Photo: Lgraniczny · CC0Bordeaux is a student town: 16 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Bordeaux (17,807 students) and INSEEC Bordeaux (2,791 students) are inside Bordeaux.
What stands out about college in Bordeaux
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Bordeaux
2 universities, 78 other schools, 21 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 89 smaller schools with 13,865 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Bordeaux on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Bordeaux | 114 | 7,072 | 4% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Bordeaux | 168 | 9,389 | 6% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Montaigne | 94 | 5,266 | 10% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CFPBNA | 15 | 5,619 | 18% |
| Licence - Portail Psychologie /Anthropologie / Sciences de l’éducation Université de Bordeaux | 300 | 7,887 | 19% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Montaigne | 96 | 4,136 | 19% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Centre hospitalier Charles Perrens Bordeaux | 84 | 6,866 | 27% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac série générale avec la spécialité Maths en Terminale + une spécialité scientifique ESTACA Bordeaux | 135 | 6,039 | 47% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 5 École supérieure des sciences commerciales d'Angers | 100 | 3,595 | 75% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac série générale avec la spécialité Maths en Terminale + une spécialité scientifique École centrale d'électronique | 85 | 4,600 | 96% |
At which level?
The 43,737 students enrolled in Bordeaux, 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 Bordeaux
How many students are in Bordeaux?
43,975 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Bordeaux (autumn 2025): about 16 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Bordeaux?
Université de Bordeaux (17,807 students); INSEEC Bordeaux (2,791 students); Institut de Formation en Pédicurie Podologie CHU BORDEAUX (1,583 students); Lycée Gustave Eiffel (1,371 students); Lycée Montaigne (1,335 students); Université Bordeaux Montaigne (1,055 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 Bordeaux. 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.