Salon de l'Étudiant Île-de-France 2027: where to stay in Paris

The Salon de l'Étudiant en Île-de-France is the flagship event in Paris for students and families mapping out higher education in France. Across two days at Porte de Versailles, public and private institutions from every field present programmes ranging from the baccalauréat to bac+5 level, both in initial training and work-study tracks. A major focus is Parcoursup, the national admissions platform: how to weigh more than 26,000 available programmes, how to build the application file and how to answer offers from universities. Visitors can walk the aisles of schools, universities and training centres, and join free talks hosted by L'Étudiant journalists together with guidance experts. Run in partnership with the Région académique Île-de-France, the fair also provides hands-on tools: career-and-study quizzes, interactive floor plans, question checklists to bring to exhibitors, and diagrams of the higher-education pathways. Entry is free but requires a named invitation, which can be obtained online and shown digitally on a phone. For attendees travelling into Paris, the venue's position in the 15th arrondissement makes it easy to stay at hotels near the exhibition centre, with direct metro and tram connections.