University of Lille Nord de France

The Community of Universities and Institutions Lille Nord de France is a French Groups of Universities and Institutions spread over multiple campuses and centered in Lille . 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.

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.

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