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Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France
Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France
TypePublic
Active2009–2019
PresidentMohamed Ourak
Academic staff
4,600
Administrative staff
3200
Students115,000
Postgraduates12,600
3,000
Location,
North
,
CampusEuropean Metropolis of Lille, Hauts-de-France
AffiliationsCURIF
Utrecht Network
IMCC
EUA
Websitewww.cue-lillenorddefrance.fr

The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France (formerly Université Lille Nord de France) was a French Groups of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) spread over multiple campuses and centered in Lille (North - Hauts-de-France). It included a European Doctoral College and federated universities, engineering schools and research centers. With more than one hundred thousand students, it was one of the largest university federations in France. The University of Lille, with nearly 70,000 students, was its main component. The COMUE stopped its activity in 2019 and its activities were transferred to its founding institutions.

History

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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.[1]

The university expanded into several campuses and formed several universities/institutions in Lille region and North at the end of the 20th century.

Finally the universities and institutions came together as the Université Lille Nord de France; and after as the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France.

Members

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The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France included the following establishments :

Several institutions were associate members :

It participated in French competitiveness clusters :

Doctoral school and research laboratories

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139 research labs and institutes were associated to the European Doctoral College Lille Nord-de-France. Six doctoral schools were included with 3,000 registered PhD students.

Altogether, the university research labs owned an active portfolio of more than 170 invention patent families.[2] (Approximately 411 results found for Univ Lille in the EPO worldwide patent database in mid-2008)

Notable alumni and faculty

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Student and researcher mobility

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University institutes and research labs promote student and researchers mobility and cooperate in several university networks :

References

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  1. ^ (in French) Histoire de l'université de Lille
  2. ^ Lille Univ patent portfolio