Photo: Christophe Godart · CC BY-SA 4.0Cergy is a student town: 34 students study here for every 100 residents
CY Cergy Paris Université (11,354 students) and École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (8,184 students) are inside Cergy.
What stands out about college in Cergy
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Cergy
1 university, 12 other schools, 3 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 10 smaller schools with 1,683 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Cergy on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales | 180 | 6,454 | 7% |
| Formation des écoles de commerce et de management École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales | 290 | 8,666 | 12% |
| BTS - Services - Négociation et digitalisation de la Relation Client Lycée Alfred Kastler | 30 | 1,680 | 14% |
| BTS - Services - Communication Lycée Galilée | 35 | 1,379 | 17% |
| Double licence - Droit / Economie et gestion - Double licence Droit / Economie et gestion CY Cergy Paris Université | 70 | 2,671 | 22% |
| Double licence - Mathématiques / Physique - Licence Mathématiques-Physique CY Cergy Paris Université | 15 | 1,187 | 34% |
| Double licence - Mathématiques / Informatique - Double Licence en Mathématiques et Informatique CY Cergy Paris Université | 25 | 2,455 | 37% |
| Licence - Double diplôme - Licence Economie et gestion - Licence 1 Economie et gestion + DU Agir pour la transition (en 5 ans) CY Cergy Paris Université | 40 | 1,415 | 37% |
| CUPGE - Cycle Universitaire Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles - CUPGE Scientifique - Cycle Universitaire Préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles d'ingénieur CY Cergy Paris Université | 45 | 1,282 | 49% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bacs généraux - 2 Sciences École de biologie industrielle | 120 | 1,962 | 86% |
At which level?
The 24,218 students enrolled in Cergy, 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 Cergy
How many students are in Cergy?
24,218 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Cergy (autumn 2025): about 34 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Cergy?
CY Cergy Paris Université (11,354 students); École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (8,184 students); École nationale supérieure de l'électronique et de ses applications de Cergy (825 students); ECAM-EPMI (772 students); École de biologie industrielle (765 students); EPSS - Ecole Pratique de Service Social (635 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 Cergy. 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.