Photo: Moody Dreiza ( Moody751 at English Wikipedia ) · CC BY 2.5Nice is home to Université Côte d'Azur
Université Côte d'Azur (27,689 students) and École des hautes études commerciales du nord (3,321 students) are inside Nice. 41,364 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Nice: 12 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Nice
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Nice
1 university, 34 other schools, 14 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 39 smaller schools with 5,105 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Nice on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence - Portail Psychologie Université Côte d'Azur | 135 | 4,331 | 7% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management IPAG Business School - Campus de Nice | 75 | 3,828 | 18% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHU Nice | 108 | 5,954 | 22% |
| Licence - Portail Psychologie Université Côte d'Azur | 463 | 7,444 | 31% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université Côte d'Azur | 140 | 4,563 | 31% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université Côte d'Azur | 168 | 4,547 | 31% |
| Licence - Portail Droit Université Côte d'Azur | 700 | 6,502 | 35% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française Nice | 78 | 5,428 | 37% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 4 - International BBA École des hautes études commerciales du nord | 225 | 4,431 | 45% |
| Licence - Portail Economie et gestion Université Côte d'Azur | 400 | 5,643 | 51% |
At which level?
The 41,057 students enrolled in Nice, 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 Nice
How many students are in Nice?
41,364 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Nice (autumn 2025): about 12 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Nice?
Université Côte d'Azur (27,689 students); École des hautes études commerciales du nord (3,321 students); Lycée Masséna (867 students); Lycée Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves (Beau-Site) (780 students); IPAG Business School - Campus de Nice (769 students); Haute Ecole du Travail et de l'Intervention Sociale - HETIS Nice (650 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 Nice. 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.