Photo: Sebleouf · CC BY-SA 4.0Écully is a student town: 27 students study here for every 100 residents
Centrale Lyon (2,134 students) and the Institut Lyfe (1,189 students) are inside Écully; the nearest university is Lyon-I université in Lyon 4e, 3.8 km away.
What stands out about college in Écully
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Écully
248 within 25 km: 15 universities, 165 other schools, 68 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 236 smaller schools with 184,613 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Écully on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formations aux métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration Bac +3 - Bachelor en Management International des Arts Culinaires Institut Lyfe | 20 | 79 | 32% |
| Formations aux métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration Bac +3 - Bachelor en Management International des Arts Culinaires Institut Lyfe | 15 | 53 | 48% |
| Formation Bac + 4 - Bachelor Data science for responsible business Centrale Lyon | 60 | 256 | 59% |
| Formations aux métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration Bac +3 - Bachelor en Management International des Arts Culinaires Institut Lyfe | 40 | 168 | 63% |
| Formations aux métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration Bac +4 - Bachelor en Management International de l'Hôtellerie et de la restauration Institut Lyfe | 40 | 118 | 70% |
| Formations aux métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration Bac +3 - Bachelor en Management International des Arts Culinaires Institut Lyfe | 100 | 232 | 76% |
| Formations aux métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration Bac +4 - Bachelor en Management International de l'Hôtellerie et de la restauration Institut Lyfe | 120 | 262 | 81% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management Bac + 3 - Bachelor in Business Development Ecole supérieure de commerce privée EKLYA School of Business Lyon - Ecully | 45 | 160 | 86% |
At which level?
The 4,811 students enrolled in Écully, 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 Écully
How many students are in Écully?
4,811 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Écully (autumn 2025): about 27 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Écully?
Centrale Lyon (2,134 students); Institut Lyfe (1,189 students); Isosteo Lyon (533 students); Institut textile et chimique (391 students); Ecole supérieure de commerce privée EKLYA School of Business Lyon - Ecully (259 students); Hybria (245 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 Écully. 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.