Photo: Loïc LE BAIL · CC BY 4.0Lorient is home to Université Bretagne Sud
Université Bretagne Sud (5,262 students) and Lycée Dupuy De Lôme (521 students) are inside Lorient. 7,526 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Lorient: 13 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Lorient
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Lorient
3 universities, 8 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 13 smaller schools with 1,735 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Lorient on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Bretagne Sud Lorient | 94 | 2,575 | 40% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Rennes | 31 | 1,865 | 43% |
| Diplôme National d'Art Ecole Européenne Supérieure d'Art de Bretagne - Site de Lorient | 36 | 701 | 51% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Dupuy De Lôme | 48 | 1,137 | 57% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Rennes | 24 | 1,326 | 59% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Rennes | 12 | 752 | 68% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Dupuy De Lôme | 48 | 975 | 71% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université Bretagne Sud | 80 | 6,792 | 76% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences de la vie et de la terre - Biologie générale, Biologie cellulaire moléculaire, Sciences de l'environnement, Biologie Biotechnologies, Biologie Biosanté, TACB Université Bretagne Sud | 112 | 1,234 | 99% |
| Licence - Histoire - Parcours option Histoire et archéologie de l'environnement et option Histoire et Science politique Université Bretagne Sud | 150 | 730 | 100% |
At which level?
The 7,518 students enrolled in Lorient, 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 Lorient
How many students are in Lorient?
7,526 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Lorient (autumn 2025): about 13 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Lorient?
Université Bretagne Sud (5,262 students); Lycée Dupuy De Lôme (521 students); IFSI CH Bretagne Sud Lorient (359 students); ASKORIA - Site de Lorient (291 students); Lycée St Joseph - LaSalle Lorient (176 students); Ecole Européenne Supérieure d'Art de Bretagne - Site de Lorient (148 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 Lorient. 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.