What is École Centrale de Lille?
{{Infobox University |name = École Centrale de Lille |image =Ecole centrale de Lille - Quatre cantons.jpg |established = 1854 |type = Public, Graduate engineering school |students=1500 |city = [[Lille]] | campus = Cité scientifique [[Villeneuve-d'Ascq]] |country = [[France]] |coor = {{coord|50|36|23|N|3|8|11|E|region:FR_type:edu}} |affiliations=Centrale Graduate School<br>Université Lille Nord de France |website = http://centralelille.fr }} [[Image:LillePLBTriange.png|300px|thumb|right|École Centrale de Lille (France) - location in Europe]] '''École Centrale de Lille''' is a renowned graduate engineering school in France. It is in a campus of the [[University of Lille]] (Northern France). Its different curricula lead to the following French & European degrees : * '''Ingénieur Centralien de Lille''' (Centralien Graduate engineer Masters level program) * '''Masters Recherche''' & '''Doctorat''' ('''PhD''' doctorate studies ) * '''[[Mastère Spécialisé|Mastères Spécialisés]]''' ('''MS''') * '''Massive Online Open Course'''<ref>{{in lang|fr}}[http://mooc.gestiondeprojet.pm MOOC Gestion de projet]</ref> Academic activities and industrial applied research are performed mainly in French and English languages. Students from a dozen of nationalities participate to the different curricula at École Centrale de Lille. Most of the 1500 graduate engineer students at École Centrale de Lille live in dedicated residential buildings nearby research labs and metro public transports on a campus that is shared with 20,000 students from Lille University of Science and Technology. == History == École Centrale de Lille was founded as École des arts industriels et des mines de Lille in 1854, with support from scientists such as Frédéric Kuhlmann and [[Louis Pasteur]]. It succeeded to the municipal chairs of experimental physics, applied chemistry and mechanics that were established in 1817. It became a technical university in 1872 with the integration of the Institut industriel du Nord. Since mid 19th century, the Baccalauréat and