Photo: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 4.0Orvault is home to Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert
Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert (253 students) is inside Orvault; the nearest university is Nantes Université in Nantes, 6.6 km away. 253 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Orvault: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Orvault
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Orvault
111 within 25 km: 4 universities, 75 other schools, 32 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 99 smaller schools with 64,634 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Orvault on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 24 | 577 | 30% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Cybersécurité Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 8 | 123 | 42% |
| Mise à niveau - Hôtellerie restauration Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 36 | 503 | 53% |
| Certificat de Spécialisation - Sommellerie Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 10 | 53 | 68% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 12 | 171 | 82% |
| BTS - Production - Electrotechnique Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 20 | 171 | 82% |
| BTS - Services - Management en hôtellerie restauration Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert | 72 | 336 | 83% |
At which level?
The 253 students enrolled in Orvault, 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 Orvault
How many students are in Orvault?
253 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Orvault (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Orvault?
Lycée polyvalent Nicolas Appert (253 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 Orvault. 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.