Photo: CORLIN · CC BY-SA 3.0Fontaine is home to Alternance Rhone Alpes
Alternance Rhone Alpes (260 students) is inside Fontaine; the nearest university campus outside it is Université Grenoble Alpes, 4.7 km away in La Tronche. 267 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Fontaine: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Fontaine
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Fontaine
56 within 25 km: 3 universities, 30 other schools, 23 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 44 smaller schools with 56,210 students in all.
At which level?
The 260 students enrolled in Fontaine, 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 Fontaine
How many students are in Fontaine?
267 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Fontaine (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Fontaine?
Alternance Rhone Alpes (260 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 Fontaine. 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.