Photo: This picture belongs to Xavier Caré . · CC BY-SA 4.0Lyon 3e is home to 19 colleges and universities
Pigier (1,297 students) and INSTITUT FORM CARRIERES SANTE HCL SECTEUR EST - MANIPULATEUR D'ELECTRORADIOLOGIE MEDICALE (823 students) are inside Lyon 3e; the nearest university campus outside it is Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3, 0.9 km away in Lyon 8e.
What stands out about college in Lyon 3e
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities in Lyon 3e
17 other schools, 2 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 15 smaller schools with 3,727 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Lyon 3e on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN MADE - Objet - Spécialité : Création, bijoux contemporains et objets précieux Lycée professionnel Des Métiers d'Art SEPR | 14 | 437 | 8% |
| D.E manipulateur/trice en électroradiologie médicale INSTITUT FORM CARRIERES SANTE HCL SECTEUR EST - MANIPULATEUR D'ELECTRORADIOLOGIE MEDICALE | 48 | 2,090 | 14% |
| BTS - Services - Photographie Lycée professionnel Des Métiers d'Art SEPR | 14 | 184 | 15% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Lacassagne | 35 | 2,195 | 16% |
| D.E Assistant de Service Social IFTS Croix Rouge Française Lyon | 31 | 410 | 20% |
| D.E Infirmier IFTS Croix Rouge Française Lyon | 93 | 8,982 | 39% |
| DN MADE - Objet - Spécialité : Création et réalisation de mobilier contemporain Lycée professionnel Des Métiers d'Art SEPR | 14 | 153 | 41% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client CRESPA -SCIENCES U | 30 | 140 | 42% |
| Formation des écoles supérieure d'art Bac + 3 - Dessinateur 3D ECOLE EMILE COHL | 28 | 189 | 44% |
| Formation des écoles supérieure d'art Bac + 3 - Dessinateur praticien ECOLE EMILE COHL | 210 | 422 | 92% |
At which level?
The 6,295 students enrolled in Lyon 3e, 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 Lyon 3e
How many students are in Lyon 3e?
6,372 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Lyon 3e (autumn 2025): about 6 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Lyon 3e?
Pigier (1,297 students); INSTITUT FORM CARRIERES SANTE HCL SECTEUR EST - MANIPULATEUR D'ELECTRORADIOLOGIE MEDICALE (823 students); ECOLE EMILE COHL (743 students); Efap - Ecole Fr Attaches de Pr (600 students); Inst Sup Amenag Interieur (529 students); IFTS Croix Rouge Française Lyon (473 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 Lyon 3e. 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.