The original public university in the Lille region of France was the University of Douai established in 1559 in Douai and that was moved to Lille in 1887 and 1896 as University of Lille (French: Université de Lille). Between 1970 and 2017 the University of Lille was divided into three universities (student enrollment: 70,000): * Lille 1 University of Science and Technology * Lille 2 University of Health and Law * Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III In 2018, the new University of Lille was created with a merger of Lille 1, Lille 2 and Lille 3 universities.