Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0Chalon-sur-Saône is home to 11 colleges and universities
The IUT de Chalon-Sur-Saône (409 students) and Lycée Mathias (230 students) are inside Chalon-sur-Saône; the nearest university is Université Bourgogne Europe in Dijon, 60 km away.
What stands out about college in Chalon-sur-Saône
Facts about the town and its distance to campus, with figures for each college.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Chalon-sur-Saône
12 within 25 km: 1 university, 5 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Chalon-sur-Saône on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Emiland Gauthey | 24 | 414 | 21% |
| Diplôme de Comptabilité et de Gestion Lycée Mathias | 40 | 781 | 31% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Chalon Sur Saône | 73 | 2,878 | 47% |
| CPGE - PTSI Lycée polyvalent Niépce-Balleure | 32 | 478 | 52% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée polyvalent Niépce-Balleure | 15 | 284 | 54% |
| BTS - Production - Métiers de la chimie Lycée polyvalent Niépce-Balleure | 27 | 307 | 69% |
| BTS - Services - Services informatiques aux organisations Lycée Mathias | 36 | 313 | 73% |
| BUT - Management de la Logistique et des Transports IUT de Chalon-Sur-Saône | 74 | 398 | 79% |
| BUT - Science et génie des matériaux IUT de Chalon-Sur-Saône | 48 | 429 | 87% |
| BUT - Génie industriel et maintenance IUT de Chalon-Sur-Saône | 48 | 359 | 87% |
At which level?
The 1,540 students enrolled in Chalon-sur-Saône, 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 Chalon-sur-Saône
How many students are in Chalon-sur-Saône?
1,620 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Chalon-sur-Saône (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Chalon-sur-Saône?
IUT de Chalon-Sur-Saône (Université Bourgogne Europe) (409 students); Lycée Mathias (230 students); IFSI CH Chalon Sur Saône (210 students); Lycée polyvalent Niépce-Balleure (187 students); Lycée Saint-Charles (113 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 Chalon-sur-Saône. 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.