Photo: Julien.scavini · CC BY-SA 4.0Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is home to 11 colleges and universities
Université de Caen Normandie (948 students) and Lycée Alexis De Tocqueville (229 students) are inside Cherbourg-en-Cotentin; the nearest university is Université de Caen Normandie in Caen, 104 km away.
What stands out about college in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
11 within 25 km: 1 university, 6 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 2 smaller schools with 199 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplôme d'Etablissement - Cadre technique génie de l'environnement marin Conservatoire national des arts et métiers | 13 | 235 | 7% |
| BTS - Production - Maintenance des systèmes - option A Systèmes de production - Parcours Marine Nationale / EAMEA - Défense Lycée Alexis De Tocqueville | 30 | 229 | 27% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Victor Grignard | 48 | 737 | 49% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Public du Cotentin | 65 | 1,670 | 53% |
| CPGE - Lettres Lycée Jean-Francois Millet | 48 | 327 | 54% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Caen Normandie | 80 | 886 | 59% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Caen Normandie | 78 | 628 | 67% |
| BUT - Génie industriel et maintenance Université de Caen Normandie | 36 | 326 | 67% |
| BTS - Services - Collaborateur juriste notarial Lycée Alexis De Tocqueville | 24 | 203 | 70% |
| BUT - Génie électrique et informatique industrielle Université de Caen Normandie | 48 | 321 | 89% |
At which level?
The 2,051 students enrolled in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, 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 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
How many students are in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin?
2,117 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin?
Université de Caen Normandie (948 students); Lycée Alexis De Tocqueville (229 students); IFSI CH Public du Cotentin (219 students); Cfai Site de Cherbourg-en-Cote (143 students); Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (141 students); Ispn Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (114 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 Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. 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.