Photo: Jean-Christophe Windland · CC BY-SA 4.0Paris 4e is home to 8 colleges and universities
Université Paris Cité (956 students) and Lycée Charlemagne (302 students) are inside Paris 4e; the nearest university campus outside it is Sorbonne Université, 1.2 km away in Paris 5e. 1,873 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Paris 4e: 7 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Paris 4e
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Paris 4e
884 within 25 km: 88 universities, 498 other schools, 298 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 872 smaller schools with 752,233 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Paris 4e on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée Sophie Germain | 24 | 3,293 | 8% |
| BTS - Services - Banque Lycée Sophie Germain | 24 | 1,980 | 14% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Charlemagne | 96 | 5,603 | 18% |
| BTS - Services - Management opérationnel de la sécurité Lycée professionnel Theophile Gautier | 24 | 508 | 23% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Charlemagne | 48 | 3,837 | 27% |
| FCIL - Préparation aux concours de la sécurité publique et civile Lycée professionnel Theophile Gautier | 16 | 182 | 36% |
| Diplôme d'Etablissement - Diplôme en sciences sociales et technologie Forward College | 30 | 7 | 80% |
At which level?
The 1,866 students enrolled in Paris 4e, 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 Paris 4e
How many students are in Paris 4e?
1,873 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Paris 4e (autumn 2025): about 7 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Paris 4e?
Université Paris Cité (956 students); Lycée Charlemagne (302 students); Inst Prive Prepa Etudes Sup (253 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 Paris 4e. 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.