Lille is a leader
A wealth of talent and resources to be discovered
Five competitive clusters, dedicated to research and development, are energizing Lille’s local economy:
• Nutrition Health Longevity (Nutrition Santé Longevité)
• Transport (i-Trans)
• Commerce (Industries du Commerce)
• Textiles (Up-tex)
• Domestic Materials (MAUD)
Areas of excellence :
• Graphic design
• Clean technology
• Logistics
• Services
• Meeting industry
An academic forerunner
Greater Lille is the second largest university area in France, counting 100,000 students and 4 universities, including France’s largest Catholic university. Lille is home to the largest European university center and to France’s largest continuing education center. Ten percent of French engineers graduated from schools in Lille.
Lille counts:
• 13 engineering schools (Centrale Lille, Ecole des Mines, ENSAM, HEI, ISA, Polytech’Lille…)
• 8 business/management schools (EDHEC, ESC Lille, HEC, IAE, IESEG…)
• 3,000 researchers working in 250 laboratories: INRIA, Pasteur Institute of Lille, CNRS, INRA, INSERM
• Several international schools, including the bilingual Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel and a Japanese school. Each high school has European sections.
A Business Leader
In France:
• First region in textile and railway industries
• 3rd largest region for international business and trade
• 2nd largest region for chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals and healthcare (Bayer-Schering, LFB)
• 2nd largest region for insurance; 3rd largest for banking
• 800 eco-companies, including an organic upgrading center (the largest of its kind in Europe) which recycles organic materials and supplies 150 buses with biogas
• Large legal presence with 400 lawyers and 107 notaries; 650 certified public accountants
• 15 multinational business head offices
• 100 million consumers located in a 300 kilometer radius
And in Europe :
• European capital for Mail-Order business (La Redoute, 3Suisses) and Mass Retail (Auchan, Décathalon, Leroy Merlin, Nocibé)
• Top-ranked University Hospital center in Europe, with 13,200 employees