Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0Castres is home to 8 colleges and universities
The IUT de Toulouse - Antenne de Castres (747 students) and IFSI CHIC Castres Mazamet (249 students) are inside Castres; the nearest university campus outside it is the Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion, 36 km away in Albi.
What stands out about college in Castres
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Castres
10 within 25 km: 2 universities, 2 other schools, 6 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Castres on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Services - Orthoprothésiste Lycée professionnel Anne Veaute | 16 | 489 | 17% |
| BUT - Métiers du multimédia et de l'internet IUT de Toulouse - Antenne de Castres | 54 | 1,661 | 31% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée La Borde Basse | 24 | 1,132 | 31% |
| BTS - Services - Opticien-Lunetier Lycée professionnel Anne Veaute | 24 | 567 | 33% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation IUT de Toulouse - Antenne de Castres | 82 | 2,372 | 39% |
| BTS - Services - Management Commercial Opérationnel Lycée La Borde Basse | 34 | 428 | 45% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHIC Castres Mazamet | 83 | 4,789 | 47% |
| BUT - Informatique IUT de Toulouse - Antenne de Castres | 50 | 1,494 | 49% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée La Borde Basse | 34 | 476 | 54% |
| BUT - Chimie IUT de Toulouse - Antenne de Castres | 84 | 1,285 | 65% |
At which level?
The 1,876 students enrolled in Castres, 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 Castres
How many students are in Castres?
1,889 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Castres (autumn 2025): about 4 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Castres?
IUT de Toulouse - Antenne de Castres (Université de Toulouse) (747 students); IFSI CHIC Castres Mazamet (249 students); Lycée La Borde Basse (247 students); Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion (218 students); Lycée professionnel Anne Veaute (185 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 Castres. 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.