Bordeaux INP Emergency Social Aid (CASU): Financial Support, Laptop Loan and Tuition Exemption

• Financial support: up to EUR 300.
• Laptop loan for the duration of the training cycle, under a loan agreement with the Bordeaux INP information systems department.
• Partial or total exemption from tuition fees, within the ceilings set by decree no. 2026-385. If fees are already paid, a partial or total refund adjusts them to the granted rate; for instalment payments the refund is made after the last instalment.

No fixed application window. The commission meets when the chair convenes it according to the number of requests. The complete file must be returned at least 7 days before the commission meeting.

1. Contact the pedagogical secretariat of your school (composante) and explain your difficulties; they send the links to submit the request.
2. For financial support, book and attend an appointment with the CROUS Bordeaux social worker beforehand.
3. Complete the online form (one form for financial support and laptop loan, another for tuition exemption) and upload the supporting documents.
4. Submit the complete file at least 7 days before the commission meeting.
5. You are notified of the decision, including the amount granted and any conditions.

• Letter explaining the request.
• Proof of parents' income (prior-year tax notice, payslips, pension statements).
• Proof of the student's own income, if any.
• Proof of expenses (rent receipt or housing certificate, utilities, transport, phone and internet, supplementary health insurance).
• Proof of resources (scholarship notifications, last 2 payslips and summer job payslips, CAF allowance notices, apprenticeship contract).
• Proof of debts (loan schedule, bank overdraft balance, other health, book or compulsory internship costs).
• Spouse's or partner's supporting documents if in a couple.
• Personal bank details (RIB).

Each school first reviews its own students' files and gives an opinion. The CROUS social worker reviews files at least 5 days before the meeting. The commission, made up of eight voting members chaired by the Vice-President for training and student life, votes by majority and proposes awards; the chair decides on grant or refusal. Student, household and parental income and family situation are taken into account. Proceedings are confidential.