University of Lille

The University of Lille (French: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, in the Nord department of Hauts-de-France region. With more than 80,000 students, it is one of the largest universities in France. It is currently the only public research university in the Métropole européenne de Lille, with 15 Schools and Divisions spread across six campuses, and it is part of the Académie de Lille. The university was founded in 1559 as the University of Douai. Several faculties are being created in Lille, and all remaining Douai faculties were subsequently officially transferred to Lille in 1896 as University of Lille, later becoming three independent universities in 1970.

Type

University in France, Public research university

Founded

1559

Students

80,000

Also known as

Lille 1, Lille 2, Lille 3, Lille Nord Europe