The Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France (''Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France''), previously known as University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis (''Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis'') until 1 January 2018, is a French public university, based in Valenciennes. It is under the Academy of Lille and is a member of th
European Doctoral College Lille-Nord-Pas de Calais
and of the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France.

Rankings

On a national scale, in terms of graduate's employability, the university ranks first in legal, economic and management training out of 69 universities. In the field of legal training, economics and management, 99% of the university's graduates are employed. Overall, the university is ranked 28th out of 73 universities in France.

Notable people

Faculty * Stéphane François (born 1973) - political scientist Alumni *

Édouard Sain Édouard Alexandre Sain (13 May 1830 – 26 June 1910) was a French painter whose works included historical and genre subjects as well as portraits. Birth and education Édouard Alexandre Sain was born Cluny, Saône-et-Loire, on 13 May 1830, so ...

(1830, in Cluny,

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

-1910) - artist * Jean-Marie Teno (born 1954) - Cameroonian film director and filmmaker * Bruno Lanvin (born 1954, in Valenciennes) - diplomat * Julien Dive (born 1985, in

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) - politician ( LR)

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