Photo: Babsy · CC BY-SA 3.0Limoges is a student town: 16 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Limoges (16,060 students) and IFSI Croix Rouge Française Limoges (739 students) are inside Limoges.
What stands out about college in Limoges
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Limoges
1 university, 8 other schools, 13 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 17 smaller schools with 2,107 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Limoges on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificat de capacité d'Orthophoniste Université de Limoges | 25 | 1,307 | 12% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHU Limoges | 117 | 2,820 | 30% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Limoges | 140 | 2,339 | 36% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI du CHHC-Université de Limoges | 30 | 2,213 | 36% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Limoges | 140 | 2,095 | 39% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Gay-Lussac | 48 | 1,125 | 44% |
| BUT - Informatique Université de Limoges | 74 | 1,319 | 60% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française Limoges | 129 | 1,960 | 68% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac Général Université de Limoges | 75 | 6,156 | 72% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences 3iL | 25 | 1,661 | 90% |
At which level?
The 20,621 students enrolled in Limoges, 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 Limoges
How many students are in Limoges?
20,759 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Limoges (autumn 2025): about 16 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Limoges?
Université de Limoges (16,060 students); IFSI Croix Rouge Française Limoges (739 students); 3iL (633 students); Lycée Suzanne Valadon (577 students); IFSI CHU Limoges (505 students); Lycée Gay-Lussac (362 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 Limoges. 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.