University · Lille, France

University of Lille

French university located in Lille and founded in 1559 in Douai; split between 1970 and 2017 into three independent universities (Lille-I, Lille-II and Lille-III)

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About

instance of	public research university university in France
inception	1559
founder	Philip II of Spain
official name	Université de Lille (fr) UNIVERSITE DE LILLE (fr) · criterion used: company name under French law
legal form	public scientific, cultural or professional establishment · criterion used: legal categories in France
industry	higher education · criterion used: Nomenclature d'activités française, rév. 2
grants	honorary doctor of the University of Lille

Location and contact

country	France
headquarters location	Lille · country: France · postal code: 59000 · coordinate location: 50.6317, 3.0752 · street address: 42 Rue Paul Duez (fr)
coordinate location	50.6317, 3.0752 · headquarters location: University of Lille · since 2018 50.6389, 3.0658 · headquarters location: boulevard Carnot · 1854–1894 50.6278, 3.0656 · headquarters location: Rue Jean-Bart · 1892–1970 50.6092, 3.1417 · since 1966 50.6278, 3.1264 · since 1974
official website	https://www.univ-lille.fr/ · language of work or name: French

People and numbers

count of students	80,000 71,429 · 2021 Earlier figures (3) 74,154 · 2020 68,255 · 2019 67,729 · 2018
employees	8,000 · 2022
position held by head of the organization	Chairman of the University of Lille
chairperson	Régis Bordet · since 7 December 2021

Finances

budget	€800,000,000

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Presses Universitaires du Septentrion
has part(s)	Faculté des Sciences Economiques, Sociales et des Territoires faculté des sciences et technologies de Lille faculté des sciences juridiques, politiques et sociales Faculté des Humanités de l'Université de Lille Faculté des Langues, Cultures et Sociétés 10 more Faculté de Psychologie, des Sciences de l'Education et de la Formation UFR des sciences de santé et du sport Sciences Po Lille Lille school of journalism - École supérieure de journalisme de Lille École nationale supérieure d'architecture et de paysage de Lille ENSAIT IAE Lille University School of Management Institut universitaire de technologie de Lille École polytechnique universitaire de Lille Institut de la communication, de l'information et du document
member of	European University Association Renater Couperin Consortium Utrecht Network Coordination of French research universities 5 more Innovative Multicultural Curricula for the Young European and US Engineers and Scientists Confederation of Open Access Repositories Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment NeurotechEU
owner of	Lilliad Learning Center Innovation
follows	University of Douai · headquarters location: Douai · 1559–1887 Lille University of Science and Technology · 1970–2017 University Lille-II · 1970–2017 University Lille-III · 1970–2017 University of Lille · until 2019

Other facts

described at URL	https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/publisher/64796 · language of work or name: English

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Villeneuve d'Ascq.- Communauté d'universités et établissements Lille-Nord-de-France.jpg · media legend: Bibliothèque et Learning Center du campus des sciences de l'université de Lille (fr) · media legend: Library and Learning Center of the science campus of the University of Lille
logo image	Logotype Université de Lille 2022.svg · media legend: Le logo de l'Université de Lille. (fr) · media legend: The logo of the University of Lille.

Wikimedia and technical details (6)

Commons category	Université de Lille
topic's main category	Category:Université de Lille
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Lille alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the University of Lille Nord de France
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:660:4401::/48
social media followers	23,390 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 340219904 · 9 February 2023 10,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 15 November 2025 Earlier figures (9) 21,176 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 340219904 · 8 January 2022 18,114 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 340219904 · 7 January 2021 14,226 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 340219904 · 15 April 2020 9,770 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 27 September 2025 8,870 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 15 March 2025 7,990 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 14 September 2024 7,260 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 14 January 2024 6,250 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 17 February 2023 5,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · 12 January 2022

Identifiers in other databases (38)

ARWU university ID	university-of-lille
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12491013k
CANTIC ID	981058516712806706
Dialnet author ID	4348826
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Universities-of-Lille-I-II-and-III · subject named as: Universities of Lille I, II, and III
EU Participant Identification Code	888146648
Facebook username	UniversitedeLille · number of subscribers: 60,000
FactGrid item ID	Q1513167
FINESS ID	590006904
Freebase ID	/m/0131jgrz
GND ID	36066-1
Google Maps Customer ID	16594597329584731895
GRID ID	grid.503422.2
IdRef ID	259265152 · inception: 2022 · subject named as: Université de Lille (2022-....)
Instagram username	univ_lille
ISNI	0000000122426780
J9U entity ID	987007396373605171
KISTI ID	K000198670
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n81021981
literatura.lv ID	organizacijas/1668718
NL CR AUT ID	ko2007396902 · subject named as: Université de Lille ko2007396903 · subject named as: Facultés de Lille
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100015872 · subject named as: Université de Lille
OpenAlex ID	P4310311184 · subject named as: University of Lille
OpenCorporates organization ID	fr/130029754
OSM Name Suggestion Index ID	universitedelille-9d11c1
QS World University ID	universite-de-lille
ROR ID	02kzqn938
SIREN number	130029754
SNARC ID	Q48878
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-lille
UK Parliament thesaurus ID	470640 · subject named as: University of Lille
University of Barcelona authority ID	981058516712806706
VIAF cluster ID	124258654
Wellcome Collection concept ID	ajf27xcj
X (Twitter) username	univ_lille · number of subscribers: 14,226 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 340219904 · 15 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCwQRR1SjMMfwdt0NgvFCTAg · subject named as: Université de Lille · number of works: 169 · number of subscribers: 3,320 · number of viewers/listeners: 357,037 · 8 December 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	93098
‎Yale LUX ID	group/be11dab5-570b-4a61-8de4-908bf085c377

Campuses and colleges

École polytechnique universitaire de Lille · University
IMT Nord Europe · University
École des Mines de Douai · University
Cité scientifique · Campus