Photo: Sviraman · CC BY-SA 4.0Montluçon is home to 7 colleges and universities
The IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon (712 students) and Lycée Paul Constans (331 students) are inside Montluçon; the nearest university is Université Clermont Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand, 74 km away.
What stands out about college in Montluçon
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Montluçon
8 within 25 km: 1 university, 4 other schools, 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 61 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Montluçon on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPGE - Lettres Lycée Madame De Stael | 30 | 509 | 31% |
| CPGE - PTSI Lycée Paul Constans | 24 | 402 | 39% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Paul Constans | 35 | 291 | 47% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon | 112 | 1,111 | 48% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Montluçon | 77 | 2,465 | 60% |
| BUT - Génie mécanique et productique IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon | 48 | 681 | 64% |
| BUT - Management de la Logistique et des Transports IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon | 56 | 289 | 76% |
| BTS - Production - Métiers de la chimie Lycée Paul Constans | 24 | 223 | 78% |
| BUT - Métiers de la Transition et de l'Efficacité Énergétiques IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon | 26 | 207 | 85% |
| BUT - Génie électrique et informatique industrielle IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon | 39 | 443 | 87% |
At which level?
The 1,566 students enrolled in Montluçon, 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 Montluçon
How many students are in Montluçon?
1,573 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Montluçon (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Montluçon?
IUT Clermont Auvergne - site de Montluçon (Université Clermont Auvergne) (712 students); Lycée Paul Constans (331 students); IFSI CH Montluçon (304 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 Montluçon. 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.