Photo: Sigismond Michalowski · CC BY-SA 4.0Rennes is a student town: 31 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Rennes (31,838 students) and Université Rennes 2 (19,743 students) are inside Rennes.
What stands out about college in Rennes
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities in Rennes
4 universities, 47 other schools, 18 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 54 smaller schools with 8,609 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Rennes on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence - Psychologie - Entièrement en distanciel Université Rennes 2 | 200 | 5,537 | 11% |
| Sciences Po / Instituts d'études politiques - Sciences Humaines et Sociales - Grade Master - Cursus général Université de Rennes | 150 | 10,668 | 15% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac Général Université de Rennes | 230 | 14,043 | 20% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Francois René De Chateaubriand | 144 | 4,022 | 21% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHRU Rennes | 148 | 5,818 | 22% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Rennes | 196 | 6,249 | 23% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Guillaume Régnier | 94 | 4,842 | 25% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives Université Rennes 2 | 400 | 5,500 | 34% |
| Licence - Portail Psychologie Université Rennes 2 | 500 | 6,901 | 37% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Rennes | 65 | 7,574 | 53% |
At which level?
The 72,149 students enrolled in Rennes, 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 Rennes
How many students are in Rennes?
72,322 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Rennes (autumn 2025): about 31 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Rennes?
Université de Rennes (31,838 students); Université Rennes 2 (19,743 students); Rennes School of Business (3,344 students); Lycée Francois René De Chateaubriand (1,254 students); Institut Agro Rennes-Angers (Campus de Rennes) (1,088 students); Université de Bretagne Occidentale (1,011 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 Rennes. 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.