Photo: Robin Chubret · CC BY-SA 4.0Sens is home to 3 colleges and universities
Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT (186 students) and IFSI CH Sens (181 students) are inside Sens; the nearest university is Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne in Troyes, 59 km away. 403 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Sens: 1 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Sens
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities within 25 km of Sens
3 within 25 km: 2 other schools, 1 lycée with BTS or prépa classes.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Sens 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 Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 15 | 157 | 34% |
| BTS - Production - Conception de produits industriels - Parcours Prépa Ingénieur - en 3 ans Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 4 | 40 | 49% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH Sens | 53 | 2,046 | 55% |
| BTS - Production - Cybersécurité, Informatique et réseaux, ELectronique - Option B : Electronique et réseaux Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 15 | 134 | 56% |
| BTS - Services - Gestion de la PME Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 18 | 150 | 58% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Pilotage et Optimisation de la production Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 8 | 41 | 61% |
| BTS - Services - Support à l'action managériale Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 24 | 155 | 70% |
| BTS - Production - Conception des processus de réalisation de produits (1ère année commune) - Parcours Prépa Ingénieur - en 3 ans Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 4 | 49 | 78% |
| BTS - Production - Europlastics et composites à référentiel commun européen - option Conception d'Outillage Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 8 | 52 | 86% |
| BTS - Production - Conception de produits industriels Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT | 15 | 85 | 89% |
At which level?
The 403 students enrolled in Sens, 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 Sens
How many students are in Sens?
403 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Sens (autumn 2025): about 1 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Sens?
Lycée Catherine et Raymond JANOT (186 students); IFSI CH Sens (181 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 Sens. 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.