Photo: Myrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0Vannes is home to 17 colleges and universities
Université Bretagne Sud (4,736 students) and Groupe Institut catholique d'arts et métiers (400 students) are inside Vannes. 7,610 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Vannes: 14 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Vannes
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Vannes
3 universities, 8 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 15 smaller schools with 2,396 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Vannes on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université Bretagne Sud | 112 | 4,198 | 22% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Vannes | 92 | 2,687 | 34% |
| CPGE - MP2I Lycée Alain René Lesage | 48 | 1,204 | 38% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université Bretagne Sud | 168 | 3,380 | 39% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université de Rennes | 30 | 1,779 | 45% |
| BUT - Informatique Université Bretagne Sud | 86 | 1,558 | 45% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Alain René Lesage | 48 | 1,706 | 53% |
| Licence - Portail Economie et gestion - Marketing vente, Economie appliquée, Comptabilité Finance, Management des organisations, Université Bretagne Sud | 200 | 2,928 | 70% |
| Licence - Portail Droit Université Bretagne Sud | 245 | 1,999 | 74% |
| 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 | 144 | 1,662 | 88% |
At which level?
The 7,532 students enrolled in Vannes, 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 Vannes
How many students are in Vannes?
7,610 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Vannes (autumn 2025): about 14 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Vannes?
Université Bretagne Sud (4,736 students); Groupe Institut catholique d'arts et métiers (400 students); Lycée Alain René Lesage (373 students); IFSI Vannes (340 students); Lycée St Paul (290 students); Lycée St Joseph (213 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 Vannes. 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.