After the choice of orientation, comes the time to find accommodation for the students. In Dijon, it is increasingly difficult to find accommodation. To adapt to the admission phases of Parcoursup, the regional center for university and school works (Crous) has changed its algorithm. The first phase will take place on June 14.
After the pressure of Parcoursup’s first admissions phase comes the thorny issue of finding accommodation for some students. The end of the school year rhymes with crossover, not only on the roads, also on the Dijon campus (Côte-d’Or). There are the students who have finished their year and who are leaving, the new ones who are waiting for their allocation of accommodation and those who wish to keep theirs.
In order to adapt to this situation and to the Parcoursup system, the Crous is renewing its algorithm. There are now four housing allocation rounds compared to only one before. From June 14, 1,300 housing units can already be assigned.
Close to 35,000 students at the University of Burgundy must potentially find accommodation, but according to the student housing observatory, the Crous only has about 3 600 places.
For accommodation, there are four requests but this needs to be qualified since students make multiple requests
Emmanuel Olivaud, director of the Crous Dijon site
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Boulevard Mansart, the Mâcon pavilion is undergoing renovation. The old rooms have been transformed into small studios of about twenty square meters. The students will therefore have their own sanitary facilities and kitchenettes, for better “meet comfort standards“, according to Emmanuel Olivaud, director of Crous Dijon. These new facilities will be offered to students for a rent of 341 euro all inclusive. Closed at the start of the 2021-2022 school year, the management announces that these accommodations will be ready for the next school year.
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On the other hand, this renovation has a cost since there are almost a third less housing in this building. Added to the initial shortage of student accommodation is this new problem.
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Anissa has been studying in Dijon for 3 years. She will not keep her Crous accommodation. “I pay for my accommodation with my scholarship but in July-August I don’t have it. It’s true that I’m a little afraid to leave my apartment because I don’t know if I’ll find one“.
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Yann, a student, does not stay at the Crous but took two months to find private accommodation. “Clearly it was first come, first served. Real estate agents also told us, within a few hours it was over”.
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Mathilde, a student, found her apartment in the private sector. “If I didn’t have my parents behind, it would be difficult to finance my accommodation on my own.“
So how do you address this shortage? Victorien Di Fraja, president of the Conglomérat Dijon Métropole association, answers “it’s been 10-15 years that associations have been asking for the construction of Crous housing“. According to him “if we have to be satisfied that the Crous builds housing every 20 years, that is not viable. We know that the student curve is growing until 2023 or even 2024“.
It is true that more and more students are opting for long studies. Enrollment in Masters programs increased by 2.9% at the start of the 2021-2022 academic year (information systems and statistical studies). He adds that the problem is rather national and that the Crous have less and less endowments.
With his association, Victorien Di Fraja helps students in their search for accommodation. They offer other alternatives to the Crous.
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