Photo: Paul.schrepfer · CC BY 4.0Amiens is a student town: 22 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Picardie Jules Verne (23,975 students) and Lycée Louis Thuillier (694 students) are inside Amiens.
What stands out about college in Amiens
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Amiens
1 university, 15 other schools, 12 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 21 smaller schools with 2,111 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Amiens on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.E Ergothérapeute Institut de formation en Ergothérapie du chu Amiens-Picardie | 19 | 1,276 | 8% |
| Certificat de capacité d'Orthophoniste Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 38 | 1,406 | 11% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 180 | 1,787 | 30% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Louis Thuillier | 48 | 1,262 | 38% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée des Métiers Édouard Gand | 35 | 1,205 | 40% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 210 | 2,845 | 47% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Louis Thuillier | 96 | 1,435 | 50% |
| BUT - Génie civil - Construction durable Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 130 | 1,644 | 54% |
| CPGE - BCPST Lycée Louis Thuillier | 96 | 1,336 | 56% |
| BUT - Informatique Université de Picardie Jules Verne | 156 | 1,249 | 61% |
At which level?
The 29,247 students enrolled in Amiens, 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 Amiens
How many students are in Amiens?
29,389 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Amiens (autumn 2025): about 22 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Amiens?
Université de Picardie Jules Verne (23,975 students); Lycée Louis Thuillier (694 students); Lycée des Métiers Édouard Gand (593 students); APRADIS - Site Amiens (563 students); Ingénieur UniLaSalle Amiens (ex ESIEE-Amiens) (490 students); ESC Amiens - Bachelor Gestion et Marketing (413 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 Amiens. 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.