Photo: Ty's Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0Tours is a student town: 23 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Tours (24,899 students) and Excelia Group (1,048 students) are inside Tours.
What stands out about college in Tours
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Tours
3 universities, 21 other schools, 10 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 27 smaller schools with 3,164 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Tours on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Grandmont | 36 | 1,407 | 16% |
| CPGE - MP2I Lycée Descartes | 48 | 1,622 | 18% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Descartes | 96 | 3,402 | 19% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Choiseul | 36 | 1,712 | 21% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Tours | 168 | 4,792 | 24% |
| CPGE - BCPST Lycée Descartes | 48 | 1,651 | 25% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours biologie médicale et biotechnologie Université de Tours | 50 | 2,736 | 28% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Descartes | 96 | 2,250 | 32% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Tours | 132 | 3,917 | 33% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Tours | 150 | 10,137 | 62% |
At which level?
The 32,164 students enrolled in Tours, 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 Tours
How many students are in Tours?
32,325 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Tours (autumn 2025): about 23 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Tours?
Université de Tours (24,899 students); Excelia Group (1,048 students); Lycée Descartes (842 students); ITS (741 students); Tours (606 students); Lycée Grandmont (434 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 Tours. 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.