Photo: Paul.schrepfer · CC BY 4.0Tourcoing is home to 12 colleges and universities
Université de Lille (1,198 students) and Artfx (407 students) are inside Tourcoing; the nearest university is Université de Lille in Roubaix, 3.1 km away.
What stands out about college in Tourcoing
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Tourcoing
139 within 25 km: 9 universities, 95 other schools, 35 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 127 smaller schools with 130,845 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Tourcoing on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Mode - Spécialité : Création - Développement de collection de mode Lycée Sévigné | 17 | 931 | 10% |
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours éducation spécialisée Université de Lille | 75 | 1,440 | 13% |
| BUT - Information communication Parcours métiers du livre et du patrimoine Université de Lille | 25 | 752 | 13% |
| CPGE - MP2I Lycée Colbert | 26 | 711 | 20% |
| BUT - Information communication Parcours communication des organisations Université de Lille | 58 | 1,130 | 23% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée Colbert | 32 | 589 | 27% |
| BTS - Services - Diététique et nutrition Lycée Sévigné | 24 | 703 | 36% |
| BUT - Management de la Logistique et des Transports Université de Lille | 78 | 733 | 39% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Croix Rouge Française Tourcoing | 113 | 4,759 | 50% |
| BUT - Carrières sociales Parcours animation sociale et socioculturelle Université de Lille | 70 | 1,285 | 50% |
At which level?
The 3,636 students enrolled in Tourcoing, 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 Tourcoing
How many students are in Tourcoing?
3,661 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Tourcoing (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Tourcoing?
Université de Lille (1,198 students); Artfx (407 students); Lycée Sévigné (363 students); Lycée Polyvalent privé EIC Industriel et Commercial (357 students); IFSI Croix Rouge Française Tourcoing (347 students); Lycée Colbert (270 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 Tourcoing. 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.