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The Université Catholique de Lille (commonly known as "La catho"), officially the Fédération universitaire et pluridisciplinaire de Lille (according to its statutes), is a federation of higher education establishments, of Catholic inspiration2 , created in 1973.
Its history dates back to 1875. It is associated with the Hauts-de-France Polytechnic University, research centres and a hospital group. Together, these institutions will have more than 36,700 students in 2021.The Catholic University of Lille is a partner in the Université Lille Nord-Europe (I-SITE) initiative of excellence led by the Université de Lille. On 1 March 2022, the decree n°2022-304 associating the Catholic University of Lille (FUPL) with the Université polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF) was published.