Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0Angoulême is home to 16 colleges and universities
IUT. Angoulême (756 students) and Ecole 42 (471 students) are inside Angoulême; the nearest university is Université de Limoges in Limoges, 88 km away. 3,035 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Angoulême: 7 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Angoulême
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Angoulême
1 university, 9 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 15 smaller schools with 2,244 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Angoulême on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : métiers de l'image Lycée Image et Son | 12 | 1,224 | 5% |
| DN MADE - Graphisme - Spécialité : illustration et micro-édition Lycée Image et Son | 12 | 1,080 | 5% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : montage et post-production Lycée Image et Son | 12 | 982 | 5% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : métiers du son Lycée Image et Son | 12 | 724 | 5% |
| DN MADE - Espace - Spécialité : microarchitecture, design d'évènements et architecture intérieure Lycée Charles A. COULOMB | 15 | 1,649 | 7% |
| DN MADE - Graphisme - Spécialité : images animées Lycée Image et Son | 12 | 822 | 8% |
| Diplôme National d'Art Ecole européenne supérieure de l'image d'Angoulême | 30 | 589 | 12% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation IUT. Angoulême | 86 | 2,097 | 35% |
| BUT - Métiers du multimédia et de l'internet IUT. Angoulême | 66 | 1,084 | 37% |
| BUT - Génie mécanique et productique IUT. Angoulême | 54 | 925 | 70% |
At which level?
The 3,000 students enrolled in Angoulême, 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 Angoulême
How many students are in Angoulême?
3,035 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Angoulême (autumn 2025): about 7 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Angoulême?
IUT. Angoulême (Université de Poitiers) (756 students); Ecole 42 (471 students); Lycée Marguerite De Valois (222 students); Lycée Image et Son (184 students); L'Atelier (159 students); Lycée Charles A. COULOMB (159 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 Angoulême. 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.