University facts

• 11 256 students
• 534 teaching staff
• 308 support staff
• Student services (department for student’s cultural and social life, student reception service, careers service, a university library in each centre, a sports department with three sports complexes, halls of residence).

The campus and teaching facilities

A multi-discipline university located on 4 different sites

Arras

• Business Administration department

• History-Geography department
• Language department
• Literature department
• Art and Culture department with Tourism and National Heritage option

Béthune

• Applied Science department
• Economics department
• Secondary Technology department
• Sales and Marketing with specialisation in Merchandising
• Civil Engineering and Infrastructures department
• Electrical Engineering and Industrial Computer Science department
• Industrial Systems Engineering department

Douai

• Law and Political Science department

Lens/Liévin

• Science department
• Sports and Physical Activities department
• Tertiary Technology department

Research

• A doctoral school encompassing all the fields of research conducted by the University:  Literature and Languages, Social Sciences, Law and Political Science, Management and Economy, Science, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering, and Sports and Physical Activities.
• 22 research laboratories with 13 teams and 3 CNRS teams.

International co-operation partnerships

The Université d’Artois is an active partner in the major European Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Tempus programmes, thanks to its network of over 70 partners.

It is committed to its academic cooperation policy with institutions in North and South America, the Far East and North Africa.