Social Security and Health Insurance
The French health care system, called Social Security, allows everyone to have access to quality health care at controlled prices and partially covered by the government.
Affiliation to the Social Security is free and compulsory for all students (French or international) and must be done as soon as you arrive in France, once your administrative registration at the university is completed.
European students with a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) are not required to join the Social Security system.
To join the Social Security and benefit from the coverage of your health care, you will have to subscribe to the general Health Insurance scheme by following the steps below:
- Register on the website dedicated to international students as soon as your registration at AMU is finalized
- Submit your mandatory supporting documents
- Create a personal account on the ameli.fr website. Within a few days, you will receive a provisional social security number and then your health insurance card
- Declare an attending physician during your first consultation (this will allow you to be reimbursed for your health expenses)
- To optimize your health reimbursements, choose a complementary health insurance (or mutual insurance)
Complementary health insurance (mutuelles)
The Social Security will reimburse your health expenses up to approximately 60%.
In order to be reimbursed for the remaining 40%, you can subscribe to a complementary health insurance, usually called a mutuelle.
This is not mandatory but strongly recommended. Aix-Marseille University is a partner of the HEYME mutual insurance company. As an AMU student, you can benefit from a 10% discount by entering the following partner code: 13AMU.
A word of advice: make sure that the mutual insurance company you choose includes civil liability insurance valid for your private life and your student life. This will allow you to be covered at your place of study and your internship for all accidents of everyday life.
The Interuniversity Service of preventive medicine and health promotion
The university also has its own medical and prevention service: the SIUMPPS. Students have the opportunity to meet general practitioners, nurses, psychologists, a sophrologist and, depending on availability, student trainees in dentistry. (The service does not issue prescriptions).
For more information, visit the SIUMPPS page.
Visit the International Student Welcome Desk on the campuses of Aix-en-Provence or Marseille to get help with your procedures or connect to the university's digital welcome platform: LivinFrance for personalized advice before your arrival in France.