Setting up in Val-d'Oise
Education, higher education and research in Val-d'Oise
A university, engineering and business schools, public research laboratories, secondary schools and apprentice training centres: what Val-d'Oise offers a company to recruit, train its staff, innovate and welcome families.
Key figures
- 40,142enrolled studentsMinistry, 2024 academic year
- 35higher education institutions, excluding secondary schoolsMinistry, 2024 academic year
- 25public research unitsRNSR, June 2026
- 607PhD studentsMinistry, 2024 academic year
- 68upper secondary schools (lycées)School directory, October 2026
- 54,873upper secondary pupilsMinistry, 2025 school year
- 304programmes offered on ParcoursupParcoursup, 2026 session
- 36.6%of the population holds a higher education degreeINSEE, 2023 census
Definitions : students enrolled in a higher education programme located in Val-d'Oise at the start of the 2024 academic year, the latest year published; institutions with students enrolled in a municipality of the department, each counted once regardless of its number of sites; active public research units whose address is in the department; PhD students of the five doctoral schools hosted by CY Cergy Paris Université; open lycées in the national school directory; pupils of public and state-contracted private lycées in the 2025 school year; share of higher education graduates among people aged 15 or over who are no longer in education.
Your need
Recruiting graduates and work-study trainees
Institutions, programmes, corporate pages, work-study schemes and apprenticeship tax; vocational lycées, their business liaison offices and apprentice training centres.
Higher education · Secondary schools, vocational training and apprenticeships
Training your staff
Registered training providers in the department, Qualiopi certification, GRETA network, continuing education at higher education institutions. Page in French.
Innovating with a laboratory
Public research units by scientific field and business sector, supervising bodies, heads, collaboration schemes.
Schooling for your employees' children
Primary and secondary schools by municipality, public and private education, international and European sections. Page in French.
Map of sites
Sources: French ministries of Higher Education and of Education, Onisep; research units located with the national address database (BAN); base map IGN.
Students by type of programme, 2024 academic year
Students are counted where they study. The total includes 534 double enrolments: preparatory-class students who are also enrolled at university. Excluding double counts, the department has 39,608 students; that count is the one used for the breakdown by institution.
Data table
| Type of programme or institution | Students |
|---|---|
| “Grands établissements” under the Ministry of Higher Education | 19,334 |
| Business, management and accounting schools | 8,254 |
| Advanced technician sections (STS, two-year BTS diplomas) | 5,846 |
| Paramedical and social work schools | 2,480 |
| Other engineering programmes | 2,009 |
| Other specialised schools | 1,306 |
| Preparatory classes for the grandes écoles (CPGE) | 624 |
| Schools of art and culture | 289 |
| Total | 40,142 |
Students enrolled in Val-d'Oise, 2015 to 2024
Data table
| Academic year starting | Students |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 30,828 |
| 2016 | 32,870 |
| 2017 | 33,899 |
| 2018 | 34,570 |
| 2019 | 36,410 |
| 2020 | 37,971 |
| 2021 | 38,742 |
| 2022 | 38,129 |
| 2023 | 38,344 |
| 2024 | 40,142 |
Source : French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Atlas régional, enrolled students, dataset updated on 28 May 2026.
Insee benchmarks
| Indicator | Area | Value | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part des 25-34 ans diplômés du supérieur (2022) | Val-d'Oise | 51.8 % | 50.4 % |
| Évolution de la part des 25-34 ans diplômés du supérieur (2016-2022) | Val-d'Oise | 6.8 points | 4.6 |
| Part des 16-25 ans sortis sans diplôme du système scolaire (2022) | Val-d'Oise | 7.2 % | 7.5 % |
Source : Insee, “La France et ses territoires”, 2026 edition, published on 24 September 2026. Values taken from the publication, not recalculated.
Institutions
CY Cergy Paris Université
18,800 students in Val-d'Oise. Laurent Gatineau
École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales
7,960 students in Val-d'Oise. Vincenzo Vinzi
École de biologie industrielle
793 students in Val-d'Oise. Clémence Bernard
École nationale supérieure de l'électronique et de ses applications de Cergy
782 students in Val-d'Oise. Vincent Merval
ECAM-EPMI
775 students in Val-d'Oise. Ikram Darcherif
ESIEE-IT
712 students in Val-d'Oise. Nathalie Patrat
École pratique de service social
698 students in Val-d'Oise. Sophie Tessaud
École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy
207 students in Val-d'Oise. Charlotte Fouchet Ishii
Where do they study?
Municipalities hosting the most students in the 2024 academic year. Each municipality page lists its institutions, enrolment and available business premises.
- Cergy : 23,309 students
- Pontoise : 5,447 students
- Neuville-sur-Oise : 3,758 students
- Argenteuil : 1,780 students
- Sarcelles : 1,421 students
- Enghien-les-Bains : 681 students
- Gonesse : 464 students
- Eaubonne : 325 students
Source : French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Atlas régional, enrolment by municipality (aggregable data), 2024 academic year.