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Lille University of Science and Technology

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.1

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

1970Founded1
  • Industryhigher education1
  • HeadquartersVilleneuve-d'Ascq1
  • Websitewww.univ-lille1.fr
  • Legal formpublic scientific, cultural or professional establishment1

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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 (Hauts-de-France - European Metropolis of 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 CNRS 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 mathematics by the Shanghai ranking.2

The story

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 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 and Université Lille 3 to form the new University of Lille

From Wikipedia’s article on Lille University of Science and Technology, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Leadership

Who has led Lille University of Science and Technology, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chair

  1. René Defretin1970–1973
  2. Michel Parreau1973–1975
  3. Jacques Lombard1975–1977
  4. Michel Migeon1977–1981
  5. Jean Cortois1982–1987
  6. Alain Dubrulle1987–1992
  7. Pierre Louis1992–1997
  8. Jacques Duveau1997–2002
  9. Hervé Baussart2002–2007
  10. Philippe Rollet2007–2016
  11. Jean-Christophe Camart2016–2017
19801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (1)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Atmospheric Optics Laboratory
  • Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille
  • EVO ECO PALEO
  • Growth Factor Signaling in Breast Cancer. Functional Proteomics
  • ICARE - Interaction Clouds Aerosols Radiations
  • Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides
  • Institute for Structural and Functional Glycobiology
  • LASIRE
  • Laboratoire Génie et Matériaux Textiles
  • Laboratoire Paul Painlevé
  • Laboratoire de mécanique de Lille
  • Laboratory of Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry
  • Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Geo-Environment
  • Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Power Electronics
  • Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences
  • Laboratory of Physicochemistry of Combustion Processes and Atmosphere
  • Laboratory of Physics of Lasers, Atoms and Molecules
  • Lille Center for Sociological and Economic Studies and Research
  • Lille Economy & management
  • Lille institute for electronics micro-electronics and nanotechnologies
  • MESHS - Maison Européenne des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
  • Materials and Transformations Unit
  • Miniaturisation for Synthesis, Analysis and Proteomics
  • Proteomic, Inflammatory Response and Mass Spectrometry
All 28 subsidiaries
  • RIME Lab
  • STL - Savoirs, Textes, Langag
  • UREPSSS
  • the Role of Membrane Ion Channels in the Development of Prostate Cancer

Divisions

  • higher education
  • research

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2015Acquired STL - Savoirs, Textes, Langag1
  2. 2010Acquired TVES - Territoires, Villes, Environnement et Société1
  3. 2008Acquired CIREL - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Education de Lille1
  4. 2008Acquired Équipe THEODILE-CIREL (Lille ; 2008-)1
  5. 2000Acquired Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de Lille1
  6. 2000Acquired Laboratoire Paul Painlevé1

Timeline

  1. 2017Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2015Acquired Acquired by University of Lille1
  3. 2009Acquired Acquired by Lille Nord de France University1
  4. 1970Founded Founded1

Sources

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