Photo: B25es · CC BY-SA 3.0Pontivy is home to 5 colleges and universities
Ecole de formation sanitaire et sociale du CH de Pontivy (306 students) and the IUT de Lorient (Antenne de Pontivy) (235 students) are inside Pontivy; the nearest university is Université Bretagne Sud in Lorient, 48 km away.
What stands out about college in Pontivy
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Pontivy
8 within 25 km: 1 university, 1 other school, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Pontivy on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Jeanne d'Arc-St Ivy | 35 | 279 | 25% |
| BTS - Services - Tourisme Lycée Jeanne d'Arc-St Ivy | 35 | 272 | 31% |
| BUT - Gestion administrative et commerciale des organisations IUT de Lorient (Antenne de Pontivy) | 56 | 1,566 | 39% |
| D.E Infirmier Ecole de formation sanitaire et sociale du CH de Pontivy | 92 | 2,342 | 42% |
| BTS - Agricole - QUalité, ALimentation, Innovation et Maîtrise Sanitaire (BioQUALIM) aliments et processus technologiques Lycée d'Enseignement Général Technologique agricole de Pontivy- Le Gros Chêne | 40 | 203 | 57% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyses biologiques, biotechnologiques, agricoles et environnementales Lycée d'Enseignement Général Technologique agricole de Pontivy- Le Gros Chêne | 40 | 406 | 64% |
| BTS - Services - Banque Lycée Joseph Loth | 35 | 500 | 69% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Joseph Loth | 35 | 540 | 70% |
| BTS - Agricole - Analyse, conduite et stratégie de l'entreprise agricole, option Territoires métropolitains Lycée d'Enseignement Général Technologique agricole de Pontivy- Le Gros Chêne | 40 | 282 | 70% |
| BUT - Génie chimique génie des procédés IUT de Lorient (Antenne de Pontivy) | 39 | 342 | 93% |
At which level?
The 856 students enrolled in Pontivy, 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 Pontivy
How many students are in Pontivy?
922 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Pontivy (autumn 2025): about 6 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Pontivy?
Ecole de formation sanitaire et sociale du CH de Pontivy (306 students); IUT de Lorient (Antenne de Pontivy) (Université Bretagne Sud) (235 students); Lycée Jeanne d'Arc-St Ivy (143 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 Pontivy. 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.