Photo: Velvet · CC BY-SA 3.0Lille is a student town: 25 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Lille (16,764 students) and the Institut catholique de Lille (12,997 students) are inside Lille.
What stands out about college in Lille
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Lille
2 universities, 59 other schools, 15 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 58 smaller schools with 9,299 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Lille on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sciences Po / Instituts d'études politiques - Sciences Humaines et Sociales - Grade Master - Cursus général Université de Lille | 195 | 10,668 | 5% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Faidherbe | 96 | 3,354 | 10% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Institut Gernez Rieux CHru de Lille | 124 | 7,438 | 11% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Gaston Berger | 35 | 2,474 | 25% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Faidherbe | 96 | 2,570 | 31% |
| Licence - Science politique - Parcours Relations Internationales Institut catholique de Lille | 190 | 3,415 | 32% |
| CPGE - Lettres Lycée Faidherbe | 144 | 2,706 | 45% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Skema Business School | 350 | 6,911 | 47% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI de l’institut catholique de Lille | 142 | 5,143 | 54% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 5 Institut d'économie scientifique et de gestion | 630 | 4,606 | 56% |
At which level?
The 59,519 students enrolled in Lille, 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 Lille
How many students are in Lille?
59,725 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Lille (autumn 2025): about 25 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Lille?
Université de Lille (16,764 students); Institut catholique de Lille (12,997 students); Institut d'économie scientifique et de gestion (5,242 students); Skema Business School (3,163 students); Lycée Gaston Berger (1,637 students); Hautes études d'ingénieur (1,579 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 Lille. 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.