Photo: The original uploader was InXtremis at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 1.0Forbach is home to 5 colleges and universities
IFSI Forbach (299 students) and Lycée Blaise Pascal (168 students) are inside Forbach; the nearest university is Université de Lorraine in Metz, 49 km away.
What stands out about college in Forbach
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Forbach
17 within 25 km: 3 universities, 5 other schools, 9 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 5 smaller schools with 510 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Forbach on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Blaise Pascal | 24 | 294 | 44% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Blaise Pascal | 24 | 316 | 45% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Forbach | 90 | 2,416 | 47% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Jean Moulin | 30 | 611 | 51% |
| BTS - Services - Services et prestations des secteurs sanitaire et social Lycée Blaise Pascal | 18 | 203 | 60% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Blaise Pascal | 24 | 312 | 71% |
| BUT - Science et génie des matériaux IUT de Moselle Est - Site de Forbach - Université de Lorraine | 32 | 279 | 94% |
At which level?
The 663 students enrolled in Forbach, 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 Forbach
How many students are in Forbach?
680 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Forbach (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Forbach?
IFSI Forbach (299 students); Lycée Blaise Pascal (168 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 Forbach. 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.