Photo: JessydeVilly · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Benoît is home to 5 colleges and universities
INST FORM ET RECH. TRAV.SOCIAL I.R.T.S DE LA REUNION (473 students) and LPO Nelson Mandela (277 students) are inside Saint-Benoît; the nearest university campus outside it is Université de La Réunion, 29 km away in Saint-Denis.
What stands out about college in Saint-Benoît
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Saint-Benoît
12 within 25 km: 2 other schools, 10 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Saint-Benoît 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 Marie Curie | 18 | 313 | 10% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Marie Curie | 18 | 459 | 20% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Marie Curie | 18 | 405 | 22% |
| BTS - Services - Diététique et nutrition Lycée Marie Curie | 12 | 360 | 28% |
| BTS - Production - Electrotechnique Lycée professionnel Patu de Rosemont | 12 | 133 | 38% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion LPO Nelson Mandela | 30 | 314 | 53% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale LPO Nelson Mandela | 34 | 381 | 58% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME LPO Nelson Mandela | 34 | 474 | 59% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel LPO Nelson Mandela | 30 | 441 | 60% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations LPO Nelson Mandela | 30 | 246 | 69% |
At which level?
The 1,025 students enrolled in Saint-Benoît, 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 Saint-Benoît
How many students are in Saint-Benoît?
1,025 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saint-Benoît (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Saint-Benoît?
INST FORM ET RECH. TRAV.SOCIAL I.R.T.S DE LA REUNION (473 students); LPO Nelson Mandela (277 students); Lycée Marie Curie (130 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 Saint-Benoît. 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.