Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0Bourges is home to 11 colleges and universities
Université d'Orléans (1,635 students) and Centre Val de Loire (801 students) are inside Bourges; the nearest university is Université d'Orléans in Orléans, 92 km away.
What stands out about college in Bourges
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Bourges
13 within 25 km: 1 university, 6 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 4 smaller schools with 1,107 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Bourges on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Jacques Coeur | 24 | 504 | 33% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Alain-Fournier | 48 | 916 | 37% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Jacques Coeur | 36 | 513 | 37% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives Université d'Orléans | 50 | 855 | 41% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université d'Orléans | 108 | 768 | 50% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives Université d'Orléans | 60 | 1,409 | 53% |
| BUT - Génie mécanique et productique Université d'Orléans | 60 | 754 | 60% |
| BUT - Génie civil - Construction durable Université d'Orléans | 110 | 1,229 | 62% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française Bourges | 140 | 2,447 | 70% |
| Licence - Droit - Parcours Droit général Université d'Orléans | 125 | 836 | 99% |
At which level?
The 4,033 students enrolled in Bourges, 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 Bourges
How many students are in Bourges?
4,098 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Bourges (autumn 2025): about 6 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Bourges?
Université d'Orléans (1,635 students); Centre Val de Loire (801 students); IFSI Croix Rouge Française Bourges (413 students); Lycée Jacques Coeur (380 students); Lycée Sainte Marie Saint Dominique (222 students); Ecole nationale supérieure d'art de Bourges (193 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 Bourges. 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.