Photo: Pascal Radigue · CC BY-SA 3.0Hérouville-Saint-Clair is home to 4 colleges and universities
IRTS Institut Régional du Travail Social Normandie Caen (459 students) and Lycée Salvador Allende (187 students) are inside Hérouville-Saint-Clair; the nearest university campus outside it is Université de Caen Normandie, 2.7 km away in Caen.
What stands out about college in Hérouville-Saint-Clair
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Hérouville-Saint-Clair
44 within 25 km: 2 universities, 24 other schools, 18 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 32 smaller schools with 7,141 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Hérouville-Saint-Clair on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Educateur de Jeunes Enfants IRTS Institut Régional du Travail Social Normandie Caen | 15 | 109 | 23% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Salvador Allende | 34 | 920 | 26% |
| D.E Educateur Spécialisé IRTS Institut Régional du Travail Social Normandie Caen | 58 | 260 | 30% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Salvador Allende | 35 | 892 | 45% |
| D.E Educateur Technique Spécialisé IRTS Institut Régional du Travail Social Normandie Caen | 8 | 20 | 58% |
| CPGE - ECT - Option technologique Lycée Salvador Allende | 30 | 249 | 70% |
| D.E Assistant de Service Social IRTS Institut Régional du Travail Social Normandie Caen | 34 | 66 | 77% |
At which level?
The 850 students enrolled in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, 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 Hérouville-Saint-Clair
How many students are in Hérouville-Saint-Clair?
867 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Hérouville-Saint-Clair (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Hérouville-Saint-Clair?
IRTS Institut Régional du Travail Social Normandie Caen (459 students); Lycée Salvador Allende (187 students); Efoa (125 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 Hérouville-Saint-Clair. 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.