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There is plenty of information available on the official portal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Luxembourg.lu) and the country’s virtual gateway to public administration that simplifies citizens’ interactions with the State (Guichet.lu) to provide you with realistic expectations about life in Luxembourg and useful guidance for the administrative steps to undertake when settling down.
The Practical guide to getting settled can provide you with a first overview and for a quick access to crucial information by topics, check out what we have compiled for you below.
The Practical Guide to getting settled as well as the Luxembourg Relocation Guide can provide you with a first overview. For a quick access to crucial information by topics, check out below what we have compiled for you.
The administrative formalities to be completed in order to enter, stay and work in Luxembourg depend a.o. on your nationality, the country where you stay and the duration of your stay. More detailed information on a dedicated page.
The Support Association for Immigrant Workers in Luxembourg (ASTI) has published an information guide for third-country nationals and their families and dedicated welcome brochures for the Portuguese speaking community, the Albanian, Arabic, Chinese, Persian and Serbian community.
Finding an affordable accommodation in Luxembourg’s dense housing market is challenging, also for early-career researchers. The University of Luxembourg cannot guarantee its doctoral candidates accommodation, therefore it is important to check options early and to be prepared for a longer search. There are also cross-border options in France to explore for researchers with EU citizenship. Non-EU citizens must reside in Luxembourg.
- University of Luxembourg Residences
- Twenty Campus (Audun-le-Tiche in France, nearest in Luxembourg: Belval Innovation Campus)
Coliving
- Cohabs (various locations across Luxembourg)
- Gravity (Differdange)
- Many Many (various locations)
- Loft 68 (for PhD students!, Esch-sur-Alzette
- Vaubanfort (various locations)
- Appartager (various locations, offers in English when you scroll down)
Intergenerational co-living
- Cohabit’Age (various locations)
- WeConnect (various locations)
Furnished appartments/apparthotels
- Blueground (short term, various locations)
- MySpace (various locations)
- Residhome Luxembourg (Apparthotel Belval)
Opening a bank account in Luxembourg will enable you to conduct transactions for the initial costs of renting (estate agent fees, deposit), to pay your regular expenses (monthly rent, electricity, water, phone, TV, insurances etc.) which are normally paid by standing order and to receive your salary, family allowances and other benefits. You can open the account even before arriving to Luxembourg, as soon as you have an employment contract. Depending on the bank, having a bank account can be free or not.
OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Luxembourg’s healthcare system runs through the National Health Fund (Caisse Nationale de santé/CNS) and offers healthcare for all Luxembourg employees and their dependants. Despite compulsory contributions to the healthcare system, certain medical expenses are not covered by the CNS. To cover for these costs, complementary healthcare insurances can be contracted, and some employers offer their employees reduced rates for these insurances.
- Health insurance and healthcare in Luxembourg (flyer)
- The Luxembourg Health System (brochure)
- Information about emergency and assistance at home (article)
Luxembourg has one of the most effective social security systems in the world. The right to social assistance ensures that each person working in the county and living either in Luxembourg or cross-border receives universal protection and equal treatment.
- Overview of Luxembourg’s social security system (article)
- Social security rights in Luxembourg (brochure)
Children
Luxembourg invests a lot to support families, particularly with child maintenance, childcare costs, and education costs. Cross-border workers are also eligible to claim most of the benefits, including family allowance, age of majority, back-to-school allowance, birth grants and the special supplementary allowance for biological and adopted children.
Luxembourg has a free public school offering with a.o. schools based on the European school system, which offer English, German and French sections and international schools offering the Cambridge International Curriculum taught in English, the International Baccalaureate and the European Baccalaureate.
- Family benefits (article)
- Types of parental leave (article)
- Subsidised childcare (Childcare service scheme CSA) (article)
- The Luxembourgish Education System (brochure)
- The international state school offer in Luxembourg (brochure)
- Support measures for pupils with special educational needs (brochure)
Partners
Accompanying partners/spouses who do not have secured a job yet when arriving in Luxembourg will find guidance in the article Resources and strategies for finding a job in Luxembourg (source: Paperjam 9.1.2025).
The Work in Luxembourg jobboard is dedicated to professions facing a significant shortage of skilled workers in Luxembourg. Theofficial list of occupations currently in high demand is published yearly by the national employment agency ADEM.
Since two out of three jobs in Luxembourg require French (source: Luxtimes 8.4.2025), deepening your French skills might be well invested time. A free of charge option is the web-based language learning tool Languages of Luxembourg which allows to simultaneously learn up to 7 languages. Besides French: Luxembourgish, German, Portuguese, English, Arabic and Persian.
An association to support the professional integration of partners/spouses exists in Luxembourg with IDCN Luxembourg. Their services are however only accessible to workers whose employer is among the members institutions of IDCN.
- The Guide for Newcomers in Luxembourg 2025/2026 (brochure by Guide des Impôts & Les Frontaliers)
- JustArrived
- AngloInfo Luxembourg
- Expat Guide 2025 by Paperjam (magazine)
- Visit Luxembourg Brochure
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A wealth of career development tools and exchange formats for early career researchers and researcher developers has so far been created within the EURAXESS network and more are to come…
Most of them are developed within EU-funded projects by representatives of the so-called Bridgehead Organisations, like EURAXESS Luxembourg, i.e. entities coordinating the EURAXESS national networks in Europe and surrounding countries. Also experts within member organisations of national networks (research centres, higher education institutions, associations supporting researcher career development public institutions linked to research and innovation…) can contribute to the development and dissemination of resources.
In the Career Development section of the European Commission’s EURAXESS portal you will find some of these tools grouped by target audiences (researchers / research performing organisations).
In the box below the EURAXESS tools/platforms are grouped thematically. The LUX SELECTION section lists also additional resources for early-career researchers not created within our network and finally the ERA TALENT PLATFORM tab introduces you to an online gateway providing direct access to a range of services for researchers and research institutions.
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EURAXESS Hubs are five cross-border collaboration entities composed by network members and stakeholders outside the network around a specific topic of relevance for researcher careers. During the last Horizon-funded EURAXESS projects the hubs were the modus operandi to carry out our activities. Project outcomes like online toolkits, webinar recordings and testimonials are now available on the digital thematic platforms of the hubs. Feel free to browse through the free resources!
Startup hub Researcher careers in academia hub Researcher careers beyond academia hub Talent circulation hub Science 4 refugees hub
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The EURAXESS Communities of Practice (CoPs) are collaborative spaces where EURAXESS members and external professionals work together to create knowledge and develop innovative solutions related to research careers, mobility, and other relevant topics. They were created to strengthen the connection and improve the collaboration between EURAXESS Centres.
Six CoPs are currently run by EURAXESS colleagues :
- Cooperation with stakeholders outside academia/industry for intersectoral mobility, including scientific startup entrepreneurship
- Diversity, inclusion and gender issues
- Recruitment services towards a career in the academic and non-academic public sector
- Social integration and dual careers
- Supporting mobility and procedures, including entry conditions, social security, and taxation
- Talent circulation, including cooperation with EURAXESS Worldwide
and organise regular webinars related to their focus topics. These events are also open to the broader public. None of the CoPs has a website of its own. You can find more information related to the subtopics they cover and whom to contact to join on the EURAXESS Communities of Practice webpage
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EURAXESS REBECA Practice
offers practical cases for currently 7 research-related positions you can work through at your own pace to find out if the respective jobs would suit your interests and skills. More cases to follow...
EURAXESS Startup Digital Toolkit’s
Aim is to provide(aspiring) sciencepreneurs with an overview of online courses, guides and software which might prove helpful on their way to business creation.
EURAXESS Career Development Plan
Links to self-assessment, career exploration and skills development tools. It is a good starting point to get an orientation but is not comprehensive anymore (e.g. ResearchComp and EntreComp are missing).
ResearchComp Self-Assessment Tool
Free online tool based on the European Competence Framework for Researchers which allows researchers to assess their competences across key areas and to further develop the ones they would like to improve.
EURAXESS EntreComp Advanced Assessment tool
Is based on the European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework. Analogous to the ResearchComp framework, researchers can use it to gain orientation related to the skills needed to thrive as entrepreneurs.
PHDOOC
Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on career development for PhD candidates and graduates in all fields. Its aim is to create a space dedicated to information sharing, discussion and mutual assistance to prepare for after the doctorate.
Science for Policy – Maximise your policy impact
free online course within the EU Academy focusing on the skills scientists need to better engage with policymakers.
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This portal set up by the European Commission serves as a single-entry point for its tools and networks supporting researcher career development and mobility. Besides the EURAXESS website of the European Commission you can access among others from there HR Excellence in Research award (HRS4R) related information, information about the RESAVER pension scheme, and the Research and Innovation Careers Observatory (ReICO) providing data on research careers within the European Research Area.
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