Photo: Cobber17 · CC BY-SA 3.0Saintes is home to 7 colleges and universities
IFSI CH Saintes (225 students) and Lycée Bernard Palissy (148 students) are inside Saintes; the nearest university is La Rochelle Université in La Rochelle, 60 km away.
What stands out about college in Saintes
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Saintes
11 within 25 km: 4 other schools, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 38 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Saintes on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Electrotechnique Lycée Bernard Palissy | 15 | 190 | 34% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Bernard Palissy | 35 | 323 | 41% |
| BTS - Agricole - Aménagements paysagers Lycée agricole Georges Desclaude | 14 | 213 | 45% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Saintes | 68 | 2,600 | 55% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Bellevue | 24 | 182 | 58% |
| BTS - Services - Tourisme Lycée Bellevue | 30 | 449 | 63% |
| BTS - Production - Conception de produits industriels Lycée Bernard Palissy | 24 | 124 | 82% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option B : Electronique et réseaux Lycée Bernard Palissy | 15 | 123 | 86% |
| BTS - Agricole - Gestion et maitrise de l'eau Lycée agricole Georges Desclaude | 19 | 112 | 89% |
| BTS - Agricole - Technico-commercial - Spécialité univers jardins et animaux de compagnie Lycée agricole Georges Desclaude | 13 | 77 | 93% |
At which level?
The 720 students enrolled in Saintes, 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 Saintes
How many students are in Saintes?
765 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saintes (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Saintes?
IFSI CH Saintes (225 students); Lycée Bernard Palissy (148 students); Actoria (123 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 Saintes. 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.