Photo: Cuville Fernand · CC0Soissons is home to 7 colleges and universities
Université de Picardie Jules Verne (385 students) and the Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - SOISSONS (277 students) are inside Soissons; the nearest university is Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne in Reims, 52 km away.
What stands out about college in Soissons
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Soissons
10 within 25 km: 2 universities, 4 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 50 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Soissons on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mise à niveau - Hôtellerie restauration Lycée des Métiers le Corbusier de Soissons | 12 | 133 | 36% |
| Diplôme de Comptabilité et de Gestion Lycée Gérard de Nerval | 24 | 413 | 44% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - PORTAIL 1ere ANNEE STAPS CUFFIES (éducation et motricité) Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 10 | 257 | 44% |
| Licence - Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - Parcours Préparatoire au Professorat des Ecoles (PPPE) Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 30 | 275 | 51% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Gérard de Nerval | 35 | 373 | 60% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Gérard de Nerval | 35 | 196 | 64% |
| D.E Infirmier Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - SOISSONS | 92 | 2,029 | 66% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Gérard de Nerval | 35 | 236 | 71% |
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée Saint Remy | 24 | 139 | 82% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - PORTAIL 1ere ANNEE STAPS CUFFIES (éducation et motricité) Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 177 | 644 | 100% |
At which level?
The 1,129 students enrolled in Soissons, 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 Soissons
How many students are in Soissons?
1,195 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Soissons (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Soissons?
Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Université d'Amiens - Antenne de Soissons (385 students); Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - SOISSONS (277 students); Lycée Gérard de Nerval (221 students); Lycée des métiers Saint Vincent de Paul (104 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 Soissons. 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.