Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0Brest is a student town: 19 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (19,523 students) and the Institut polytechnique de Paris (817 students) are inside Brest.
What stands out about college in Brest
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Brest
2 universities, 15 other schools, 11 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 20 smaller schools with 3,591 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Brest on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHRU Brest | 103 | 2,682 | 28% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée La Pérouse - Kerichen | 96 | 1,618 | 29% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 135 | 2,072 | 33% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours biologie médicale et biotechnologie Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 56 | 1,737 | 38% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française Brest | 110 | 2,126 | 51% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 120 | 6,931 | 75% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences ISEN Yncréa Ouest | 18 | 1,763 | 90% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences ISEN Yncréa Ouest | 56 | 1,760 | 90% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences ISEN Yncréa Ouest | 12 | 1,624 | 90% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences ISEN Yncréa Ouest | 6 | 1,509 | 90% |
At which level?
The 27,386 students enrolled in Brest, 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 Brest
How many students are in Brest?
27,500 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Brest (autumn 2025): about 19 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Brest?
Université de Bretagne Occidentale (19,523 students); Institut polytechnique de Paris (817 students); Brest Business School (635 students); Bretagne Inp (600 students); IFSI CHRU Brest (598 students); ISEN Yncréa Ouest (589 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 Brest. 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.