University of Lille

The University of Lille has 15 Schools and Divisions, which are spread into six major domains:{{cite web|title=Une organisation démocratique|url=https://www.univ-lille.fr/universite/organisation/|website=www.univ-lille.fr|access-date=12 April 2018}}

• Arts, Literature, and Languages;
• Law, Economics, and Management;
• Health;
• Humanities and Social sciences;
• Sports;
• Science and Technology.

The University of Lille officially has five main university campuses, located in different cities of the Métropole européenne de Lille.It also includes campuses in Arras, Gravelines, Valenciennes, Outreau and Wimereux.

It is the university campus dedicated to Science and Technology and located in the Villeneuve-d'Ascq technopole. The campus has 150 hectares and a hundred buildings, and the vast majority of places is occupied by the Departments of the Faculty of Science and Technology (Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Electronics/Electrical Engineering/Automation (EEA), Mechanics, Earth Science). There are also several engineering schools (Ecole Centrale de Lille, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille, École des Mines-Télécom de Lille-Douai (IMT Lille Douai) etc.) and many research laboratories (CNRS, INSERM, INRIA etc.). The buildings are spread around the "LILLIAD Learning Center Innovation"{{cite web|title=LILLIAD Learning Center Innovation|url=https://lilliad.univ-lille.fr/|access-date=18 December 2018}} (the ultra modern scientific library of the University of Lille with exhibition spaces and conference rooms); and the campus is attached to the European Science Park of "Haute-Borne".{{cite web|title=Parc Scientifique Européen de la Haute-Borne|url=http://www.parc-haute-borne.fr/|access-date=18 December 2018}}

• Faculty of Science and Technology
• Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Geographical Studies (FASEST)
• Polytech Lille (engineering school)
• Institute of Technology

It is the campus dedicated to Health and located between the cities of Lille (South) and Loos; it is the largest university hospital complex in Europe spread over nearly 350 hectares. The Faculties, Institutes and Departments of the university share the premises with the CHU Lille University Hospital and also with the companies and laboratories of "Eurasanté".{{cite web|title=Eurasanté|url=https://www.eurasante.com/|access-date=18 December 2018}}

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Dental Surgery
• Faculty of Engineering and Health Management (ILIS)

It is the campus dedicated to Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Literature and Languages. It is located in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.

• Faculty of Humanities (FHUMA)
• Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Societies (FLCS)
• Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences (PSYSEF)
• School of Architecture and Landscape of Lille
• Institute for Musicians Intervening in Schools (CFMI)

This campus is spread between Lille city centre, the district of Moulins in Lille, and the neighboring commune of Ronchin. It is dedicated to Law, Management, Journalism and Sports. It includes the University's headquarters, located in the Lille-Center district, 42 rue Paul Duez.

• Faculty of Sport Sciences and Physical Education (STAPS)
• Faculty of Law; Political and Social Sciences
• Sciences Po Lille
• École supérieure de journalisme de Lille
• Institute of Business Administration (IAE Lille) (Old Town of Lille and Moulins)

This campus includes several educational sites spread over the close communes of Roubaix and Tourcoing, municipalities of the European Metropolis of Lille.

• Institute of Marketing and Distribution Management (IMMD)
• UFR of Applied Foreign Languages (LEA)
• Institute of Technology (Tourcoing and Roubaix)
• École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles

The University of Lille is a member of the CURIF: Coordination of French research-intensive universities. CURIF brings together the most important French universities in terms of research.{{Cite web|url=http://www.curif.org/en/|title=CURIF|website=www.curif.org|access-date=2019-03-18}}

{{See also|University of Douai}}

Several former professor or researchers from the University of Lille obtained the CNRS gold medal, the highest scientific distinction in France: Émile Borel (1954), Raoul Blanchard (1960), Paul Pascal (1966), Georges Chaudron (1969), Henri Cartan (1976), Jacques Le Goff (1991), Pierre Bourdieu (1993).

René Cassin won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1968.

Louis Pasteur was the first dean of the science faculty.

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, who holds two doctorates in mathematics from the University of Lille and the Yaoundé University, was rector of University of Bangui from 2005 to 2008, then Prime Minister from 2008 to 2013, before being elected President of the Central African Republic in February 2016.

Notable faculty, staff and alumni in alphabetical order:

• Charles Barrois (1851–1939), professor, geologist.
• Joseph Boussinesq (1842–1929), professor, mathematician, fluid mechanics specialist.
• Albert Calmette (1863–1933), co-inventor of the BCG vaccine.
• Albert Châtelet (1883–1960), professor, mathematician, politician.
• Louis Chauvel (1967–), professor, sociologist.
• Marc-Philippe Daubresse (1953–), mayor, member of parliament, French Minister for Youth and Active Solidarities.
• Jean Théodore Delacour (1890–1985), doctor, ornithologist.
• Louis Dollo (1857–1931), paleontologist.
• Marc Drillech, sociologist{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.liberation.fr/societe/1201522-le-boycott-de-marc-drillech «Le boycott»: «Une décision individuelle, relayée par les médias»] and President of universities.
• Claude Dubar (1945–2015), professor, sociology.
• Paul Dubreil (1904–1994), mathematician.
• Joel Ferri (1959–), Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, academic and author.
• Roger Gabillard (1926–2012), professor, co-inventor of Véhicule Automatique Léger VAL (driverless metro).
• Alfred Mathieu Giard (1846–1908), zoologist and politician.
• Étienne Gilson (1884–1978), philosopher, historian and politician.
• Henri Gouhier (1898–1994), member of the French Academy.
• Camille Guérin (1872–1961), co-inventor of the BCG vaccine.
• Jean Hélion (1904–1987), painter.
• Jacky Hénin (1960–), politician.
• Victor Henry (1850–1907), linguist.
• Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903–1985), philosopher, musicologist.
• Joseph Kampé de Fériet (1893–1982), professor, physicist, chairman of mechanics from 1930 to 1969.
• Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (1821–1901), professor, anatomiste, biologist, zoologist.
• Claude Auguste Lamy (1820–1878), professor, chemist, discoverer of the element thallium.
• Eugène Lefebvre (1878–1909), pioneering aviator.
• Pierre Macherey (1938–), philosopher.
• Szolem Mandelbrojt (1899–1983), professor, mathematician.
• Iris Mittenaere, Miss Universe 2016.
• Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (1908–1997), Iranian university professor and lifetime principal of the Alborz High School in Tehran.
• Paul Painlevé (1863–1933), professor, mathematician.
• Henri Padé (1863–1953), professor, mathematician.
• Roger Salengro (1890–1936), minister.
• Jean Jacques Thomas (1954–), littérateur, academic, and an author
• Ernest Vessiot (1865–1952), professor, mathematician.

• European Doctoral College Lille Nord de France
• University of Douai

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