Photo: Pierre-Félix Vautrin · CC0Montpellier is a student town: 28 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Montpellier (44,668 students) and Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry (21,562 students) are inside Montpellier.
What stands out about college in Montpellier
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Montpellier
3 universities, 53 other schools, 14 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 57 smaller schools with 8,913 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Montpellier on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Montpellier | 106 | 8,407 | 12% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHU Montpellier | 143 | 10,490 | 13% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Montpellier | 135 | 8,125 | 16% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Montpellier | 104 | 6,618 | 16% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Montpellier | 127 | 7,281 | 18% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Montpellier | 290 | 6,670 | 33% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Montpellier | 116 | 5,928 | 35% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Montpellier | 25 | 6,320 | 36% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Montpellier | 180 | 12,392 | 41% |
| Licence - Portail Droit - Droit (Faculté de Droit et Science Politique) Université de Montpellier | 1,000 | 8,687 | 42% |
At which level?
The 85,325 students enrolled in Montpellier, 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 Montpellier
How many students are in Montpellier?
85,582 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Montpellier (autumn 2025): about 28 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Montpellier?
Université de Montpellier (44,668 students); Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry (21,562 students); MBS (2,936 students); Institut Agro Montpellier (1,404 students); Lycée Joffre (986 students); IFSI CHU Montpellier (861 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 Montpellier. 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.