Nord is a département in Hauts-de-France region,France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut,and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders.
École Centrale de Lille is a graduate engineering school,with roots back to 1854 as the École des arts industriels et des mines de Lille,re-organised in 1872 as Institut industriel du Nord. It is one of the Centrale Graduate Schools.
Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party,he served as Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993,as well as Minister of National Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002.
Villeneuve-d'Ascq is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students,it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area (27.46 km2) after Lille. It is also one of the main cities of the Hauts-de-France region.
The Lille 1 University of Science and Technology was a French university located on a dedicated main campus in Villeneuve d'Ascq,near 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.
Martine Louise Marie Aubry is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party from November 2008 to April 2012,and has been the Mayor of Lille (Nord) since March 2001;she is also the first woman to hold this position. Her father,Jacques Delors,served as Minister of Finance under President François Mitterrand and was also President of the European Commission.
Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe is a French politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has been serving as a member of the Senate since 2001.
French university associations known as "pôles de recherche et d'enseignement supérieur" were a form of higher-level organization for universities and other institutions established by French law in effect from 2007 to 2013. The 2013 Law on Higher Education and Research (France) discontinued the PRES;these have been largely replaced by the new Communities of Universities and Institutions. The list below indicates the status of those institutions designated as PRES or related associations before the 2013 law took effect. See the list of public universities in France for the current status of these institutions.
The European Doctoral College Lille Nord-de-France is part of the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France. It is a European research centre supporting academic and industrial research institutions in the north of France. Associated with it are six doctoral schools in the region,for 3,000 registered PhD students in 139 research labs. The University of Lille is the main component.
The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France was a French Groups of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) spread over multiple campuses and centered in Lille. It included a European Doctoral College and federated universities,engineering schools and research centers. With more than one hundred thousand students,it was one of the largest university federations in France. The University of Lille,with nearly 70,000 students,was its main component. The COMUE stopped its activity in 2019 and its activities were transferred to its founding institutions.
Jean-RenéLecerf is a French politician and a former member of the Senate of France. He represented the Nord department and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement Party until 2015.
François-Xavier Villain was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Nord department,from 2002 to 2017 and is a member of Arise the Republic,a small Gaullist party led by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan. He is also mayor of Cambrai.
Michel Delebarre was a French politician who was a member of the Senate of France. He represented the Nord department,and was a member of the Socialiste,radical,citoyen et divers gauche. He was also mayor of Dunkirk.
Pierre de Saintignon was a French politician. He was a member of the French Socialist Party since 1967. He was elected councilor to the Lille municipality in 1989,1995,2001,2008 and 2014,the first two terms under Pierre Mauroy and the other three under Martine Aubry. From 2001,he was the First Deputy-Mayor,in charge of finance,economic development and military matters. In 1998,2004 and 2010 he was elected councilor the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais,where he sat as first vice-president,in charge of economic development. Most of his political career was as an unofficial chief of staff,rather than as a foreground person. He was chosen to lead the PS list for the 2015 regional elections that were held on 6 and 13 December 2015.
Philippe Kemel is a French politician who is the mayor of Carvin and a former member of the National Assembly of France. He is a member of the Socialist Party.
Ugo Bernalicis is a French politician and represents the department of Nord,in the French National Assembly.
COUPERIN is an academic consortium in France. Formed in 1999,it includes more than 250 universities,research organizations,Grandes écoles (schools),COMUE,and others. The consortium negotiates with publishers the prices and conditions of access to scientific publications and other digital resources for the benefit of its members. It promotes open science,particularly with regard to scientific publications,both nationally and internationally. It is headquartered in Paris.
Ismail Ould Bedde Ould Cheikh Sidiya is a Mauritanian politician who served as the 15th Prime Minister of Mauritania from 5 August 2019 to 6 August 2020. He headed the Ministry of Housing,Town Planning and Regional Development from 2009 to 2014,as well as once being president of the Nouadhibou Free Zone. He was one of the founding members of the Union for the Republic party.
Jean-Yves Moyart,sometimes known as Maître Mô was a French criminal lawyer and blogger.
Régis Bordet,born in 1964 in Boulogne-sur-Mer,is a French doctor and academic,author,actor and theatre director. He has been President of the University of Lille since December 2021.
