Photo: Florent Chouffot · CC BY-SA 3.0Brive-la-Gaillarde is home to 9 colleges and universities
Université de Limoges (712 students) and IFSI CH de Brive (184 students) are inside Brive-la-Gaillarde; the nearest university is Université de Limoges in Limoges, 77 km away.
What stands out about college in Brive-la-Gaillarde
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Brive-la-Gaillarde
15 within 25 km: 2 universities, 6 other schools, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 3 smaller schools with 192 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Brive-la-Gaillarde on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEUST - Animation et gestion des activités physiques, sportives ou culturelles Université de Limoges | 25 | 256 | 28% |
| Licence - Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - Parcours STAPS Brive Université de Limoges | 125 | 941 | 32% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Simone Veil | 35 | 493 | 48% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH de Brive | 58 | 1,984 | 54% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Limoges | 70 | 571 | 56% |
| CPGE - TSI Lycée Georges Cabanis | 24 | 291 | 64% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Simone Veil | 22 | 202 | 75% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Simone Veil | 12 | 180 | 78% |
| Licence - Portail Droit - Droit Brive Université de Limoges | 80 | 444 | 87% |
| BUT - Génie électrique et informatique industrielle Université de Limoges | 48 | 283 | 87% |
At which level?
The 1,637 students enrolled in Brive-la-Gaillarde, 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde
How many students are in Brive-la-Gaillarde?
1,712 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Brive-la-Gaillarde (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Brive-la-Gaillarde?
Université de Limoges (712 students); IFSI CH de Brive (184 students); Lycée Simone Veil (180 students); Lycée Georges Cabanis (171 students); Lycée Bahuet (143 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde. 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.