Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0Sedan is home to 2 colleges and universities
No college sits inside the town; Lycée Pierre Bayle is 1 km away in Sedan. 132 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Sedan: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Sedan
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Sedan
12 within 25 km: 1 university, 4 other schools, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 36 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Sedan on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Maintenance des installations oléohydrauliques et pneumatiques Lycée professionnel des Métiers Jean-Baptiste Clément | 15 | 49 | 31% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Production et réparation de produits électroniques Lycée professionnel des Métiers Jean-Baptiste Clément | 6 | 26 | 36% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Cybersécurité Lycée professionnel des Métiers Jean-Baptiste Clément | 6 | 39 | 51% |
| BTS - Services - Professions immobilières Lycée Pierre Bayle | 18 | 177 | 65% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Pierre Bayle | 24 | 254 | 66% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des véhicules option voitures particulières Lycée professionnel des Métiers Jean-Baptiste Clément | 24 | 87 | 78% |
| BTS - Production - Electrotechnique Lycée professionnel des Métiers Jean-Baptiste Clément | 15 | 57 | 80% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Pierre Bayle | 36 | 173 | 83% |
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 Sedan
How many students are in Sedan?
132 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Sedan (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
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 Sedan. 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.