Photo: Léon Auguste · CC0Périgueux is home to 9 colleges and universities
Université de Bordeaux (1,238 students) and IFSI CH de Perigueux (290 students) are inside Périgueux; the nearest university is Université de Limoges in Limoges, 82 km away. 2,446 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Périgueux: 8 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Périgueux
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Périgueux
14 within 25 km: 1 university, 5 other schools, 8 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 2 smaller schools with 248 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Périgueux on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Bordeaux | 84 | 1,745 | 16% |
| BUT - Génie biologique Parcours agronomie Université de Bordeaux | 25 | 851 | 28% |
| BUT - Génie biologique Parcours diététique et nutrition Université de Bordeaux | 25 | 1,016 | 33% |
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours animation sociale et socioculturelle Université de Bordeaux | 25 | 653 | 44% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH de Perigueux | 91 | 4,607 | 52% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Bertran De Born | 48 | 661 | 65% |
| Licence - Portail Droit Université de Bordeaux | 30 | 863 | 68% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'aliment et biotechnologie Université de Bordeaux | 38 | 767 | 79% |
| Licence - Portail Droit Université de Bordeaux | 165 | 3,502 | 81% |
| Licence - Administration économique et sociale Université de Bordeaux | 80 | 1,585 | 96% |
At which level?
The 2,407 students enrolled in Périgueux, 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 Périgueux
How many students are in Périgueux?
2,446 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Périgueux (autumn 2025): about 8 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Périgueux?
Université de Bordeaux (1,238 students); IFSI CH de Perigueux (290 students); Lycée Albert Claveille (204 students); Lycée Laure Gatet (186 students); Lycée Bertran De Born (163 students); Lycée Jay De Beaufort (131 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 Périgueux. 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.