Who can benefit from the 1 euro meal at Crous?
The 1 euro meal scheme is intended to enable to the most vulnerable students to eat at a lower cost in the Crous university restaurants. Today, this very social rate is mainly aimed at two profiles:
- Students benefiting from a scholarship based on social criteria, who are in principle automatically eligible for the 1 euro rate for their meals.
- Non-scholarship students in a precarious situation, identified and validated by the Crous social services, can also benefit from the 1 euro meal, subject to a social assessment.
Implemented at the start of the 2020 school year during the health crisis for the benefit of scholarship students, this measure was then temporarily extended to all students at the start of 2021. Since then, access has been refocused on people in financial difficulty, but a bill adopted at first reading in the National Assembly plans to extend the system to all students, regardless of their social status, an advance still under debate at the time of writing these lines.
What are the steps to take to benefit from the one-euro meal at Crous?
The steps required to benefit from the one-euro meal vary depending on whether you are on a scholarship or not :
- If you are a scholarship holderno specific procedure is necessary to obtain the 1 euro price. All you need is your scholarship notification and an Izly account, the payment solution used in university restaurants. Once your account is created and your status recognized, the preferential rate is automatically applied.
- If you are not on a stock market but in a precarious situationyou must submit an application via the dedicated Crous platform (for example, online on epa.lescrous.fr with your account MyServices). This file must include detailed proof of financial situation (resources, expenses, aid, etc.), which will be examined by the Crous social services before validation.
In certain cases, if the online request is no longer possible (outside deadlines), it is advisable to make an appointment with the Crous social service so that your situation can be assessed in a personalized manner.
To finalize the procedures, the use of an Izly account is essential for the payment of meals, whether it is the 1 euro rate or the other social rates offered.
How many times a day can you enjoy the Crous meal for 1 euro?
Concretely, students eligible for the one-euro Crous meal can generally benefit from two meals at 1 euro per day in university restaurants which remain open in the evening: one for lunch and one for dinner.
Until when is the Crous meal for 1 euro available?
The 1 euro meal is offered throughout the academic year, according to the Crous catering services calendar. For the 2025-2026 academic year, official information indicates that the preferential rate is maintained and that students could make their request until December to be taken into account under the “classic” conditions of the academic year. Since then, an approach to the Crous social service has been necessary to examine the situation.
This availability is often aligned with the opening periods of university restaurants, which follow the school semesters and vacation periods, but the main part of the system covers the months of September to June inclusive.
