The student union Unef published this Thursday August 31 a survey on the increase in the cost of living for university students in Dijon. According to its calculations, this has increased by 5.21% compared to 2022. The union is particularly concerned about the price of public transport in the city of the Dukes of Burgundy.
The student union Unef Bourgogne is broadcasting this Thursday, August 31, a survey on the cost of student living in Dijon (Côte-d’Or).
He calculates that this has increased for this start of the school year by 5.21% compared to 2022, against 6.47% at the national level. On average, students will spend 1,094.69 euros per month there in 2023.
In Dijon, rents for students go from 409 euros in 2022 to 425 euros on average in 2023, an increase of 0.95%. The increase is 1.89% at the national level. The average rent for a student in France is 570.60 euros per month.
“Above all, there is a lack of Crous accommodation (Regional centers for university and school works, public establishment, Editor’s note). It is estimated that there is a shortage of 6,000 places at the regional level”says Zoé Degoix.
“It is an increase which is mainly due to inflation”
Zoé Degoix, president of Unef Bourgogne
Although it has not increased for several years, the annual rate on the Divia bus and tram network amounts to €315 per year, i.e. €26.25 per month for non-scholarship holders, or €30 for ‘Monthly subscription. Which makes it the third most expensive student city for its transport behind Paris and Lille, according to the ranking of The student.
The union is asking that the monthly rate reserved for scholarship holders for the bus and tram network, at -50%, or €15 per month, be extended to all students.
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