Photo: Châteauroux Métropole · CC BY-SA 4.0Châteauroux is home to 6 colleges and universities
Université d'Orléans (807 students) and Cci Indre - Chateauroux (418 students) are inside Châteauroux; the nearest university is Université de Tours in Tours, 101 km away.
What stands out about college in Châteauroux
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Châteauroux
7 within 25 km: 1 university, 4 other schools, 2 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 1 smaller schools with 91 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Châteauroux on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTS Imagerie médicale et radiologie thérapeutique Lycée Blaise Pascal | 21 | 249 | 29% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Blaise Pascal | 28 | 393 | 54% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université d'Orléans | 70 | 1,187 | 55% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Chateauroux Le Blanc | 81 | 2,368 | 71% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Pierre Et Marie Curie | 22 | 212 | 73% |
| BUT - Génie électrique et informatique industrielle Université d'Orléans | 52 | 284 | 78% |
| Licence - Economie et gestion Université d'Orléans | 30 | 257 | 89% |
| Licence - Histoire Université d'Orléans | 50 | 224 | 99% |
| Licence - Droit - Parcours Droit général Université d'Orléans | 100 | 466 | 100% |
| Licence - Langues étrangères appliquées - Parcours Anglais/Espagnol Université d'Orléans | 40 | 249 | 100% |
At which level?
The 1,795 students enrolled in Châteauroux, 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 Châteauroux
How many students are in Châteauroux?
1,836 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Châteauroux (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Châteauroux?
Université d'Orléans (807 students); Cci Indre - Chateauroux (418 students); IFSI CH Chateauroux Le Blanc (236 students); Lycée Blaise Pascal (208 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 Châteauroux. 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.