Photo: Benoît Stella · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Avold is home to 4 colleges and universities
Lycée Jean-Victor Poncelet (157 students) and Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully (139 students) are inside Saint-Avold; the nearest university is Université de Lorraine in Metz, 35 km away.
What stands out about college in Saint-Avold
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Saint-Avold
14 within 25 km: 2 universities, 5 other schools, 7 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 2 smaller schools with 125 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Saint-Avold on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Electrotechnique Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully | 24 | 147 | 38% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Jean-Victor Poncelet | 35 | 464 | 52% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Jean-Victor Poncelet | 24 | 253 | 58% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Jean-Victor Poncelet | 24 | 239 | 62% |
| BTS - Production - Conception et Réalisation de Systèmes Automatiques Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully | 15 | 114 | 69% |
| BTS - Production - Conception de produits industriels Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully | 15 | 108 | 80% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Pilotage et Optimisation de la production Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully | 15 | 41 | 90% |
| BTS - Production - Conception des processus de réalisation de produits (1ère année commune) Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully | 15 | 63 | 92% |
| BUT - Chimie IUT de Moselle-Est - Site de Saint-Avold - Université de Lorraine | 60 | 402 | 93% |
At which level?
The 413 students enrolled in Saint-Avold, 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 Saint-Avold
How many students are in Saint-Avold?
413 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Saint-Avold (autumn 2025): about 3 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Saint-Avold?
Lycée Jean-Victor Poncelet (157 students); Lycée des Métiers Charles Jully (139 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 Saint-Avold. 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.