Georgia Institute of Technology

Students will have the opportunity to purchase used textbooks sold by students from a previous semester through a document organized by Georgia Tech-Lorraine staff. If they cannot find what they need, they can either purchase their books and bring them with them or mail them to the Georgia Tech-Lorraine campus building. 

No. Students must make alternate accomodation arrangements should they arrive early. There are no early check-ins to the dorms. Students will learn the check-in date and times for their semester during the first orientation.

Students have been instructed to contact Catherine Bass by email right away, if it looks like they will miss a connecting flight or arrive late for whatever reason. Sometimes they can hop on a later shuttle, if available. All students receive "Plan B" instructions in case they miss the shuttle and need to make their way to GTL on their own. Please ask your student to share these instructions with you if you are worried.

• Paris (CDG) airport – shuttles are guaranteed each semester.
• Brussels (BRU), Frankfurt (FRA), Luxembourg (LUX) – shuttles are offered if there is a high enough demand only. Students are given instructions for making their way to GTL if there is no shuttle available.
• Students must sign up for these shuttles, alerting staff to their flight departure and arrival times, and updating staff when there are changes.

Yes. Students are offered free shuttles to GTL from select European airports each semester on arrival and departure from GTL.  Please note that the shuttles are for enrolled students only; no family members or friends allowed. 

Students learn about the shuttles once they are accepted into the program, and they must sign up for them in advance. In order to take a shuttle, students must adhere to very specific flight date and arrival times.

No. Students book flights on their own. They will learn about this during one of the mandatory orientation sessions. It is important that they pay attention as there are specific flight arrival dates and times for the program.

Please do not purchase flights for your student before confirming the specific GTL flight arrival dates and times. Ask your student to share the PowerPoint where this information is discussed.

It depends. All students will be required to attend a mandatory visa information session to determine if they will need to apply for a visa to study in France.  Students should not attempt to apply for a visa on their own.

All students will need a valid passport. As soon as your student decides to study abroad, they should apply for a passport if they do not already have one.

If your student already has a passport, please make sure that the passport will be valid for 6 months BEYOND the student's expected return date. This is very important! Some semesters there are students who are not able to enter Europe as their passport does not have enough months of validity left. Don't let your student be that student.