Photo: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 3.0Kourou is home to the IUT de Kourou
The IUT de Kourou (366 students) and Lycée Gaston Monnerville (131 students) are inside Kourou; the nearest university campus outside it is Université de Guyane, 45 km away in Cayenne. 538 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Kourou: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Kourou
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Kourou
4 within 25 km: 1 university, 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Kourou on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Réseaux et télécommunications IUT de Kourou | 30 | 133 | 29% |
| BTS - Services - Tourisme Lycée Gaston Monnerville | 20 | 379 | 33% |
| BUT - Génie électrique et informatique industrielle IUT de Kourou | 28 | 128 | 38% |
| BUT - Génie civil - Construction durable IUT de Kourou | 35 | 164 | 39% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Gaston Monnerville | 20 | 194 | 42% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des systèmes - option A Systèmes de production Lycée Gaston Monnerville | 24 | 137 | 51% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée professionnel Elie Castor | 22 | 256 | 53% |
At which level?
The 538 students enrolled in Kourou, 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 Kourou
How many students are in Kourou?
538 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Kourou (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Kourou?
IUT de Kourou (Université de Guyane) (366 students); Lycée Gaston Monnerville (131 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 Kourou. 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.