Photo: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 3.0Cayenne is home to Université de Guyane
Université de Guyane (3,366 students) and IFSI Université de Guyane (310 students) are inside Cayenne. 4,363 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Cayenne: 7 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Cayenne
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Cayenne
12 within 25 km: 1 university, 5 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Cayenne on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Assistant de Service Social IRDTS Cayenne | 18 | 192 | 7% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Université de Guyane | 75 | 1,081 | 15% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Félix EBOUE | 36 | 564 | 18% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Melkior Garre | 15 | 383 | 18% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Félix EBOUE | 23 | 331 | 21% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Félix EBOUE | 36 | 509 | 22% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Melkior Garre | 28 | 501 | 22% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Félix EBOUE | 36 | 430 | 25% |
| Diplôme de Comptabilité et de Gestion Lycée Félix EBOUE | 24 | 275 | 27% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Melkior Garre | 28 | 243 | 29% |
At which level?
The 4,260 students enrolled in Cayenne, 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 Cayenne
How many students are in Cayenne?
4,363 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Cayenne (autumn 2025): about 7 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Cayenne?
Université de Guyane (3,366 students); IFSI Université de Guyane (310 students); Lycée Félix EBOUE (274 students); Lycée Melkior Garre (161 students); IRDTS Cayenne (116 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 Cayenne. 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.