Québec is home to Université Laval

Université Laval (56,000 students) and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique are inside Québec.

Université Laval

Colleges in Québec

no open student count for these sites

Nearest college or cégep

in Québec

Collège Avalon

Nearest university

in Québec

Université Laval

Tuition fee

Free at a cégep

for Quebec residents studying full time; universities charge fees

What stands out about college in Québec

Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.

A university in QuébecUniversité Laval has 56,000 students across its campuses; its main campus is in Québec.No tuition at a public cégepQuebec residents studying full time at a public cégep pay no tuition; universities set fees within the province’s rules.

Every college

Colleges and universities in Québec

4 universities, 1 other school, 15 colleges and cégeps.

University

Université LavalUniversity · Public · in Québec56,000students (Wikidata, 2025)Students: Wikidata’s count for the whole institution.Directions ↗

And 19 smaller schools with 0 students in all.

What it costs

What would you pay?

In Quebec, a resident studying full time at a public cégep pays no tuition, only small fees; private colleges charge their own. Universities charge Quebec residents the province’s set rate, students from elsewhere in Canada and abroad more.

Questions about college near Québec

What colleges are in Québec?

Université Laval (56,000 students); Institut national de la recherche scientifique; École nationale d'administration publique; Télé-université; Collège Avalon; Cégep Limoilou, campus de Charlesbourg.

Colleges and universities: Quebec’s ministry lists of colleges and universities (Données Québec, CC BY 4.0); Ontario’s public universities and colleges by campus with their 2024–25 enrolment (Open Government Licence – Ontario), placed with OpenStreetMap’s Nominatim (© OpenStreetMap contributors); elsewhere Statistics Canada’s Open Database of Educational Facilities (2019–22); Wikidata (CC0). Straight-line distances from the centre of Québec. Colleges are described, not graded. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).