Photo: Clicsouris · CC BY-SA 3.0Sarcelles is home to 5 colleges and universities
The IUT de Cergy-Pontoise - Site de Sarcelles (648 students) and IFSI Léonie Chaptal (534 students) are inside Sarcelles; the nearest university campus outside it is Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, 3.9 km away in Villetaneuse. 1,465 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Sarcelles: 2 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Sarcelles
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Sarcelles
810 within 25 km: 79 universities, 468 other schools, 263 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 798 smaller schools with 702,041 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Sarcelles on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option A : Informatique et réseaux Lycée Polyvalent Maryse Condé | 23 | 1,297 | 11% |
| BTS - Services - Commerce International Lycée Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 35 | 1,569 | 13% |
| BUT - Métiers du multimédia et de l'internet IUT de Cergy-Pontoise - Site de Sarcelles | 56 | 2,387 | 14% |
| BUT - Techniques de commercialisation IUT de Cergy-Pontoise - Site de Sarcelles | 90 | 6,050 | 17% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 35 | 756 | 28% |
| BUT - Génie électrique et informatique industrielle IUT de Cergy-Pontoise - Site de Sarcelles | 72 | 2,291 | 29% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 35 | 595 | 29% |
| CPGE - ECG - - Mathématiques appliquées + ESH Lycée Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 35 | 695 | 32% |
| BUT - Métiers de la Transition et de l'Efficacité Énergétiques IUT de Cergy-Pontoise - Site de Sarcelles | 30 | 618 | 33% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI Léonie Chaptal | 155 | 6,680 | 39% |
At which level?
The 1,465 students enrolled in Sarcelles, 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 Sarcelles
How many students are in Sarcelles?
1,465 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Sarcelles (autumn 2025): about 2 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Sarcelles?
IUT de Cergy-Pontoise - Site de Sarcelles (CY Cergy Paris Université) (648 students); IFSI Léonie Chaptal (534 students); Lycée Jean-Jacques Rousseau (193 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 Sarcelles. 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.