University of Lille Nord de France

The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France (formerly Université Lille Nord de France) is a French Groups of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) spread over multiple campuses and centered in Lille (North - Hauts-de-France). It includes a European Doctoral College and federates universities, engineering schools and research centers. With more than one hundred thousand students, it is one of the largest university federations in France. The University of Lille, with nearly 70,000 students, is the main component.

Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France
Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France
TypePublic
Established2009
PresidentMohamed Ourak
Academic staff
4,600
Administrative staff
3200
Students115,000
Postgraduates12,600
3,000
Location
Lille
,
North
,
France
CampusEuropean Metropolis of Lille, Hauts-de-France
AffiliationsCURIF
Utrecht Network
IMCC
EUA
Websitewww.cue-lillenorddefrance.fr

History

Founded as University of Douai in 1562, the university was renamed Université impériale de Douai-Lille in 1808, then as Université de Lille with faculty expansion in the Lille region from mid-19th century onwards.[1]

  • The roots of the faculties in law and humanities date back from the 16th century;
  • The school of medicine and university hospital expanded rapidly from end-18th century;
  • Research and education in mechanical engineering and chemistry expanded from the early 19th century;
  • The faculty of sciences was set up in 1854 by bringing together different university-grade schools in Lille city centre;
  • Research and education in control sciences and information technologies were set up in 1957;
  • Research in fundamental physics, micro-electronics, molecular engineering and bio-technologies started in the 1980s.

The university expanded into several campuses and formed several universities/institutions in Lille region and North at the end of the 20th century.

Finally the universities and institutions came together as the Université Lille Nord de France; and after as the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France.

It is labeled I-Site (Initiatives for Science-Innovation-Territories-Economy) in 2017 by the French government. It benefits from an allocation of 500 million euros for its project Université Lille Nord-Europe (ULNE) which aims to classify it in the top 50 universities of Europe.

Members

The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France includes the following establishments :

Several institutions are associate members :

It participates in French competitiveness clusters :

  • Pôle de compétitivité Industrie du commerce (PICOM)
  • Pôle de compétitivité Industrie des transports (i-TRANS)
  • Pôle de compétitivité Maîtrise énergétique des entraînements électriques (MEDEE)
  • Pôle de compétitivité Aquimer
  • Pôle de compétitivité Matériaux et Applications pour une Utilisation Durable (MAUD)
  • Pôle de compétitivité Nutrition Santé Longévité (NSL) (Eurasanté)
  • Pôle de compétitivité Technologies de l’Environnement Appliquées au Matières et aux Matériaux (TEAM2)
  • Pôle de compétitivité Textiles innovants (UP-TEX)

Doctoral school and research laboratories

139 research labs and institutes are associated to the European Doctoral College Lille Nord-de-France. Six doctoral schools are included with 3,000 registered PhD students.

Altogether, the university research labs own an active portfolio of more than 170 invention patent families.[2] (Approximately 411 results found for Univ Lille in the EPO worldwide patent database in mid-2008)

  • SPI - Doctoral School of Engineering Sciences, supported by 22 research labs.
  • SMRE - Doctoral School for Science of Matter, Radiation, Environment, supported by 26 research labs.
  • BSL - Doctoral School Biology - Health, supported by 47 research labs.
  • SESAM - Doctoral School in Business, economics, urban planning and management, supported by 11 research labs.
  • SHS - Doctoral School in Social Sciences and Humanities, supported by 19 research labs.
  • SJPG - Doctoral School for Law, Administration, Political Science, supported by 14 research labs.
  • Lilliad Learning Center Innovation - Library

Notable alumni and faculty

Student and researcher mobility

University institutes and research labs promote student and researchers mobility and cooperate in several university networks :

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gollark: And my last ones.

References
  1. (in French) Histoire de l'université de Lille
  2. Lille Univ patent portfolio
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