 Together, the universities of Lille include more than 90,000 students and 3,000 PhD students, supported by the universities' research laboratories.At the beginning of 2018, the three universities of Lille (Lille 1, Lille 2, Lille 3) merged to form the University of Lille.Association Ulysse, or Club Ulysse as it is also known, is a non-academic extracurricular club targeted specifically at international students studying at Lille III.