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The Lille 1 University of Science and Technology (french: Université Lille 1 : Sciences et Technologies, USTL) was a French university located on a dedicated main campus in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille (

), with 20,000 full-time students plus 14,500 students in continuing education (2004). 1,310 permanent faculty members plus 1,200 staff and around 140

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researchers work there in the different University Lille 1 institutes and 43 research labs. University Lille 1 was a member of the European Doctoral College Lille Nord de France, which produces 400 doctorate dissertations every year. The university is ranked in the world top 200 universities in

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by the Shanghai ranking. University Lille 1 was established as Faculty of Science in 1854 in Lille, although its academic roots extend back to 1559. It later moved to Villeneuve d'Ascq in 1967. The University focuses on science and technology. Law, business management and medical fields are taught in the independent campus of Université de Lille II, while literature and social sciences are taught as part of the independent campus of Université de Lille III. Altogether, the three university in Lille include more than 70,000 students and are the main parts of the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France. At the beginning of 2018, the three universities (Lille 1, Lille 2, Lille 3) merged to form the University of Lille; the UFRs of Lille 1 become Departments of the new Faculty of Science and Technology.

University Lille 1 campus

The main University Lille 1 campus, referred-to as Cité Scientifique, is located in Villeneuve d'Ascq in the suburbs of Lille, and covers an area of 1.1 km². USTL also has secondary locations in the Lille historical city centre, Sallaumines, Tourcoing and Wimereux (Marine station). University Lille 1 is located on the same Cité Scientifique campus as École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille and Ecole Centrale de Lille; these independent entities have established a number of joint research laboratories with USTL.

University Lille 1 faculties and doctoral college

University Lille 1 faculties include * UFR biology * UFR chemistry * UFR geography * UFR mathematics * UFR physics * UFR economy and social sciences * UFR earth sciences * UFR electronics, electrotechnics, control and computer sciences In addition to standard science curricula, providing bachelor (licence), master and doctorate degrees, University Lille 1 also includes a number of specialized education and research units run by the university, for undergraduate and graduate students: * Institut d'électronique de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie (IEMN) Electronics, micro- & nano-technologies * École polytechnique universitaire de Lille (Polytech'Lille) Engineering * :fr:TELECOM Lille 1 Telecommunications * :fr:IUP Information systems for business applications * :fr:IUP :fr:GMI Maths & information theory * :fr:IUP Bio-technologies & Bio-industries * :fr:IUP Génie de l'environnement – Environment management * Institut d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme de Lille (IAUL) Urban engineering * Institut universitaire de technologie (IUT "A" de Lille). Undergraduate courses in a variety of technologies University Lille 1 has also its own business management school * Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Lille (IAE) University Lille 1 participates in the European Doctoral College Lille Nord-Pas de Calais, which produces 400 doctorate dissertations per year.

History

* 1559: Foundation of the University of Douai, 30 km south of Lille city centre, delivering courses in law and humanities * 1854: Establishment of the Faculty of Sciences in Lille city, reporting to University of Douai,

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...

as first dean * 1896: Transfer from the University of Douai to Lille * 1970: Creation of the independent Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1 (USTL) on a new campus (Cité Scientifique) in Lille suburb * 2008: Enhanced research cooperation through Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France * 2018: The university merged with

University of Lille II The Lille 2 University of Health and Law (french: Université Lille 2 : Droit et Santé) was a French university for health, sports, management and law. It was located in Lille and was part of the Community of Universities and Institutions (COM ...

and Université Lille 3 to form the new University of Lille

Notable faculty and alumni

Faculty and staff

Faculty and staff in alphabetical order. *

Charles Barrois Charles Eugene Barrois (21 August 18515 November 1939) was a French geologist and palaeontologist. Life Barrois was born at Lille and educated at the Jesuit College of St Joseph in that town, where he studied geology under Professor Jules ...

(1851-1939), professor, geologist. * Émile Borel (1871-1956), mathematician and member of parliament. * Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002), lecturer, sociologist. * Joseph Boussinesq (1842-1929), professor, mathematician, fluid mechanics specialist *

Henri Cartan Henri Paul Cartan (; 8 July 1904 – 13 August 2008) was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology. He was the son of the mathematician Élie Cartan, nephew of mathematician Anna Cartan, oldest brother of co ...

(1904-2008), professor, mathematician. * Albert Châtelet (1883-1960), professor, mathematician, politician. *

Claude Dubar Claude Dubar (11 December 1945 – 29 September 2015) was a French sociologist. Biography After his teaching experience at Beirut, Lebanon in 1974, he joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research and became Docent at the Lille U ...

(1945-2015), professor, sociology. *

Robert Gabillard The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1926-2012), professor, co-inventor of éhicule Automatique Léger*

Joseph Kampé de Fériet Marie-Joseph Kampé de Fériet ( Paris, 14 May 1893 – Villeneuve d'Ascq, 6 April 1982) was professor at Université Lille Nord de France from 1919 to 1969. Besides his works on mathematics and fluid mechanics, he directed the ''Institut de ...

(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. *

Szolem Mandelbrojt Szolem Mandelbrojt (10 January 1899 – 23 September 1983) was a Polish-French mathematician who specialized in mathematical analysis. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1938 to 1972, where he held the Chair of Analytical Mechanics ...

(1899-1983), professor, mathematician. *

(1822-1895), professor, chemist and microbiologist, first dean of the science faculty. * Paul Painlevé (1863-1933), professor, mathematician. * Henri Padé (1863-1953), professor, mathematician. *

Ernest Vessiot Ernest Vessiot (; 8 March 1865 – 17 October 1952) was a French mathematician. He was born in Marseille, France, and died in La Bauche, Savoie, France. He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1884. He was Maître de Conférences at Li ...

(1865-1952), professor, mathematician.

Alumni

Alumni in alphabetical order. This list includes alumni who are also faculty. *

(1851-1939), professor, geologist. *

Louis Chauvel Louis Chauvel (born 2 November 1967) is a French sociologist, full professor at University of Luxembourg, PhD Université de Lille (1997), Habilitation Sciences Po (2003). He is specialized in social generations, in the analysis of social struct ...

(1967-), professor, sociologist. *

Marc-Philippe Daubresse Marc-Philippe Daubresse (born 1 August 1953) is a French people, French politician. Early life and education Daubresse was born on 1 August 1953 in Lille, Nord (French department), Nord. He is a graduate of the École centrale de Lille, the Inst ...

(1953-), mayor, member of parliament,

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for Youth and Active Solidarities. * Louis Dollo (1857-1931), paleontologist *

Marc Drillech Marc Drillech is a French sociologist and former President of a French private education group. He was Vice-President of IONIS Education Group, in France a private higher education group. from 2005 till 2023. Biography Graduating from Lille Uni ...

, sociologist and President of universities. *

Jean Théodore Delacour Jean Théodore Delacour (26 September 1890 – 5 November 1985) was a French ornithologist and aviculturist. He later became American. He was renowned for not only discovering but also rearing some of the rarest birds in the world. He establish ...

(1890-1985), doctor, ornithologist. * Jean Hélion (1904-1987), painter. * Jacky Hénin (1960-), politician. * Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903-1985), philosopher, musicologist. * Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (1908-), Iranian university professor and lifetime principal of the Alborz High School in Tehran. * Faustin-Archange Touadéra (1957-), professor of mathematics, rector of the University of Bangui and Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. * See also Notable alumni and faculty from Université Lille Nord de France

References

External links

Université Lille 1 website

Territoire en mouvement
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