Université Lille 1

University Lille 1: Sciences and Technologies

French: Université Lille 1 : Sciences et Technologies
Type	Public, science and technology
Established	1562, 1854
President	Jean-Christophe Camart
Administrative staff	2,975
Students	20,292 (and 12,000 students in continuing education)
Undergraduates	11,000
Postgraduates	9,000
Location	Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
Campus	Suburban, 1.1 km²
Research labs	43
Affiliations	Université Lille Nord de France
Website	http://www.univ-lille1.fr/

The Lille University of Science and Technology (French: Université Lille 1 : Sciences et Technologies) is a French university located on a dedicated main campus in Villeneuve d'Ascq 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 is a member of the European Doctoral College Lille-Nord-Pas de Calais, which produces 400 doctorate dissertations every year. The university is ranked in the world top 200 universities in mathematics by the Shanghai ranking.

University Lille 1 was established in 1854 in Lille, although its academic roots extend back to 1562. 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 campuses in Lille include more than 90,000 students and are the main parts of the Université Lille Nord de France.

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 campuses in the Lille historical city centre, Sallaumines, Tourcoing and Wimereux (Marine station).