A partnership foundation

The I-SITE ULNE Foundation was created in January 2018 to accompany the implementation of the “Université Lille Nord-Europe” project By bringing together higher education and research institutions, as well as a wealth of key players from the socio-economic world, the project has demonstrated the shared ambition of creating an internationally recognised university: the Université Lille Nord-Europe, with the potential to become one of the top European universities.

Key figures (at the beginning of the project)

14 founding members
190 companies involved in the project
an annual endowment of 15 million euros
74,000 students at the beginning stage of the project
2,100 doctoral students at the beginning stage of the project
720 patents at the beginning stage of the project
4 laboratories of excellence and 6 facilities of excellence