A furnished room with a desk in a large renovated apartment on avenue de Tarente, in the heart of Bellevue. Utilities and fibre included, nothing to buy: you arrive with your suitcase and you are in class the next morning.
10 min
walk to the faculties of the Bouguen campus
1 to 10 months
of mobility lease, one semester or a full year
5 Gbit/s
of fibre for video calls and revision
€0
of furniture to buy, everything is already there
The need
UBO with its faculties and institutes, the engineering schools of the science park, the business schools and the health programmes: the Brest area counts more than 30,000 students, several thousand of whom come from another region or another country.
New academic year, exchange semester, internship, apprenticeship, master's year: you are looking for housing for a few months, often from a distance, and often when everything has already been taken.
30,592
students enrolled in 2025-2026
3,700+
international students welcomed
23,000+
students at UBO
6th
best student city in France, L'Étudiant 2026 ranking
Key figures for higher education and research in the Brest area, academic year 2025-2026.
The problem
On paper it looks obvious. In practice, for six or ten months:
Our solution
Our apartments on avenue de Tarente have four separate bedrooms, each with a double bed, a desk and storage. The living room, the fully equipped kitchen, the bathrooms and the laundry area are shared. You revise quietly in your room and live together in the lounge.
Every bedroom is a closed, furnished room: double bed, desk to work at, chest of drawers. Enough to string together revision sessions and video calls without disturbing anyone.
Water, electricity, heating and fibre internet are included in the rent. No subscription to take out when you arrive, no contract to cancel when you leave.
For an internship, an exchange semester or a full year, the French mobility lease (1 to 10 months) is often the simplest framework. We check together that your situation qualifies, and otherwise use a standard furnished lease.
The owner lives in Brest and steps in within 24 hours. No platform, no call centre: you talk directly to the person who runs the apartment.
Next to the campuses
On avenue de Tarente you are in Bellevue, between the Bouguen campus and the Bellevue campus. Most UBO departments are a few hundred metres away; the rest is served by the tramway.
UBO, Bouguen campus
Faculty of Science and Technology (6 av. Victor Le Gorgeu), Faculty of Sport Sciences and Education
UBO, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, in the Bellevue district
UBO, Bellevue campus
Rue du Bouguen, university services and student life
Faculty of Law, Economics and Management, and Brest IUT
Rue de Kergoat, at the far end of the campus
Victor-Segalen Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Rue Duquesne, in the city centre
La Cavale Blanche teaching hospital and health programmes
Terminus of tram line B
Schools of the Brest-Iroise science park
ENIB, IMT Atlantique, IUEM and ESIAB, in Plouzané
ENSTA Bretagne, ISEN Yncréa Ouest, Brest Business School
Right bank, city centre and science park
Getting around
Bellevue is one of the best-served districts in Brest: both tram lines and the main bus routes pass through it.
From Porte de Plouzané to Porte de Gouesnou, with a stop at place Napoléon III, by the Bellevue shopping centre. Straight to the city centre, Les Capucins and connections towards the station.
Opened in February 2026, it links the stations to La Cavale Blanche teaching hospital, serving the city centre, the universities and Bellevue: 11 stops and 4 interchange hubs.
Both lines reach the SNCF railway station in about twenty minutes and serve Morvan hospital and the city centre.
Free public parking right below the building, which is rare in Brest, and a cycle network that reaches the campus in a few minutes.
Everyday life
The Bellevue shopping centre, place Napoléon III, is a few hundred metres from the apartment. Enough to live without a car.
The contract
Created by the 2018 ELAN act, the French mobility lease is a short-term furnished rental contract reserved for certain situations, including studies, internships and apprenticeships. It is often the simplest framework for a semester in Brest.
The duration is set when signing and the lease is not renewable. It can be changed once, without exceeding ten months in total.
French law forbids one in a mobility lease. A guarantor is still possible, and the free Visale guarantee from Action Logement is accepted.
You can leave whenever you want with one month's notice: enough to cover an internship cut short or a semester that ends early.
Utilities are settled as a flat rate: no year-end adjustment and no nasty surprise when the lease ends.
Several students can sign the same lease, with no joint liability clause between flatmates.
A home rented under a mobility lease can qualify for CAF housing benefit under the usual conditions. Run your simulation before signing.
We only use the mobility lease when your situation qualifies for it. Otherwise we sign a standard furnished lease, which also suits students. We discuss this before any booking.
At a glance
Who we host
Our apartments welcome students from Brest as much as newcomers from another region or another country:
Yes. Our stays run from a few weeks to ten months. The mobility lease covers exactly that need: a semester, an internship, an apprenticeship or an exchange year.
A guarantor is usually required. The free Visale guarantee from Action Logement, available to most students, is accepted and replaces a personal guarantor.
Yes. Water, electricity, heating and fibre internet are included. You have no subscription to open on arrival and none to cancel when you leave.
The Bouguen campus and the Faculty of Medicine on avenue Camille Desmoulins are about a ten-minute walk away. The Bellevue campus is even closer. For the city-centre departments, count about twenty minutes by tram.
Tram line B, opened in February 2026, links Bellevue to La Cavale Blanche teaching hospital and to the railway stations. For the schools of the Brest-Iroise science park in Plouzané, count about thirty minutes by tram line A and then bus.
Yes. The four bedrooms can be rented together by a group of friends, and the two apartments on avenue de Tarente can host up to eight people.
Yes. All the photos are on the site and we arrange a video viewing if you are abroad or in another region.
The Bellevue shopping centre on place Napoléon III, with its Carrefour Market, pharmacy and media library, is a few hundred metres from the building.
Tell us your school, your dates and how long you are staying. A clear answer within 24 hours.
