Photo: MartinD · CC BY-SA 4.0Alès is home to 7 colleges and universities
The Institut Mines-Telecom (1,370 students) and IFSI CH Alès-Cévennes (193 students) are inside Alès; the nearest university campus outside it is Nîmes université, 38 km away in Nîmes.
What stands out about college in Alès
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Alès
9 within 25 km: 5 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Alès on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Orthoprothésiste Lycée De La Salle | 19 | 382 | 14% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Alès-Cévennes | 47 | 5,348 | 34% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des véhicules option voitures particulières Lycée De La Salle | 15 | 108 | 44% |
| BTS - Production - Assistance technique d'ingénieur Lycée Jean-Baptiste Dumas | 14 | 215 | 60% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Jean-Baptiste Dumas | 35 | 313 | 64% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et réalisation en chaudronnerie industrielle Lycée Jean-Baptiste Dumas | 15 | 100 | 67% |
| CPGE - TSI Lycée Jean-Baptiste Dumas | 35 | 324 | 69% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée Jean-Baptiste Dumas | 15 | 85 | 70% |
| BTS - Production - Fluide, énergie, domotique - option A génie climatique et fluidique Lycée De La Salle | 16 | 90 | 72% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des systèmes - option A Systèmes de production Lycée De La Salle | 16 | 74 | 95% |
At which level?
The 2,123 students enrolled in Alès, 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 Alès
How many students are in Alès?
2,141 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Alès (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Alès?
Institut Mines-Telecom (1,370 students); IFSI CH Alès-Cévennes (193 students); Lycée Jean-Baptiste Dumas (186 students); Lycée De La Salle (142 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 Alès. 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.