Photo: ToucanWings · CC BY-SA 3.0Versailles is home to 17 colleges and universities
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (2,496 students) and Université Paris-Saclay (1,642 students) are inside Versailles. 10,542 students are enrolled at colleges and universities in Versailles: 13 for every 100 residents, against 4.3 across France.
What stands out about college in Versailles
Facts about the town and its distance to campus; each college’s own figures follow.
Colleges and universities in Versailles
2 universities, 10 other schools, 5 lycées with BTS or prépa classes.
And 9 smaller schools with 1,544 students in all.
How hard is it to get in?
Each course in Versailles on Parcoursup 2025: the places, the applicants, and the share who got an offer.
| Course | Places | Applicants | Got an offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPGE - MPSI Lycée Hoche | 48 | 4,458 | 10% |
| CPGE - PCSI Lycée Hoche | 96 | 3,770 | 16% |
| CPGE - ECG Lycée Hoche | 24 | 3,358 | 22% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université Paris-Saclay | 40 | 10,376 | 23% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université Paris-Saclay | 285 | 9,423 | 24% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université Paris-Saclay | 80 | 7,768 | 35% |
| Licence - Parcours d'Accès Spécifique Santé (PASS) Université Paris-Saclay | 151 | 6,559 | 41% |
| D.E Infirmier IFSI CH André Mignot Versailles | 75 | 3,344 | 45% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | 35 | 6,836 | 69% |
| Formation d'ingénieur Bac + 5 - Bac général Université Paris-Saclay | 35 | 6,836 | 69% |
At which level?
The 10,519 students enrolled in Versailles, 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 Versailles
How many students are in Versailles?
10,542 students are enrolled at the colleges and universities in Versailles (autumn 2025): about 13 for every 100 residents. They are counted where they study, not where they live.
What colleges are in Versailles?
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (2,496 students); Université Paris-Saclay (1,642 students); École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Versailles (1,206 students); Lycée Notre Dame du Grandchamp (897 students); Lycée Sainte Geneviève (875 students); Lycée Hoche (745 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 Versailles. 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.