University in France
Toulouse, Occitanie, France
University profile
Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole) is a public university in Toulouse specialising in law, economics, management, political science, information and communication, computer science, languages and mathematics. Its roots go back to the University of Toulouse founded in 1229, and it describes itself as the oldest university in France. It has about 21,000 students, 3,500 of them of foreign nationality, and about 1,500 staff, including around 750 teachers, teacher-researchers and researchers and 650 administrative and technical staff.
The university is an experimental public institution (EPE) with two institution-components that keep their own legal personality: Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), an internationally known centre for teaching and research in economics, and Sciences Po Toulouse, one of France's ten Instituts d'Études Politiques, created in 1948. Its other components are the École de droit de Toulouse, Toulouse School of Management (TSM), the Faculté d'Administration et Communication, the Faculté d'Informatique and the IUT de Rodez.
UT Capitole is present in three cities. The historic Toulouse campus has five building groups (the Arsenal, the Anciennes Facultés, the Manufacture des Tabacs, the TSE building and Rempart); Montauban hosts law students and Rodez is home to the IUT. The university lists 58 diplomas in its own catalogue, 66 diplomas open to continuing education and 30 programmes delivered through distance learning (Formation Ouverte à Distance), and about 50 doctoral theses are defended each year.
Research and excellence structures include the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), the International Research for Society Institute (IRSI), the AERODS centre of excellence on aerospace and defence, a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on European law (label obtained in 2012) and several Jean Monnet chairs. The university takes part in the ENGAGE.EU European university alliance with Mannheim, LUISS, NHH, Tilburg, UNWE and WU Vienna.
Student life is organised around the university libraries, the sports department (DAPS), cultural workshops, student associations and a health and social service for students. Meals are served in Crous restaurants and cafeterias on the campuses, and a social grocery, Le Rayon UT Capitole 31, operates in the Anciennes Facultés building. International students can look for housing through the Studapart platform, Crous residences near the university (Arsenal and Armand Duportal) and the Cité Internationale of the Université de Toulouse. A summer university in French law and a pre-term programme for international mobility students are offered.
National diplomas carry fees set by the Ministry: Licence EUR 178, Master EUR 255 and Doctorate or HDR EUR 398 at full rate (including EUR 34 for the library service); the reduced rate is EUR 118, EUR 167 and EUR 265 for a secondary enrolment. Non-EU international students are subject to differentiated fees of EUR 2,902 (Licence) and EUR 3,950 (Master), including the EUR 34 library contribution. Exemptions apply to, among others, doctoral and HDR students, refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, holders of a 10-year resident card, students fiscally domiciled in France for at least two years, and Quebec nationals or residents. Fees can be paid in three instalments from EUR 190, until 2 October 2026. Questions: [email protected].
The Contribution de vie étudiante et de campus is EUR 105 for 2026-2027, payable on cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr before enrolment; Crous scholarship holders are exempt.
International students may apply for French government scholarships and Eiffel Excellence scholarships; a scholarship can also cover registration fees, return travel and insurance. Crous means-tested scholarships (BCS, via the Dossier Social Étudiant, 2 March to 31 May 2026) give a monthly allowance and exemption from registration fees and CVEC.
The École de droit de Toulouse offers ten excellence scholarships of EUR 500 (academic criteria; five for Licence 3 and five for Master students) and ten success scholarships of EUR 1,000 (academic and social criteria; five for Licence 3 and five for Master students), with a separate application for each. Fee exemptions can be requested through the university's online form (inter-university agreements, students already enrolled elsewhere, thesis defence before 31 December, or social criteria with a social worker's opinion). The FSDIE Social fund helps students in financial difficulty after an interview with a social worker of the student health service.
Students going abroad can combine Erasmus+ grants, the AMI international mobility aid, the Région Occitanie Mouv'Occitanie grant and flat-rate regional aid. Details: student aid, registration fees and mobility funding.
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View scholarships for Université Toulouse Capitole →Applicants who are French or EU/EEA/Swiss nationals, or who hold or are about to hold the French or European baccalauréat, apply for first-year Licence (L1) through Parcoursup. Non-EU applicants holding a foreign secondary diploma or the International Baccalaureate and living abroad follow the international admission route, and must obtain an individual admission authorisation and arrive with a long-stay visa. Applicants studying in a country covered by the Études en France procedure (including Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Kenya, India and many others) must contact the local Espace Campus France whatever the programme; the Campus France deadline runs from 1 October 2025 until the date set by each embassy for 2026/2027. Applicants already enrolled in French higher education apply through Parcoursup for L1, Mon Master for M1 and eCandidat for L2, L3 and M2. Other international applicants entering L2 or L3 complete the application form of the relevant school (TSE, TSM, or the law, administration and communication, and computer science faculties).
Master 1 applications for French-taught programmes go through Mon Master: programmes visible from 2 February 2026, application phase 17 February to 16 March 2026, admission phase 3 to 16 June 2026 for initial training (12 to 16 June for work-study), complementary phase 19 June to 19 July 2026 and withdrawals managed 20 July to 30 August 2026. TSE and TSM, and the Master 1 Innovative Information Systems (2IS), have their own procedures. For Master 2, applicants use the form of the programme concerned (TSM, TSE, or the law and political science, administration and communication and computer science faculties); applicants in Études en France countries follow the Campus France procedure.
Language level is checked by the Test de connaissance du français (TCF). Exempt are nationals of states where French is the sole official language (Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Togo), holders of DALF C1 or C2 or DELF B2, and graduates of bilingual French or francophone secondary sections.
Admission to the doctorate is by application to the host doctoral school (Law and Political Science; Economics - Toulouse School of Economics; Management Sciences - TSM Doctoral Programme; or a co-accredited school). Enrolment is completed online after payment of the CVEC, with supporting documents uploaded within 72 hours of pre-registration; the online enrolment window runs from 27 June to 17 July 2026 and from 22 August to 6 November 2026.
First-time online registration runs from 26 June to 17 July 2026 for all programmes except L1 (from 7 July), then from 22 August to 28 August for L2 and L3, 4 September for M1 and M2 and 18 September for other programmes. International applicants without an exchange agreement can write to [email protected]; exchange students contact the international relations office SCREI (Arsenal, building J, offices J103-J104) at [email protected].
Facilities: university libraries at the Arsenal, Manufacture des Tabacs, Garrigou and Boutaric, with associated libraries at Sciences Po Toulouse, the research centres, the IUT de Rodez and the Montauriol media library in Montauban; a language resources centre and a European documentation centre; Crous restaurants and cafeterias (Resto U' Arsenal, Brasserie Riquet, Cafet' Capitole, Cafet' Manufacture des Tabacs, Cafet' des Puits Creusés, Cafet' Arsenal); sports facilities run by the DAPS; and the student health service (SSE), shared with the other Toulouse universities.
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