Photo: wanderley santos vie… · CC BY-SA 3.0Sète is home to 5 colleges and universities
Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie (198 students) and the IUT de Montpellier-Sète - site de Sète - campus Poule d'Eau (185 students) are inside Sète; the nearest university is Université de Montpellier in Montpellier, 28 km away. 792 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Sète: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Sète
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Sète
11 within 25 km: 1 university, 6 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Sète on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI du CH du Bassin de Thau | 52 | 6,057 | 27% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des véhicules option voitures particulières Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie | 30 | 283 | 41% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie | 35 | 649 | 44% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option B : Electronique et réseaux Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie | 15 | 277 | 49% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Saint-Joseph | 20 | 320 | 51% |
| CPGE - TSI Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie | 30 | 410 | 74% |
| BUT - Chimie IUT de Montpellier-Sète - site de Sète - campus Poule d'Eau | 72 | 1,422 | 81% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie | 24 | 155 | 87% |
At which level?
The 679 students enrolled in Sète, 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 Sète
How many students are in Sète?
792 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Sète (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Sète?
Lycée Irene et Frederic Joliot Curie (198 students); IUT de Montpellier-Sète - site de Sète - campus Poule d'Eau (Université de Montpellier) (185 students); IFSI du CH du Bassin de Thau (184 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 Sète. 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.