Photo: Gadeau · CC BY-SA 4.0Roubaix is home to 13 colleges and universities
École des hautes études commerciales du nord (6,128 students) and Université de Lille (4,211 students) are inside Roubaix. 13,128 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Roubaix: 13 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Roubaix
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Roubaix
2 universities, 7 other schools, 4 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 9 smaller schools with 1,761 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Roubaix on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Animation - Spécialité : Cinéma d'animation 2D E.S.AA.T. | 16 | 1,449 | 3% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : métiers de l'image Lycée Jean Rostand | 13 | 1,046 | 4% |
| BTS - Services - Métiers de l'audio-visuel opt : montage et post-production Lycée Jean Rostand | 13 | 1,006 | 5% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 4 - International BBA École des hautes études commerciales du nord | 140 | 2,512 | 21% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Lille | 183 | 5,062 | 34% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Roubaix | 118 | 5,895 | 35% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 4 - International BBA École des hautes études commerciales du nord | 80 | 1,395 | 38% |
| BUT - Science des données Université de Lille | 80 | 920 | 40% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 4 - International BBA École des hautes études commerciales du nord | 545 | 4,620 | 58% |
| BUT - Carrières juridiques Université de Lille | 190 | 2,598 | 59% |
At which level?
The 13,096 students enrolled in Roubaix, 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 Roubaix
How many students are in Roubaix?
13,128 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Roubaix (autumn 2025): about 13 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Roubaix?
École des hautes études commerciales du nord (6,128 students); Université de Lille (4,211 students); E.S.AA.T. (594 students); Institut catholique de Lille (402 students); IFSI CH Roubaix (399 students); Carriere et Conseil Enaco (foa (307 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 Roubaix. 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.