Photo: M.Minderhoud · CC BY-SA 3.0Verdun is home to 3 colleges and universities
IFSI Verdun (322 students) and Lycée Jean-Auguste Margueritte (136 students) are inside Verdun; the nearest university is Université de Lorraine in Metz, 62 km away.
What stands out about college in Verdun
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Verdun
3 within 25 km: 1 other school, 2 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Verdun on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Verdun | 110 | 2,185 | 73% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Jean-Auguste Margueritte | 18 | 139 | 74% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Jean-Auguste Margueritte | 24 | 185 | 75% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée Jean-Auguste Margueritte | 24 | 66 | 75% |
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée Sainte-Anne | 24 | 99 | 92% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Sainte-Anne | 24 | 77 | 94% |
At which level?
The 535 students enrolled in Verdun, 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 Verdun
How many students are in Verdun?
575 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Verdun (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Verdun?
IFSI Verdun (322 students); Lycée Jean-Auguste Margueritte (136 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 Verdun. 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.