Photo: Wikipedro · CC BY-SA 4.0Besançon is a student town: 21 students study here for every 100 residents
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (19,494 students) and IFSI CHU Besançon (782 students) are inside Besançon.
What stands out about college in Besançon
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Besançon
1 university, 9 other schools, 8 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 13 smaller schools with 2,373 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Besançon on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificat de capacité d'Orthophoniste Université Marie et Louis Pasteur | 35 | 1,160 | 16% |
| DTS Imagerie médicale et radiologie thérapeutique Lycée Louis Pergaud | 36 | 946 | 23% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHU Besançon | 159 | 3,277 | 27% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Victor Hugo | 45 | 1,087 | 28% |
| CPGE - MP2I Lycée Victor Hugo | 45 | 1,096 | 41% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université Marie et Louis Pasteur | 140 | 1,351 | 46% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Victor Hugo | 90 | 1,426 | 51% |
| BUT - Génie mécanique et productique Université Marie et Louis Pasteur | 78 | 926 | 52% |
| CPGE - BCPST Lycée Victor Hugo | 45 | 926 | 62% |
| BUT - Chimie Université Marie et Louis Pasteur | 74 | 1,091 | 78% |
At which level?
The 24,140 students enrolled in Besançon, 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 Besançon
How many students are in Besançon?
24,302 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Besançon (autumn 2025): about 21 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Besançon?
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (19,494 students); IFSI CHU Besançon (782 students); Lycée Louis Pergaud (584 students); Lycée Victor Hugo (454 students); IRTS de Franche-Comté (453 students); Lycée Jules Haag (275 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 Besançon. 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.