Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0Rodez is home to 13 colleges and universities
The Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion (751 students) and the IUT de Rodez (609 students) are inside Rodez; the nearest university is the Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion in Albi, 59 km away. 2,730 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Rodez: 11 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Rodez
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Rodez
3 universities, 7 other schools, 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 11 smaller schools with 1,320 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Rodez on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence - Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - Parcours Accès Kiné Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 20 | 1,065 | 7% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Ferdinand Foch | 24 | 935 | 33% |
| BUT - Information communication Parcours communication des organisations IUT de Rodez | 28 | 503 | 33% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Rodez | 75 | 5,096 | 41% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations IUT de Rodez | 84 | 1,590 | 42% |
| BUT - Carrières juridiques IUT de Rodez | 56 | 2,066 | 45% |
| BUT - Informatique IUT de Rodez | 52 | 817 | 49% |
| BTS - Agricole - Métiers de l'élevage: développement, production et conseil L.E.G.T.A. Rodez-La Roque | 52 | 555 | 54% |
| Licence - Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 160 | 1,354 | 56% |
| Licence - Portail Langues étrangères appliquées - Affaires et Commerce International Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 50 | 643 | 99% |
At which level?
The 2,680 students enrolled in Rodez, 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 Rodez
How many students are in Rodez?
2,730 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Rodez (autumn 2025): about 11 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Rodez?
Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion (751 students); IUT de Rodez (Université Toulouse Capitole) (609 students); Lycée Charles Carnus (277 students); IFSI CH Rodez (210 students); L.E.G.T.A. Rodez-La Roque (176 students); Lycée Alexis Monteil (137 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 Rodez. 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.