Photo: JP Hamon · CC BY-SA 3.0Ifs is home to the IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs
The IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs (551 students) is inside Ifs; the nearest university campus outside it is Université de Caen Normandie, 4.7 km away in Caen.
What stands out about college in Ifs
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Ifs
44 within 25 km: 2 universities, 24 other schools, 18 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 32 smaller schools with 37,072 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Ifs on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Information communication Parcours publicité IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs | 28 | 1,105 | 17% |
| BUT - Information communication Parcours communication des organisations IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs | 56 | 1,362 | 28% |
| BTS - Services - Management en hôtellerie restauration Lycée Francois Rabelais | 36 | 221 | 34% |
| BUT - Informatique IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs | 84 | 1,388 | 39% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Métiers du bar Lycée Francois Rabelais | 12 | 219 | 44% |
| Mise à niveau - Hôtellerie restauration Lycée Francois Rabelais | 24 | 247 | 54% |
| BUT - Réseaux et télécommunications IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs | 56 | 772 | 57% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Sommellerie Lycée Francois Rabelais | 12 | 37 | 76% |
At which level?
The 629 students enrolled in Ifs, 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 Ifs
How many students are in Ifs?
629 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Ifs (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Ifs?
IUT GRAND OUEST NORMANDIE - Pôle de Caen - Site d'Ifs (Université de Caen Normandie) (551 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 Ifs. 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.