Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0Bures-sur-Yvette is home to the Institut et Campus d'Optique (ICO)
The Institut et Campus d'Optique (ICO) (211 students) is inside Bures-sur-Yvette; the nearest university is Université Paris-Saclay in Orsay, 2.3 km away. 211 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Bures-sur-Yvette: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Bures-sur-Yvette
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Bures-sur-Yvette
626 within 25 km: 73 universities, 375 other schools, 178 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 614 smaller schools with 614,023 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Bures-sur-Yvette on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Opticien-Lunetier Institut et Campus d'Optique (ICO) | 96 | 284 | 86% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Institut et Campus d'Optique (ICO) | 18 | 111 | 92% |
At which level?
The 211 students enrolled in Bures-sur-Yvette, 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 Bures-sur-Yvette
How many students are in Bures-sur-Yvette?
211 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Bures-sur-Yvette (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Bures-sur-Yvette?
Institut et Campus d'Optique (ICO) (211 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 Bures-sur-Yvette. 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.