▁the ▁first ▁academic ▁pole ▁of ▁the ▁metropol itan ▁area . ▁N umer ous ▁academic ▁and ▁scientific ▁facilities ▁are ▁located ▁there ▁( around ▁ 4 2 , 0 0 0 ▁students ▁and ▁ 2 , 5 0 0 ▁research ers ). ▁ ▁Univers ities ▁and ▁t ert i ary ▁institutions ▁The ▁city ▁hosts ▁two ▁main ▁camp uses ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁L ille ▁: ▁" C ité ▁Scient ifique " ▁( S cience ▁and ▁Technology ); ▁and ▁" P ont ▁de ▁Bo is " ▁( So cial ▁sciences , ▁Human ities , ▁Liter ature ▁and ▁Arts ). ▁Those ▁two ▁camp uses ▁count ▁a ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁Community ▁of ▁Univers ities ▁and ▁Institution s ▁( COM UE ) ▁L ille ▁Nord ▁de ▁France ▁students . ▁ ▁Vill ene uve ▁d ' A sc q ▁hosts ▁also ▁a ▁University ▁Institute ▁for ▁Technology ▁( I UT ▁A ), ▁the ▁school ▁in ▁architecture ▁É cole ▁nationale ▁sup érieure ▁d ' architecture ▁et ▁de ▁pays age ▁de ▁L ille , ▁along ▁with ▁five ▁gradu ate ▁schools ▁: ▁É cole ▁centrale ▁de ▁L ille , ▁É cole ▁nationale ▁sup érieure ▁de ▁chim ie ▁de ▁L ille , ▁Poly tech ' L ille ▁( former ly ▁EU DI L ), ▁É cole ▁des ▁M ines - T élé com ▁de ▁L ille - D ou ai ▁( IM T ) ▁( former ly ▁EN IC , ▁TE LE COM ▁L IL LE ), ▁É cole ▁sup érieure ▁des ▁techniques ▁industri elles ▁et ▁des ▁text iles ▁( E ST IT ). ▁