University of the Littoral Opal Coast

The University of the Littoral Opal Coast was established in 1991 after a reorganisation of public universities in the Academy of Lille.[5] In 2009, the university became a founding member of the Lille Nord de France university group.[6] Since 2016, it has had an alliance with the University of Artois and the University of Picardy Jules Verne.[7]

ULCO offers bachelors, vocational bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in business, economics, engineering, education, history, languages, law, literature, mathematics, life sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, and technology, as well as BUT and DEUST certifications.[8][9][10][11]

The university conducts substantial research in relation to environmental protection, sustainable development, the Opal Coast, and coastal environments. There is also research activity related to human and social sciences, technology, and health.[12][13]

ULCO houses a language resource centre on the Boulogne-sur-Mer, Calais, and Dunkirk campuses for students to study modern languages and earn CLES certifications in them.[14]

International students, who represent 75 different nationalities, comprise 11 percent of the student body.[15]

The University of the Littoral Opal Coast is situated on 4 campuses, referred to by the university as teaching sites, in the city centre of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in a suburban neighbourhood of Calais, near the harbour of Dunkirk, and on the outskirts of Saint-Omer.[16]

All teaching sites have a dining hall and library. Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais also feature student unions, while Calais, Dunkirk, and Saint-Omer all have gymnasiums.[17]

• Université Lille Nord de France
• European Doctoral College Lille Nord-Pas de Calais
• Ifremer