University of Lille

The COMUE stopped its activity in 2019 and its activities were transferred to its founding institutions.

• Name — Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France • Native Name — Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France • Established — 2009 • Closed — 2019 • Type — Public • President — Mohamed Ourak • Faculty — 4,600 • Administrative Staff — 3200 • Students — 115,000 • Postgrad — 12,600 • Doctoral — 3,000 • City — Lille • State — North • Country — France • Campus — European Metropolis of Lille, Hauts-de-France • Affiliations — CURIF Utrecht Network IMCC EUA • Website — www.cue-lillenorddefrance.fr

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. • 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.

The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France included the following establishments: • University of Lille (the main component) • University of Artois • University of the Littoral Opal Coast • University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis • École des Mines-Télécom de Lille-Douai (IMT) • École centrale de Lille • Lille Catholic University • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) • French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA) Several institutions were associate members: • Skema Business School • CHU Lille University Hospital • Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) • École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (ENSAIT) • Arts et Métiers ParisTech (Lille Campus) • École nationale supérieure d'architecture et de paysage de Lille (ENSAPL) • École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille (ENSCL) • École supérieure d'art Dunkerque-Tourcoing (ESA) • École supérieure de journalisme de Lille (ESJ Lille) • Institut d'études politiques de Lille (Sciences Po Lille) • Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité (IFSTTAR) • Institut Pasteur de Lille • Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) • Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer (IFREMER) • Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité (INRETS) • Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales-Institut de mécanique des fluides de Lille (ONERA) • Belgian universities and their research teams It participated 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)

University institutes and research labs promote student and researchers mobility and cooperate in several university networks: • ESDP • Utrecht Network • Innovative Multicultural Curricula for the Young EC and US Engineers and Scientists • Compostela Group of Universities • Mobility centre