Photo: VegaLyre · CC BY-SA 4.0Aurillac is home to 5 colleges and universities
The IUT Clermont Auvergne - site d'Aurillac (535 students) and Ecole Infirmieres Infirmiers (267 students) are inside Aurillac; the nearest university is Université Clermont Auvergne in Aubière, 107 km away.
What stands out about college in Aurillac
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Aurillac
5 within 25 km: 1 university, 1 other school, 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Aurillac on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Graphisme - Spécialité : Graphisme et image Lycée de la Communication Saint Géraud | 18 | 222 | 41% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Jean Monnet - Mermoz | 35 | 262 | 56% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée Jean Monnet - Mermoz | 15 | 160 | 64% |
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée de la Communication Saint Géraud | 30 | 152 | 64% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyses biologiques, biotechnologiques, agricoles et environnementales ENILV - Georges Pompidou | 19 | 181 | 72% |
| BUT - Science des données IUT Clermont Auvergne - site d'Aurillac | 42 | 490 | 73% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations IUT Clermont Auvergne - site d'Aurillac | 84 | 855 | 88% |
| BUT - Génie biologique Parcours agronomie IUT Clermont Auvergne - site d'Aurillac | 52 | 881 | 91% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'environnement et écotechnologies IUT Clermont Auvergne - site d'Aurillac | 39 | 784 | 91% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyse, conduite et stratégie de l'entreprise agricole, option Territoires métropolitains ENILV - Georges Pompidou | 30 | 183 | 96% |
At which level?
The 1,187 students enrolled in Aurillac, 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 Aurillac
How many students are in Aurillac?
1,273 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Aurillac (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Aurillac?
IUT Clermont Auvergne - site d'Aurillac (Université Clermont Auvergne) (535 students); Ecole Infirmieres Infirmiers (267 students); Lycée de la Communication Saint Géraud (195 students); Lycée Jean Monnet - Mermoz (110 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 Aurillac. 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.