Photo: Philippe Gisselbrecht/ Ville de Metz · CC BY-SA 4.0Metz is a student town: 16 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Lorraine (14,079 students) and Lycée Robert Schuman (1,000 students) are inside Metz.
What stands out about college in Metz
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Metz
1 university, 18 other schools, 10 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 24 smaller schools with 3,348 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Metz on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Robert Schuman | 70 | 1,656 | 36% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Lorraine | 168 | 3,074 | 42% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Lorraine | 158 | 3,192 | 43% |
| Licence - Psychologie Université de Lorraine | 200 | 2,916 | 45% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Fabert | 96 | 1,713 | 51% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française Metz | 103 | 3,472 | 53% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHR Metz | 340 | 4,375 | 62% |
| Licence - Droit Université de Lorraine | 370 | 3,051 | 69% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Lorraine | 148 | 7,084 | 75% |
| Licence - Administration économique et sociale Université de Lorraine | 270 | 1,994 | 93% |
At which level?
The 20,046 students enrolled in Metz, 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 Metz
How many students are in Metz?
20,078 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Metz (autumn 2025): about 16 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Metz?
Université de Lorraine (14,079 students); Lycée Robert Schuman (1,000 students); Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies (647 students); IFSI CHR Metz (562 students); Lycée Fabert (410 students); IFSI Croix Rouge Française Metz (372 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 Metz. 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.