Photo: David M. · CC BY 3.0Vaulx-en-Velin is home to 4 colleges and universities
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon (880 students) and École nationale des travaux publics de l'État (831 students) are inside Vaulx-en-Velin; the nearest university campus outside it is Lyon-I université, 4.4 km away in Villeurbanne.
What stands out about college in Vaulx-en-Velin
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Vaulx-en-Velin
243 within 25 km: 15 universities, 163 other schools, 65 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 231 smaller schools with 188,350 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Vaulx-en-Velin on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon | 100 | 3,571 | 9% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Voie d'accès réservée aux BAC +1 uniquement BUILDERS École d'ingénieurs | 5 | 181 | 15% |
| Formation Bac + 3 - Bachelor "Transition Ecologique des Territoires" École nationale des travaux publics de l'État | 50 | 418 | 36% |
| BTS - Services - Conseil et commercialisation de solutions techniques Lycée Robert Doisneau | 32 | 529 | 44% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac Série générale avec la spécialité Maths en Terminale + une spécialité non scientifique BUILDERS École d'ingénieurs | 3 | 43 | 91% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac Série STI2D BUILDERS École d'ingénieurs | 9 | 115 | 93% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac série générale avec la spécialité Maths en Terminale + une spécialité scientifique BUILDERS École d'ingénieurs | 35 | 3,187 | 98% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac Série générale avec 2 spécialités scientifiques mais sans la spécialité Maths en Terminale BUILDERS École d'ingénieurs | 3 | 28 | 100% |
At which level?
The 1,932 students enrolled in Vaulx-en-Velin, 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 Vaulx-en-Velin
How many students are in Vaulx-en-Velin?
1,932 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Vaulx-en-Velin (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Vaulx-en-Velin?
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon (880 students); École nationale des travaux publics de l'État (831 students); BUILDERS École d'ingénieurs (168 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 Vaulx-en-Velin. 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.