Photo: Ridiculopathy · CC0Beauvais is home to 15 colleges and universities
The Institut polytechnique UniLaSalle (2,007 students) and Université de Picardie Jules Verne (1,356 students) are inside Beauvais; the nearest university is CY Cergy Paris Université in Pontoise, 43 km away. 4,886 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Beauvais: 9 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Beauvais
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Beauvais
1 university, 8 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 13 smaller schools with 1,449 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Beauvais on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée Jeanne Hachette | 24 | 638 | 14% |
| DTS Imagerie médicale et radiologie thérapeutique Lycée Francois Truffaut | 18 | 439 | 25% |
| Licence - Humanités - Parcours Préparatoire au Professorat des Ecoles (PPPE) Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 30 | 446 | 27% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Felix Faure | 33 | 983 | 33% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 84 | 1,253 | 36% |
| BTS - Services - Comptabilité et gestion Lycée Felix Faure | 33 | 443 | 46% |
| D.E Infirmier Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - BEAUVAIS | 122 | 2,665 | 51% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 120 | 1,426 | 58% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Série générale Institut polytechnique UniLaSalle | 320 | 761 | 85% |
| Licence - Portail Langues étrangères appliquées - Portail Licence Langues Etrangères Appliquées (LEA) / Langues, Littératures et Cultures Etrangères et Régionales (LLCER) Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 150 | 760 | 100% |
At which level?
The 4,812 students enrolled in Beauvais, 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 Beauvais
How many students are in Beauvais?
4,886 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Beauvais (autumn 2025): about 9 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Beauvais?
Institut polytechnique UniLaSalle (2,007 students); Université de Picardie Jules Verne (1,356 students); Institut de Formation en Soins Infirmiers - BEAUVAIS (388 students); Promeo Cfai Picardie Site de B (229 students); Lycée Felix Faure (190 students); Alternance Picardie Beauvais (142 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 Beauvais. 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.