Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cambrai is home to 7 colleges and universities
Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (1,251 students) and Lycée Saint Luc Cambrai (310 students) are inside Cambrai; the nearest university is Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France in Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes, 26 km away. 2,530 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Cambrai: 8 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Cambrai
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Cambrai
20 within 25 km: 3 universities, 4 other schools, 13 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 8 smaller schools with 2,287 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Cambrai on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Professions immobilières Lycée Paul Duez | 24 | 423 | 36% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée Paul Duez | 35 | 441 | 42% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI du Centre Hôspitalier de Cambrai | 86 | 3,980 | 46% |
| BTS - Services - Tourisme Lycée Fenelon | 38 | 520 | 48% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Fenelon | 28 | 414 | 55% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | 124 | 1,111 | 69% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Lycée Fenelon | 24 | 1,903 | 77% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences de la vie - Biotechnologies et Agroalimentaire (Cambrai) Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | 50 | 520 | 98% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences de la vie - Biotechnologies et Agroalimentaire (Cambrai) Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France | 40 | 358 | 98% |
| Licence - Droit Université de Lille | 80 | 874 | 99% |
At which level?
The 2,516 students enrolled in Cambrai, 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 Cambrai
How many students are in Cambrai?
2,530 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Cambrai (autumn 2025): about 8 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Cambrai?
Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (1,251 students); Lycée Saint Luc Cambrai (310 students); IFSI du Centre Hôspitalier de Cambrai (246 students); Lycée Paul Duez (235 students); Université de Lille, Universite de Lille - Centre Universitaire de Cambrai (231 students); Lycée Fenelon (172 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 Cambrai. 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.