Université Catholique de Lille

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Université Catholique de Lille is best known for its comprehensive private higher education, with particular academic strengths in business, management, law, health sciences, and engineering. The institution features several specialized faculties and schools, such as the renowned EDHEC Business School and IÉSEG School of Management, alongside numerous programs taught entirely in English to accommodate global scholars. International students benefit from a vibrant campus life supported by a dedicated International Relations Office that assists with housing, visa procedures, and integration through orientation events and French language courses. A distinctive characteristic of the university is its confederated structure, bringing together five distinct faculties, 20 grandes écoles, and a major hospital network onto a single, dynamic urban campus in northern France. This collaborative environment fosters a deeply multicultural community, hosting thousands of international degree-seeking and exchange students each year.

Background

The Catholic University of Lille (in French: "Université catholique de Lille"), commonly known as the "Catho" and officially the Fédération Universitaire et Pluridisciplinaire de Lille (according to its statutes), is a private university organized as an federation of colleges of Catholic inspiration, founded in 1875 and located in Lille, France. It is associated with the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, research centres and a hospital group. Together, these institutions will have more than 36,700 students in 2021. Until 2019, the Catholic University of Lille was a partner in the University of Lille Nord de France initiative of excellence led by the University of Lille. On 1 March 2022, the decree n°2022-304 associating the Catholic University of Lille with the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France was published.

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