Photo: René Hourdry · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Quentin is home to 12 colleges and universities
Université de Picardie Jules Verne (638 students) and the Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - SAINT-QUENTIN (434 students) are inside Saint-Quentin; the nearest university is Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France in Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes, 55 km away.
What stands out about college in Saint-Quentin
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Saint-Quentin
12 within 25 km: 1 university, 6 other schools, 5 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 2 smaller schools with 135 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Saint-Quentin on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : métiers de l'image Lycée Henri Martin | 15 | 774 | 8% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : montage et post-production Lycée Henri Martin | 14 | 708 | 12% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : métiers du son Lycée Henri Martin | 15 | 487 | 12% |
| CPGE - Lettres Lycée Henri Martin | 48 | 496 | 37% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Pierre de La Ramee | 35 | 346 | 46% |
| D.E Infirmier Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - SAINT-QUENTIN | 152 | 2,489 | 57% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Pierre de La Ramee | 24 | 385 | 64% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences ELISA Aerospace Hauts de France | 45 | 2,667 | 85% |
| BUT - Génie chimique génie des procédés Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 52 | 315 | 87% |
| BUT - Génie mécanique et productique Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 52 | 558 | 91% |
At which level?
The 2,144 students enrolled in Saint-Quentin, by year of study (autumn 2025).
What would you pay?
Public universities charge one national fee: €178 a year for a licence or BUT and €255 for a master’s in 2026–27, plus the €105 student life contribution (CVEC); scholarship holders pay neither. Students from outside the EU pay more unless their university waives it. BTS and prépa classes in public lycées are free. Private schools and some grandes écoles set their own fees.
Questions about college near Saint-Quentin
How many students are in Saint-Quentin?
2,194 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saint-Quentin (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Saint-Quentin?
Université de Picardie Jules Verne (638 students); Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - SAINT-QUENTIN (434 students); Lycée Condorcet (214 students); ELISA Aerospace Hauts de France (210 students); Lycée Henri Martin (184 students); Lycée Pierre de La Ramee (178 students).
What does university cost here?
Public universities charge one national fee: €178 a year for a licence or BUT and €255 for a master’s in 2026–27, plus the €105 student life contribution (CVEC); scholarship holders pay neither. Students from outside the EU pay more unless their university waives it. BTS and prépa classes in public lycées are free. Private schools and some grandes écoles set their own fees.
Neighbors talk college
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Higher education: the Ministry of Higher Education’s Atlas régional des effectifs étudiants (students enrolled at each institution in each commune, autumn 2025, the BTS and prépa classes in lycées included), Principaux établissements and Parcoursup 2025 (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Students are counted where they study, not where they live. Straight-line distances from the center of Saint-Quentin. Colleges are described, not graded; the Student town label marks communes where 15 or more students study for every 100 residents. Fees: the national arrêté, 2026–27. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, through each institution’s Wikidata item; author and licence on each.
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.