Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0Albi is home to 16 colleges and universities
The Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion (3,237 students) and the Institut Mines-Telecom (1,079 students) are inside Albi. 6,353 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Albi: 12 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Albi
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Albi
2 universities, 8 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 13 smaller schools with 1,495 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Albi on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence - Sciences de la vie - Parcours Accès Kiné Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 9 | 606 | 15% |
| Licence - Portail Psychologie Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 30 | 1,134 | 23% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences de la vie Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 25 | 996 | 32% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Albi | 177 | 6,266 | 38% |
| Licence - Portail Psychologie Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 155 | 2,534 | 46% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Laperouse | 48 | 1,256 | 56% |
| Licence - Portail Sciences de la vie Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 76 | 1,524 | 73% |
| Licence - Portail Informatique - Programmation informatique pour l'entreprise et l'innovation technologique Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 57 | 656 | 79% |
| Licence - Portail Droit Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 185 | 1,554 | 82% |
| Licence - Langues, littératures et civilisations étrangères et régionales - Parcours Anglais Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion | 100 | 676 | 100% |
At which level?
The 6,264 students enrolled in Albi, 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 Albi
How many students are in Albi?
6,353 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Albi (autumn 2025): about 12 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Albi?
Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion (3,237 students); Institut Mines-Telecom (1,079 students); Lycée Louis Rascol (453 students); IFSI Albi (392 students); Inema Ecole Superieure de la P (231 students); L.E.G.T.A. Albi - Fonlabour (137 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 Albi. 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.