Photo: Patrick Jaloyan modified by Zil · CC BY-SA 2.0Pontoise is home to 5 colleges and universities
CY Cergy Paris Université (3,032 students) and Ufa Esiee It Pontoise (655 students) are inside Pontoise; the nearest university campus outside it is CY Cergy Paris Université, 2 km away in Cergy. 4,591 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Pontoise: 14 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Pontoise
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Pontoise
250 within 25 km: 21 universities, 138 other schools, 91 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 238 smaller schools with 169,425 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Pontoise on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation CY Cergy Paris Université | 120 | 5,679 | 14% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours biologie médicale et biotechnologie CY Cergy Paris Université | 54 | 2,039 | 14% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Camille Pissarro | 35 | 972 | 30% |
| BUT - Génie biologique parcours sciences de l'environnement et écotechnologies CY Cergy Paris Université | 27 | 584 | 30% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI de l'Hôpital NOVO - site de Pontoise | 75 | 6,838 | 32% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Camille Pissarro | 42 | 1,260 | 33% |
| BTS - Services - Economie sociale familiale Lycée Camille Pissarro | 35 | 507 | 37% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Camille Pissarro | 35 | 798 | 39% |
At which level?
The 4,591 students enrolled in Pontoise, 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 Pontoise
How many students are in Pontoise?
4,591 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Pontoise (autumn 2025): about 14 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Pontoise?
CY Cergy Paris Université (3,032 students); Ufa Esiee It Pontoise (655 students); Ufa Sup de V - Pontoise (391 students); IFSI de l'Hôpital NOVO - site de Pontoise (275 students); Lycée Camille Pissarro (238 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 Pontoise. 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.