Photo: User:civodule · CC BY-SA 3.0Mende is home to 7 colleges and universities
IFSI Lozérien (153 students) and Université de Montpellier (145 students) are inside Mende; the nearest university is Nîmes université in Nîmes, 102 km away.
What stands out about college in Mende
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Mende
9 within 25 km: 2 universities, 3 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Mende on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Lozérien | 42 | 4,293 | 45% |
| BTS - Production - Electrotechnique Lycée Emile Peytavin | 30 | 130 | 52% |
| BTS - Services - Tourisme Lycée Chaptal | 35 | 370 | 68% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Emile Peytavin | 18 | 208 | 72% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Emile Peytavin | 18 | 155 | 73% |
| Licence - Sciences et technologies - Parcours Pluridisciplinarité et métiers de l’enseignement, de l’éducation et de la formation Université de Montpellier | 34 | 296 | 80% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Emile Peytavin | 18 | 134 | 80% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame | 26 | 81 | 90% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame | 26 | 92 | 92% |
| BTS - Services - Diététique et nutrition Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame | 26 | 139 | 93% |
At which level?
The 656 students enrolled in Mende, 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 Mende
How many students are in Mende?
656 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Mende (autumn 2025): about 5 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Mende?
IFSI Lozérien (153 students); Université de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Antenne de Mende (145 students); Lycée polyvalent Notre-Dame (105 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 Mende. 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.