Population
1,94M
Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · RP2023 · 200054807
Cities
93 · Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
Student decision snapshot
Population uses the Phase 2 public geography contract, while verified teaching locations retain their physical commune/locality. A metropolitan destination is never treated as an alias for one campus locality.
Population
1,94M
Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence · RP2023 · 200054807
Student living
€836–€1,156
Indicative monthly planning reference · high confidence · methodology varies by destination
Student transport
€45 / month
AMU indicative monthly transport pass within its international-student budget; operator/product conditions vary by residence and route
Student work
964 h / year
France national student rule; this is not converted into a weekly city ranking.
AMU publishes habitual-month totals of €836 in CROUS university residence and €1,156 in private accommodation and recommends a minimum monthly budget of €1,100.
CampCareer has 132 verified France programme offering records, but the inherited registered-location relationships do not prove delivery at the Phase 3 verified teaching locations. Institution or teaching-location presence is never used to infer city programme availability.
The city catalogue state is verification pending rather than “0 programmes”.
This is the initial verified nine-university foundation, not a complete French higher-education provider inventory. Teaching-campus evidence does not imply programme delivery.
Aix-Marseille Université
FR UAI identity verified · 2 teaching locations
INSEE RP2023 employment by activity sector at the Phase 2 population geography These shares are context only, not shortage rankings or job guarantees.
France-Visas states that foreign students may work up to 964 hours per year, equivalent to 60% of normal annual working time. This is supplementary income, not a city-specific advantage.
Algerian nationals: working time is limited to 50% of normal working hours in France