Student residence near the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges

E-Magine: the go-to student residence next to the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges

Are you a student at the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges or on a health-related course (pharmacy, IFSI nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy)? The E-Magine student residence, at 18 avenue de la République in Isle (87170), just minutes from the medical campus, is designed to support you throughout your studies.

Set right beside the CHU Dupuytren teaching hospital of Limoges, the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the IFSI (nursing school) and ILFOMER (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy), E-Magine offers 193 furnished studios across 2 buildings.

Why choose E-Magine when you study at the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges?

Medical studies are demanding, and the early years — the well-known first-year PASS/LAS — leave little time for commuting. Living right next to the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges is a decisive advantage for success. Here's why so many health students choose E-Magine:

• A reasonable walking distance: 14 minutes on foot from the Faculty of Medicine — ideal for lectures, practical sessions and lunch breaks on campus.
• Right next to the CHU Dupuytren: essential for clinical rotations, placements, on-call residency shifts and hospital work.
• Easy access to the IFSI and ILFOMER: nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy students are just minutes from their school.
• Equipped, furnished studios: move straight in, with no furniture to buy. Desk, chair, shelf, fitted kitchenette and built-in storage.
• High-speed Wi-Fi included: essential for online lectures, revision and accessing the University of Limoges library resources.
• Parking included: handy for placements in outlying hospitals or for weekend trips back home.
• A quiet setting: Isle is a residential town close to nature, ideal for sleeping well and studying calmly.
• Housing-benefit eligible (ALS): you can significantly reduce your monthly rent thanks to the CAF housing allowance.

Tailored to medicine and pharmacy students in Limoges

The Faculty of Medicine of Limoges, part of the University of Limoges, welcomes several hundred students each year across PASS, LAS, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and midwifery. Demanding timetables — compulsory tutorials, seminars and hospital sessions — call for a student residence very close to the medical campus. E-Magine meets exactly that need.

Residents and second-cycle students also value the residence for its direct access to the CHU Dupuytren, where most hospital placements take place.

How do you get from E-Magine to the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges?

From 18 avenue de la République in Isle, students have several ways to reach the Faculty of Medicine of Limoges (2 rue du Docteur Marcland, 87025 Limoges):

• On foot: about 14 minutes (900 m) — perfect in fine weather.
• By bike: 4 minutes via the area's cycle paths.
• By car: 4 minutes, with free parking around the faculty.
• By bus: an STCL network line with a stop nearby.

For full details of the distances to every university hub in Limoges, see the E-Magine Distances page.

E-Magine is also for arts, humanities and design students

Beyond the health hub, E-Magine is also ideally placed for students at the Faculty of Arts & Humanities (FLSH) and the ENSA (Limoges National School of Art), both in the Vanteaux district, a 15-minute walk from the residence (1.1 km).

This dual proximity — the health campus on one side, the Vanteaux campus on the other — makes E-Magine a particularly versatile student residence, home to a wide mix of profiles: future doctors, pharmacists, nurses and physiotherapists, but also students of arts, languages, humanities, art and design.

A simple letting process with Begip Limoges

The E-Magine residence is let by Begip, an estate agency specialising in student housing in Limoges for over 30 years. Begip manages more than 900 homes in Limoges and helps hundreds of students settle in every year.

To join the E-Magine waiting list or ask a question, contact Begip on +33 5 55 33 97 50 or by email at agence@begip.fr. The agency is at 22 avenue Georges Dumas, 87000 Limoges.