Photo: Chevalier Georges · CC BY-SA 4.0Poitiers is a student town: 31 students study here for every 100 residents
Université de Poitiers (23,908 students) and IFSI CHU Poitiers (998 students) are inside Poitiers.
What stands out about college in Poitiers
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Poitiers
1 university, 12 other schools, 10 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 18 smaller schools with 1,789 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Poitiers on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence - Sciences et Techniques des Activités Physiques et Sportives - Parcours STAPS Université de Poitiers | 240 | 2,326 | 22% |
| Licence - Sciences de la vie - Accès Santé Université de Poitiers | 160 | 2,115 | 23% |
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Camille Guérin | 48 | 1,946 | 30% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CHU Poitiers | 162 | 3,804 | 40% |
| CPGE - BCPST Lycée Camille Guérin | 96 | 1,929 | 40% |
| Licence - Psychologie Université de Poitiers | 540 | 4,471 | 45% |
| BUT - Gestion des entreprises et des administrations Université de Poitiers | 165 | 2,631 | 46% |
| Licence - Droit Université de Poitiers | 395 | 2,708 | 52% |
| Licence - Economie et gestion Université de Poitiers | 240 | 1,867 | 80% |
| Licence - Sciences de la vie Université de Poitiers | 360 | 2,119 | 100% |
At which level?
The 28,144 students enrolled in Poitiers, 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 Poitiers
How many students are in Poitiers?
28,161 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Poitiers (autumn 2025): about 31 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Poitiers?
Université de Poitiers (23,908 students); IFSI CHU Poitiers (998 students); Lycée Camille Guérin (537 students); Lycée Aliénor d' Aquitaine (482 students); IRTS POITOU CHARENTES (430 students); Cfai Poitou-Charentes (221 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 Poitiers. 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.