analysis, a staging of reality, important aspect of the training is considering the
through visual means. Didactique Visuelle runs a reader, which requires a certain type of humility
website where research projects and conferences and the riddance of all forms of self-satisfaction Strasbourg Visual Arts Campus workshops
are updated: www.didactiquevisuelle.hear.fr from the author. The specificity of the Illustration
Coordinator teacher: specialisation is the independent and singular Technical Workshops the Cursus PIF brochure.
olivier.poncer@hear.fr copyright work, which is asked of the students • Animation
(even though being an author is not something • Atelier léger | Wood Coordinator teacher:
• Graphic Communication • that one learns). Developing, nourishing a world • Façonnage | Digital lab* bernard.bleny@hear.fr
The Graphic Communication specialisation aims and allowing it to flourish, to exist, is the perpetual • Gravure & Lithographie
at training unique and responsible personalities challenge that the teaching staff of the Illustration Engraving & Lithography Art-Objet Workshops
in the field of Graphic Design. It leads to various specialisation offers to take up. Graphic • Impression | Printing workshop* If you study within the Art-Object department,
professions and encourages the practice of experiments, research of graphic style, staging, • Livre | Book binding* teachers may schedule specific initiations which
photography, video and multimedia. If Graphic script, plot, character, color are some of the key • Numérique | Digital lab* will allow you to access the facilities of another
Design is seen as part of the Applied Arts, elements of the pedagogy. • Photographie | Photography* specialisation. If you’re not an Art-Objet student,
its experimental and creative aspect is also Coordinator teacher: • Prépresse & Sérigraphie* please check with the coordinators of each
encouraged. This specialisation functions as a salome.risler@hear.fr Prepress & silkscreen printing* specialisation for the possibility to follow an
• Video initiation.
Scenography *Cursus PIF • Bijou | Jewellery
Among the technical workshops in Strasbourg • Bois | Wood
The scenography department questions the way As it is based in an art school, the teaching of Visual Arts Campus, 6 of them form the Cursus PIF • Céramique | Clay/ceramic
the issues of space and (re) presentation cross scenography at HEAR is transdisciplinary, in initiation programme. • Livre | Book
over into various fields of contemporary creation. regular interaction with other artistic and musical The PIF (Prépresse Impression Façonnage) • Métal | Metal
Although the theatre remains the structural axis practices. The workshop develops authorial initiation aims at showing students the whole • Verre | Glass
of the classes, students often quit conventional viewpoints that are unusual or atypical. process of a graphic chain. The initiation is a
performance spaces in order to question and prerequisite in order to access each of
practice what, in virtual urban spaces but also in the 6 technical workshops but places are limited.
contemporary art and the museum, is an active Students will need to have an edition project in
field of theatricality. mind before registering. Find more information in20 How to apply 21
How to apply Please send your application by e-mail to
Visual Arts
The coordinator of the department, specialisation
20 – 22
international@hear.fr including the 2 following or workgroup will review applications, and
PDF files: you will be accepted depending on portfolio
-Lastname_Firstname_Application documents quality and study places available in each
-Lastname_Firstname_Portfolio department, specialisation or workgroup. You can
expect an answer concerning your application
Application documents within the month after the deadline.
All in one PDF file in this order:
1. Application form, Language requirements
2. CV, Most of our classes are held in French. We offer
Incoming exchange student
3. Letter of motivation, French classes to our international students during
4. ID picture the semester but we still strongly recommend a
good preparation before classes start.
Portfolio See section about French classes for HEAR
As an exchange student, you pay tuition fees to your home institution, thus you do not have to pay any Format: Max A4 (210 × 297 mm) students page 45 – 46.
tuition fees at HEAR. You benefit from the same rights and are subjected to the same duties as HEAR regular Definition: 110 dpi/pop
students; however you are not entitled to receive the diplomas delivered from HEAR. Maximum size: 5 mega octets/mega bytes Applications deadlines
Fall Semester: May 15
Spring Semester: November 1
Académie supérieure
de musique of Strasbourg
Music exchange student can only apply for the The Académie will acknowledge good reception
Admission at HEAR
whole academic year. Please send the following
documents:
1. Application forms,
of the application, and will provide answer by the
end of May. as a graduate student
2. CD of your performance record, Language requirements
3. CV,
4. Letter of motivation,
French language skills are necessary and
mandatory. All exchange students are required to
Académie supérieure de musique of Strasbourg
5. ID picture, attend a French class.
6. Learning agreement For admissions to the Bachelor/DNSPM Tuition fees
7. Proof of french level (B1) Application deadline (performance) programme or Bachelor DNSPC You can find the conditions to reduced tuition fees
(composition) programme, the candidate in the Guide de l’étudiant. Download the guide
Applications should be sent by email to: Full academic year only: April 15 must have a DEM (a musical education in PDF: www.hear.fr/arts-plastiques/pedagogie-
thibaut.gindensperger@hear.fr diploma – equivalent of ’A’ levels or AP’s) or an arts-plastiques
and regular mail to: equivalent foreign degree. For more information please contact Thibaut
Académie supérieure de musique de Strasbourg Admissions to the Master programmes are open Gindensperger.
À l’attention de Thibaut Gindensperger to candidates with a Bachelor – DNSPM/DNSPC or
Cité de la musique et de la danse equivalent foreign degree. DNSPM-Bachelor:
1 place Dauphine regular fee €424
67000 Strasbou rg Conditions, procedures and application forms
FRANCE available online www.hear.fr Master CIM:
Required French level: DELF B1 for Bachelor and regular fee €378
DELF B2 for Master
Application deadlines
Application deadline: beginning of January
Auditions date: in MarchHow to apply 22 23
1st Year entry exam
Visual Arts
Application deadlines
Prepare
your stay
For admissions to the 1st year entry exam you 1st year students: Mid February
need the Baccalauréat (or equivalent diploma). Admission committee: Mid March
French language skills are mandatory and you
need to provide a proof of a B1 level in French. Tuition fees
23 – 25
Regular fee €850; please see conditions on the
The exam is structured in two phases: website for information on reduced fee
• selection of the written application (portfolio, French social security scheme €217
letter of intent and application form)
• interview with a jury and written examination Partial waiving of application fee on Social Criteria
(in French) on a theoretical subject. Self-funded students who might have important
financial difficulties can request a partial waiving
Application fee €60. of application fees. They have to file a specific
application record before September 30th of the
Admission committee current academic year.
This committee is open to students having
completed at least one year of higher artistic
education. French language skills are mandatory
Once the file is submitted and the supporting
documents are reviewed by a social worker
designated by HEAR, a selection commission
Legal entry requirements
and you need a proof of a B2 level in French. chaired by the Board Director or its legal If you are a student from the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA), Andorra,
The admission is determined by the decision of representative and the two Deputy Directors or Monaco and Switzerland, you are exempt from visa and temporary residence permit requirements.
the jury and the study places available in each their legal representative, the HEAR Administrator You can come to France with a valid ID card or a passport.
specialisation or workgroup. or its legal representative take a decision on the
The admission consists of two steps: request.
• pre-selection of the written application The partial waiving of application fee will only take Visa
• interview with a jury from the chosen effect on tuition fee paid to HEAR (consequently
specialisation or workgroup. In some cases this excluding the Music students who already paid If you are not a national from one of the countries HEAR and a proof that you have sufficient financial
interview can take place via Skype. their application fee to the university, the social listed above, it will be necessary to apply for a means to live in France (approximately: €615/
security, preventive health services and other ‘long stay’ visa marked ‘student’ (approximately month).
The updated application procedure will be additional contributions) €99) at the French consular services in your Find detailed guidelines to get your visa on the
available on the school’s website www.hear.fr country of residence. official French diplomatic website
in 2018. French consular services may require other www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
documents in addition to your acceptance at
Application fee €61
Residence permit
In some cases, students with a one-year visa do (approximately €77), you must submit the original
not need a temporary residence permit and must and a photocopy of the following documents:
go to the OFII, the procedure is explained upon • your passport
reception of the visa. • an enrollment certificate
• a proof of financial resources (same given for
Other students must apply for a temporary the visa application)
residence permit at the prefecture of Strasbourg • a proof of residential address
or Mulhouse. • a birth certificate
• 3 ID pictures
Mulhouse: Sous-Préfecture — 2 place du G al de
Gaulle, 68100 Mulhouse — www.haut-rhin.gouv.fr
Strasbourg: Préfecture — 5 place de la République,
67073 Strasbourg — www.bas-rhin.pref.gouv.fr
To apply for a temporary residence permitPrepare your stay 24 Prepare your stay 25
Budget Arrival
By plane The SNCF en.voyages-sncf.com offers many
Main expenses Mulhouse regular trains to Strasbourg and Mulhouse
Euroairport www.euroairport.com from Paris and other major cities in France and
From the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, Europe. Fares vary a lot depending on the date of
The average monthly budget for a student is 1 regular meal: 15 – €25 a shuttle bus connects the airport to the Saint purchase.
estimated between €350 and €750. 1 cinema ticket: 4 – €7 Louis’s train station. There you can continue by Prevailing price level:
It can vary between Strasbourg and Mulhouse and 1 concert/show/theater ticket: 6 – €60 (see train, ter SNCF, to Strasbourg. www.ter.sncf.com Paris – Strasbourg 25 €- 70
also depends on your personal lifestyle. page 36 for information on Carte Culture) Prevailing price level: Paris – Mulhouse 30€- 90
Saint-Louis – Mulhouse 6,10 €
Montly expenses: One time expenses: Saint-Louis - Strasbourg 23,10 € By bus
Rent: 200 – €500 French phone SIM card: €4 Strasbourg The bus companies Eurolines, Flixbus and
Food: 100 – €150 Bike: 40 – €100 The Strasbourg international airport Megabus cover over 1,500 destinations in Europe.
Leisure: 50 – €100 Annual housing insurance: 10 – €50 www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr welcomes flights www.eurolines.fr
Monthly top-up health from more than 200 destinations. www.flixbus.fr
Local prices: insurance (mutuelle): 20 – €40 A shuttle train connects the airpost to the train freu.megabus.com
1 one-way Tram/Bus ticket: 1.50 – €1.70 Other set-up expenses station (9min ride, €4.30)
1 monthly Tram/Bus pass: 19 – €26.60 (phone + electricity, etc.): €100 www.ter.sncf.com Bus stops :
1 student meal: €3.25 French Student Social security scheme: €215 Mulhouse : avenue du Général Leclerc
1 fastfood meal: 5 €- 10 By train Strasbourg: 1, place de l’Étoile
A high speed train (TGV) connects Paris Charles de
Gaulle Airport (Terminal2) to Strasbourg By Car sharing
Mobility Grants (2 :30 ride) Within France the cheapest way to travel is by car
sharing using Blablacar. www.blablacar.fr
Ask your home institution Campus France
If you are an exchange student, please check Depending on your home country, you can find
which grants you can apply for with the help of the scholarship on Campus France that could help you
Housing
International Office of your home institution. to finance your studies in France.
campusbourses.campusfrance.org
Housing in Mulhouse and Strasbourg Students need to create an account
HEAR does not have on-campus accommodation. www.messervices.etudiant.gouv.fr an fill out an
Documents to bring with you
However, the International Office can provide a online application (DSE – Dossier Social Etudiant)
list of offers for shared flats or apartments to rent before April 30th.
(mostly offers from our outgoing students).
Students applying after April 30th will be on a
Valid passport or ID card (original Birth certificate translated into French (for Student housing in Strasbourg waiting list. Please write to:
and photocopy) housing financial assistance see page 24) A few rooms in the Strasbourg student residency audrey.wirrmann@crous-strasbourg.fr
Visa (for students from non-EU/EEA countries) Copies of the pay slips and accommodation (Paul Appell & La Robertsau) can be reserved
ID photos certificates of your parents or relatives (for through the HEAR International Office. CROUS offices
Valid European Health insurance card (students housing garantor see page 24) If you are interested please contact Mulhouse
from EU countries) Unlocked phone for French SIM card international@hear.fr 1, Rue Alfred Werner
Proof of international health insurance (see Your printed portfolio t.+33 (0)3 89 33 64,644
page 30) CROUS – Student residencies Strasbourg
Proof of liability insurance Centre Régional des Œuvres Universitaires et 1, Boulevard de la Victoire
Sufficient cash (deposit for a room, tickets etc.) Scolaires is a public organisation which provides t. + 33 (0)3 88 21 28 00
Bank statement to prove sufficient financial students rooms for rent at low rates.
means (€615/month)
Proof of ScholarshipPrepare your stay 26 Prepare your stay 27
Location et colocation | Rental and flatshare APL | Housing financial assistance For more information, please read the CAF
You should check as soon as possible whether brochure in English which explains the procedure
You can also find a studio, a furnished room or • www.colocation.fr you are eligible for housing financial assistance step-by-step.
a flatshare on these websites: • www.coloctoit.com in France. The Caisse d’Allocations Familiales www.caf.fr
• www.lacartedescolocs.fr (CAF) is a French state assistance fund which
Student offer: • www.lacartedescolocs.fr can provide housing aid called APL (Aide CAF office:
• www.adele.org • www.recherche-colocation.com Personnalisée au Logement). The level of help Mulhouse
• www.crous-strasbourg.fr depends on your income, type of housing and rent 26 Avenue Robert Schuman
• www.leclubetudiant.com General offer: paid. In case of shared property, every tenant can Strasbourg
• www.mgellogement.fr • www.immoregion.fr benefit, but only with regards to the proportion of 18 Rue de Berne
• www.lokaviz.fr • www.leboncoin.fr the rent. Each individual must apply separately.
• www.lecoindelimmo.com
Flatshare: • www.topannonces.fr
• www.appartager.com
Temporary accommodation
Hostels Free accomodation
If you would like to stay in a hostel for a night or • www.couchsurfing.org
two while you visit apartments: • www.talktalkbnb.com get a free room in
• www.fuaj.org exchange for communication in your native
• www.ciarus.com language. More information see page 45,
Learning French)
BnB
• www.airbnb.com
Housing budget
Garant | Housing Garantor Frais d’agence | Agency fees
Your landlord might ask for a Garantor (a person If you find your accommodation via a renting
who takes responsibility of the rent if it isn’t paid agency, you will generally have to pay a month’s
anymore) before signing the lease. Consequently, rent in agency fees. Also, beware of the agencies
we strongly advise you to bring with you copies of offering access to a list of accommodations
the pay slips and accommodation certificates of available. The access to this list usually costs
your parents or relatives who would be ok to take around €150 and this sum will not be reimbursed,
this responsibility. even if you do not find any accommodation
through this agency.
If you can’t find a garantor you can apply to the
French goverment garantor organisation (CLE) on Caution | First deposit
lokaviz website. www.lokaviz.fr Rent prices in Strasbourg and Mulhouse can vary
between €200 and €500 per month (€180 in a
student residency room). A first deposit will be
required before you move in; it usually equals 1
month rent. This deposit will be refunded at the
end of your stay if there hasn’t been any damage
to the property. There is also a mandatory
subscription to annual housing insurance that can
cost between €6 and €50.28 Settling in France 29
Settling Regular students
If you don’t have one of the 3 elements above or if Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie (CPAM) in
in France
you are a regular student, you need to subscribe Strasbourg or Mulhouse
to French Social Security: French Social Security Social security works with reimbursement rates
(Sécurité Sociale or Sécu) is the state institution which allow from 15 to 70% of the total medical
providing financial assistance to one’s healthcare service fees to be reimbursed to the beneficiaries.
28 – 38
expenses.
As an exchange student, you have the right to If you subscribe, you will be given a carte vitale
subscribe to the student social security scheme*. that should be presented during visits to all
healthcare professionals: doctors, medical
The subscription for the academic year 2016-17 specialists, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies. This
costs €215 card allows quick reimbursements of 15 to 70%
*If you are over 28 years old you cannot subscribe of your healthcare expenses, and an additional
to student social security scheme, please enquire 30% for those who have subscribed to top-up/
about the general social security scheme at the complementary insurance.
Insurances Mutuelle | Complementary insurance
During your stay in France, you might be required Assurance logement | Housing insurance Social Security only reimburses part of your Regular social security scheme
to show proof of subscription to one or several By subscribing to this insurance, the apartment or healthcare expenses. Mutuelle/complementary If you are not eligible for the Student social
types of insurance such as liability insurance, room you rent and your possessions are covered insurance will cover all or part of the difference security scheme, please go to the CPAM (Caisse
housing insurance or health insurance. against the risks of flood/fire damage or against between the medical service fee and the French primaire Assurance Maladie) for general social
burglary. This insurance often includes civil liability social security reimbursement rate. security subscription.
Assurance responsabilité civile | Civil liability insurance but do check before subscribing.
insurance In Strasbourg and Mulhouse there are two student CPAM
If you unintentionally caused damage to another See below contact and addresses for LMDE and health insurance agencies, LMDE and MGEL. www.ameli.fr
person or his/her property, your insurance agency MGEL agencies in Strasbourg and Mulhouse.
will deal with the claim (this insurance is required LMDE Mulhouse
to use or borrow certain equipment at HEAR). Assurance Maladie | Health insurance www.lmde.com 26, Avenue Robert Schuman
Health insurance is a complex but essential point
you will need to review before coming to France. Strasbourg Strasbourg
6 C, place d’Austerlitz 6, Rue de Lausanne
t : +33 (0)1 40 92 54 85
Exchange Students MGEN
MGEL www.mgen.fr
As an exchange student, you are not required to • or a certificate of private insurance providing full www.mgel.fr
register to French social security, but you must coverage for medical risks, without restrictions Mulhouse
bring one of the 3 documents below: related to cost, valid for the duration of the stay Mulhouse 10, Rue Gustave Hirn
• a European health insurance card (only students in France. 45, avenue du Président Kennedy
from EU/EEA). This card should be requested at • or a SE401-Q-104 form issued by the Régie t : +33 (0)3 89 32 04 67 Strasbourg
your local health services agency in your home d’Assurance Maladie du Québec (only students 4, Rue Henri BergsonHautepierre
country. If you pay for healthcare services in from Quebec). Strasbourg
France, this card will enable you to forward your 4, Rue de Londres
requests for reimbursements to your health t : +33 (0)3 88 60 26 26
agency in your country.Settling in France 30 Settling in France 31
Healthcare Phone
Whether you are insured in France or in your home Mulhouse In order to communicate with your French friends • www.sosh.fr – starting at €4.99/month
country, you are generally required to pay medical Service santé de l’UHA and fellow students we recommend you to acquire • www.virginmobile.fr – starting at €5.99/month
expenses as they occur: when visiting a doctor, 1 rue Alfred Werner a French phone number as quickly as possible.
buying prescribed medicine or for medical tests. Maison de l’étudiant – 1er étage Monthly payments are called forfait. Make sure
Then you can ask to be reimbursed by your health t. +33 (0)3 89 33 64 45 Please give your French phone number to the to choose a forfait sans engagement as opposed
insurer. International Office who might call you in case of to 12 months or 24 months contracts. You can
A general doctor may charge from €23 to €25 for Strasbourg emergencies. compare online forfait prices on touslesforfaits or
a consultation. 6, rue de Palerme lebonforfait websites
Monday to Thrusday, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Main and cheapest operators in France: www.touslesforfaits.fr
Types of payment vary: doctors usually accept Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm • www.b-and-you.fr starting at €2.99/month www.lebonforfait.fr
checks and credit cards, some might not accept Contact – t. +33 (0)3 68 85 50 24 • www.sfr.fr – offer RED de SFR starting
cash. sumps@unistra.fr at €2.99/month
sumps.unistra.fr
The following medical center are accessible and
English-friendly: Centre de santé MGEN | Healthcare center
Emergencies
Mulhouse
SUMPS Possibility to go see a nurse
The SUMPS (Service Universitaire de Médecine Maison de l’Etudiant
Préventive et de Promotion de la Santé) is a 1, rue Alfred Werner
student organisation in Strasbourg and Mulhouse t. +33 (0)3 89 33 64 47 Emergencies (from mobile phones): 112 SOS Médecin | Home visiting doctor
which gives access to certain medical services linda.wendling@uha.fr Medical emergency (SAMU): 15 You can reach a doctor anytime of the day and
(medical check, vaccin, social and psycological Police: 17 night who can come directly to your home.
assistance etc.). Strasbourg Fire Brigade: 18 More information on SOS Médecin website
The annual registration fee to these services costs Consultation with a general doctor is possible www.sos-medecins67.fr
around €5 (please see HEAR Academic affairs without an appointment. Appointments are t +33 (0)3 88 75 75 75
offices to register) mandatory for consultations with medical
specialists, you can schedule an appointment by
email.
4, Place du Pont aux Chats
t. +33 (0)3 88 21 14 60
consultation642@mgen.fr
Bank
Opening a bank account in France is not
mandatory but it can be useful during your stay in To open a bank account you will in most cases
France. need to present the following documents:
For some regular payments (phone or rent) • Your ID, your residency permit (titre de séjour),
or for other transactions (such as refund from • a proof of address including your name and
healthcare expenses or transfer of housing aid address, (rent contract, phone bill), or a
money), you might be asked to provide a RIB certificate from your landlord (attestation
(Relevé d’Identité Bancaire), which provides your d’hébergement) with a copy of his/her ID and a
bank account details. It is available on your bank bill with his/her name.
statements and in your check book. You can also
print a RIB at an ATM machine or ask for one in
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