History of UCCS

1562: Creation of Douai University.

1795: Establishment of the Central Schools

1854: Settling in Lille of the Faculty of Sciences.

1854: Installation of the Faculty of Sciences in Lille

Foundation of the School of Industrial Arts and of Mines

1872: Creation of the Northern Industrial Institute (IDN), heir to the School of Industrial Arts and of Mines

1894: Birth of the Institute of Chemistry of Lille

1896: Creation of the University of Lille.

1939: Creation of CNRS

1953: The Institute of Chemistry of Lille becomes the National Engineer School of Chemistry of Lille (ENSCL)

1970: Structuring of the University of Lille into three independent universities, Lille 1, 2 and 3

1991: IDN becomes École Centrale de Lille

1992: Foundation of the University of Artois

2009: Foundation of the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille-Nord-de-France under the form of PRES (pole of research and higher education)

2017: Launch of the I-SITE ULNE

2018: merger of Lille 1, 2 and 3 into University of Lille

2020: merger of ENSCL and Centrale Lille