Type Public President Roger Durand Administrative staff 501 Phone +33 3 28 23 73 73 Endowment 70 million EUR | Established 1991 Academic staff 342 Students 9,903 Total enrollment 10,015 (2013) Founded 7 November 1991 | |
Address 1 Place de l'Yser, 59140 Dunkerque, France Similar Artois University, Lille University of Scienc, University of Valencie, Lille 2 University of Health, Charles de Gaulle University Profiles | ||
University of the Littoral Opal Coast (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale), also known as ULCO, is a French university, based in Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk (Dunkerque) and Saint Omer. The head office is in Dunkirk (Dunkerque in French). It reports to the Academy of Lille and is a member of the European Doctoral College Lille-Nord-Pas de Calais.
ULCO is situated in Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France, north west of Lille. The full name is "Université du Littoral - Côte d'Opale". The university is divided in four parts, in four cities:
It was created in 1991; the first year of studies was in 1992. Several degrees are granted there, and the university was integrated in the European Space of Higher Education in 2004 (Bologna Process).
Boulogne sur Mer
In the Boulogne section of ULCO, called Saint-Louis, the following are the main academic programmes at Bachelor, Masters and Ph.D levels :
There is also a lively Self Access Language Centre with tutoring for students in the languages of their choice (English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Dutch). The students in the Masters in Language Teaching Management, Instructional Design and Technology are actively involved in the running of this Language Centre.
The structure has a modern style. It is located downtown near the harbour. The building was the former hospital Saint-Louis (destroyed in 1988). Only the historic main entry of the old building and also part of the former hospital chapel remain.