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Lille

UNIVERSITY of LILLE

BASIC INFORMATION:

BRIEF HISTORY:

  • Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France

  • A public research university like most universities in France 

  • 72 000 students including around 9500 international students 

  • 6700 staff members

  • 11 faculties and schools 

  • 4 other major institutions such as Science Po Lille make up the university

  • Originated from the University of Douai in 1559 

  • In 2018, three universities merged to form the current university structure 

COURSES AND PROGRAMMES

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES:

  • Offers 16 courses fully taught in English 

  • 30 bilingual courses are available 

  • Proposes 42 dual degree programs 

  • French language classes available for non-exchange students

  • Offers a wide range of undergraduate degrees in all academic fields: science & technology; humanities & social science, healthcare; law; economics and management; arts & languages; sports science and techniques

MASTERS AND PhD COURSES:

  • Offers 4 Erasmus Mundus programmes 

  • Offers Masters degrees and PhD in all academic fields 

RESEARCH PROGRAMS:

  • 66 research units 

  • 5 laboratories of excellence (Labex) and 7 facilities of excellence (Equipex) 

  • The university is part of 5 technology parks and 7 competitiveness clusters working on cutting-edge research

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ALUMNI:

  • Several CNRS Gold Medal

SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI:

  • Louis Pasteur, former dean of the Faculty of Science

  • René Cassin, Nobel Peace Prize (1968)

CAMPUS INFO:

  • The 5 campuses are situated in 8 locations spread across the Lille metropolitan area 

  • The university campus hosts a concert hall and a cinema hall 

  • There are several active student associations

  • Has excellent sports facilities on campus 

Application fee and deadline:

  • Application for international students opens in October and closes in February 

  • Application is made via Campus France 

  • No application fee 

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