Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France

Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (UPHF), known in English as the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France, is a public polytechnic university based in Valenciennes in the Nord department of northern France.上法兰西理工大学（Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France，简称 UPHF）是一所公立理工型大学，主校区位于法国北部省瓦朗谢讷市。

It traces its origins to a scientific college opened by the University of Lille in 1964, became the University of Valenciennes in 1968, and adopted its present name and polytechnic model in 2018-2019.该校源于里尔大学 1964 年在瓦朗谢讷开设的科学学院，1968 年成为瓦朗谢讷大学，并于 2018 至 2019 年间改用现名并确立理工型大学模式。

In the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed in the 1201-1400 band and THE ranks it in the 1401-1600 band, while it enrols more than 12,000 students across campuses in Valenciennes, Maubeuge and Cambrai.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中该校位列第 1201-1400 区间，泰晤士高等教育排名将其列入第 1401-1600 区间，现有学生逾 12,000 人，分布在瓦朗谢讷、莫伯日与康布雷等校区。

History

• The university's oldest unit is the university institute of technology opened at Famars, beside Valenciennes, in 1962, which gave the industrial district its first higher-education establishment.该校历史最悠久的单位是 1962 年在瓦朗谢讷近郊法马尔开设的大学技术学院，它为该工业区带来了第一所高等教育机构。
• In 1964 Lille University opened a scientific higher-education centre in Valenciennes, an offshoot intended to relieve pressure on Lille and to serve the steel and rail industries of the Escaut valley.1964 年，里尔大学在瓦朗谢讷开设科学高等教育中心，这一分支旨在缓解里尔的压力，并服务埃斯科河流域的钢铁与铁路工业。
• A science faculty followed in 1966, and the institution is generally dated from 1968, when the French state recognised Valenciennes as a university town with its own academic programme.1966 年该校设立理学院，其正式建校通常以 1968 年为起点，这一年法国政府承认瓦朗谢讷为拥有独立教学体系的大学城。
• After the May 1968 upheaval the science faculty was reorganised in 1969 as a university education centre, the administrative base from which the future university grew.1968 年五月风暴之后，理学院于 1969 年重组为大学教育中心，这一行政基础成为后来大学发展的起点。
• In 1970 a faculty of letters and arts was created, giving the young institution a humanities wing alongside its scientific and technological core.1970 年该校设立文学与艺术学院，使这所年轻院校在科学与技术核心之外增添了人文板块。
• For a decade the institution was known simply as Valenciennes University, until the 1979 decree added Hainaut-Cambrésis to its name and confirmed its national degree-awarding powers.在最初十年间，该校仅以瓦朗谢讷大学之名存在，直到 1979 年法令把埃诺-康布雷西加入校名，并确认其颁发国家学位的权力。
• Full university status came in 1979, when it became the University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambrésis, with the right to award national degrees and doctorates.1979 年该校获得完整大学地位，更名为瓦朗谢讷-埃诺-康布雷西大学，并有权颁发国家学位与博士学位。
• An annex opened at Cambrai in 1982 and another at Maubeuge in 1983, extending the university across the old industrial belt of the Nord department.该校于 1982 年在康布雷、1983 年在莫伯日开设附属教学点，把大学的影响扩展到北部省的旧工业带。
• Engineering education expanded through the National Higher School of Computer Science, Automation, Mechanics, Energy and Electronics, known as ENSIAME, which became the university's flagship engineering school.工程教育通过国立高等计算机、自动化、力学、能源与电子工程师学院（ENSIAME）扩展，该院成为该校的旗舰工程师学院。
• Law, economics and management were added in the 1980s and 1990s, and the university became a comprehensive institution serving a region recovering from the decline of coal and steel.1980 年代至 1990 年代，该校增设法律、经济与管理学科，逐步成为服务煤炭与钢铁业衰退后转型地区的综合性大学。
• In 2004 the Laboratory of Automation, Mechanics and Industrial and Human Computing became a joint research unit of the National Centre for Scientific Research under the number UMR 8201, and it remains the university's largest single research asset.2004 年，自动化、力学与工业及人类计算实验室成为国家科学研究中心联合研究单位，编号 UMR 8201。
• The 2000s brought apprenticeship programmes and closer ties with local employers, particularly in rail engineering, automotive equipment and logistics.2000 年代，该校引入学徒制课程，并与本地雇主建立更紧密联系，尤其是在铁路工程、汽车设备与物流领域。
• A tramway opened in Valenciennes in 2013 with three stops on the Mont Houy campus, connecting students directly to the city centre and the railway station.瓦朗谢讷有轨电车于 2013 年开通，在蒙图伊校区设有三站，把学生直接连接到市中心与火车站。
• Also in 2013 a new campus opened at Maubeuge, replacing older premises and giving the eastern part of the region a modern teaching site.同年，莫伯日新校区启用，取代旧校舍，为该地区东部提供了现代化教学场所。
• Between 2017 and 2018 the institution adopted the name Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France and reorganised its schools around a polytechnic model combining engineering, management and humanities.2017 至 2018 年间，该校采用上法兰西理工大学之名，并围绕融合工程、管理与人文的理工型模式重组各学院。
• In 2019 the National Institute of Applied Sciences Hauts-de-France was created by merging ENSIAME, the Valenciennes Institute of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Sport Sciences.2019 年，该校把 ENSIAME、瓦朗谢讷科学技术学院与体育科学学院合并，组建国立上法兰西应用科学学院。
• The university joined EUNICE, a European alliance of ten higher-education institutions, and used it to develop joint courses and mobility with partners in Italy, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia.该校加入由十所高校组成的欧洲 EUNICE 联盟，并借此与意大利、德国、波兰与北欧伙伴开发联合课程与流动项目。
• During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 the university closed its lecture halls and moved to remote teaching, while its engineering laboratories maintained research on mobility and energy.2020 年新冠疫情期间，该校关闭讲堂并转向远程教学，其工程实验室则继续开展交通与能源研究。
• A decree published on 9 September 2025 confirmed the university's statutes as a grand établissement, making it the first institution of that category in the Hauts-de-France region.2025 年 9 月 9 日公布的法令确认该校的“大型机构”章程，使其成为上法兰西大区首个获此地位的院校。
• Over six decades the institution has moved from a provincial science annex to a polytechnic university whose identity is built on transport, energy, materials and industrial systems.六十余年间，该校从一所地方科学分支发展为理工型大学，其身份建立在交通、能源、材料与工业系统之上。

Academics

• INSA Hauts-de-France, created in 2019, is the university's engineering arm and offers five-year programmes in mechanical and energy engineering, mechatronics, computer science, electronics and civil engineering, and admits students through a competitive national examination after two years of preparatory study.2019 年组建的国立上法兰西应用科学学院是该校的工程教育主体，开设机械与能源工程、机电一体化、计算机科学、电子与土木工程等五年制课程。
• INSA students alternate academic semesters with industrial placements, and many complete their final year through apprenticeships with companies in the region.该院学生在学期学习与工业企业实习之间交替，许多人通过与本地区企业的学徒制完成最后一年学业。
• The Valenciennes Institute of Science and Technology teaches applied science and technology degrees, from two-year university diplomas to professional bachelor's programmes.瓦朗谢讷科学技术学院教授应用科学与技术学位课程，从两年制大学文凭到职业学士项目。
• The Faculty of Sport Sciences trains teachers, coaches and performance specialists, and uses the campus sports facilities for physiology and biomechanics research.体育科学学院培养教师、教练与运动表现专家，并利用校园体育设施开展生理学与生物力学研究。
• The Faculty of Letters, Languages, Arts and Humanities offers degrees in French and foreign languages, literature, history, communication and performing arts.文学、语言、艺术与人文学院开设法语与外语、文学、历史、传播与表演艺术等学位课程。
• The Faculty of Law, Economics and Management teaches public and private law, business administration and economics, with a focus on the legal needs of industrial firms.法律、经济与管理学院教授公法、私法、工商管理与经济学，重点回应工业企业的法律需求。
• The Valenciennes University Institute of Technology delivers technical diplomas in industrial maintenance, electrical engineering, computer science and logistics.瓦朗谢讷大学技术学院颁发工业维护、电气工程、计算机科学与物流等领域的技术文凭。
• An institute of business administration and a teacher-training institute complete the academic map, linking the university to management education and to secondary schools in the region.企业管理学院与教师培训学院补全了学术版图，把该校与管理教育及本地区中学联系起来。
• The university offers more than 150 programmes from two-year technical diplomas to doctorates, with a strong emphasis on sandwich courses and continuing education.该校提供从两年制技术文凭到博士学位的 150 多个项目，特别重视交替制课程与继续教育。
• The Laboratory of Automation, Mechanics and Industrial and Human Computing, LAMIH UMR 8201, is the largest research unit and works on transport, robotics, biomechanics and human-machine systems.自动化、力学与工业及人类计算实验室（LAMIH UMR 8201）是该校最大的研究单位，研究交通、机器人、生物力学与人机系统。
• LAMIH's biomechanics group collaborates with Decathlon and with sports federations on equipment design, injury prevention and movement analysis.该实验室的生物力学团队与迪卡侬及体育联合会合作，开展装备设计、伤病预防与动作分析研究。
• The Laboratory for Societies and Humanities, LARSH, brings together historians, linguists and social scientists working on industrial heritage and regional change.社会与人文实验室（LARSH）汇集历史学、语言学与社会科学研究者，研究工业遗产与区域变迁。
• DeVisu, the design and visual studies laboratory, examines the relationship between images, technical objects and user experience in transport and digital services.设计与视觉研究实验室 DeVisu 考察图像、技术物与用户体验在交通及数字服务中的关系。
• The Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Social Sciences, CRISS, supports work on labour, public policy and the social effects of deindustrialisation.社会科学跨学科研究中心（CRISS）支持劳动、公共政策与去工业化社会影响方面的研究。
• Priority research themes include sustainable mobility, rail and automotive systems, energy storage, advanced materials, digital engineering and health technologies.重点研究主题包括可持续交通、铁路与汽车系统、储能、先进材料、数字工程与健康技术。
• Bibliometric data record about 9,385 works and 196,461 citations, a modest output for a university of its size but concentrated in engineering and applied science.文献计量数据记录约 9,385 项成果与 196,461 次引用，对如此规模的大学而言体量不大，但集中在工程与应用科学领域。
• International partnerships run through Erasmus, EUNICE and bilateral agreements, with particular links to Belgium, Germany, Poland, Spain and Morocco.国际合作通过 Erasmus、EUNICE 与双边协议展开，重点联系比利时、德国、波兰、西班牙与摩洛哥。
• Industrial partnerships with Alstom, Toyota, SNCF and the European Union Agency for Railways give students access to real engineering problems and thesis topics.与阿尔斯通、丰田、法国国家铁路公司及欧盟铁路局的产业合作，使学生能够接触真实工程问题与论文课题。

Campus

• Valenciennes lies on the Escaut river about 50 kilometres from Lille and close to the Belgian border, in a region long associated with coal, steel and railway engineering, whose industrial decline since the 1970s has shaped the city's regeneration strategy.瓦朗谢讷位于埃斯科河畔，距里尔约 50 公里，靠近比利时边境，这一地区长期以煤炭、钢铁与铁路工程闻名。
• The university is spread over four main campuses, at Mont Houy and Les Tertiales in Valenciennes, at Maubeuge and at Cambrai, with the Famars technology institute nearby.该校分布在四个主要校区，即瓦朗谢讷的蒙图伊与莱泰尔蒂亚勒、莫伯日以及康布雷，法马尔技术学院亦在附近。
• Mont Houy is the main campus, a green 1960s estate with teaching blocks, laboratories and residences, large enough to have three stops on the city tramway, and its lawns host student events in spring.蒙图伊是主校区，这座 1960 年代建成的绿地校园包含教学楼、实验室与宿舍，面积大到在城市有轨电车上设有三个站点。
• Les Tertiales, closer to the city centre, houses law, economics, management and part of the humanities, and is within walking distance of the railway station.莱泰尔蒂亚勒校区更靠近市中心，容纳法律、经济、管理及部分人文学科，步行即可到达火车站。
• The Maubeuge campus, opened in 2013, serves the eastern industrial towns and specialises in technology and vocational programmes.莫伯日校区于 2013 年启用，服务东部工业城镇，以技术与职业课程为主。
• The Cambrai annex, opened in 1982, offers applied arts, heritage and continuing-education courses in a smaller urban setting.康布雷教学点于 1982 年开设，在较小的城市环境中提供应用艺术、遗产与继续教育课程。
• The architecture mixes original concrete slabs with renovated laboratories and newer buildings such as the transport and mobility institute opened in the 2020s.校园建筑混合了最初的混凝土板楼、翻新实验室以及 2020 年代启用的交通与出行研究所等新建筑。
• The university library provides engineering, law and humanities collections, and its study spaces are supplemented by laboratory libraries on the Mont Houy site.大学图书馆收藏工程、法律与人文文献，蒙图伊校区的实验室图书馆则补充了自习空间。
• Sports facilities include athletic tracks, gymnasiums and pitches used by the sport-science faculty and by student teams, close to the Escaut and its green corridors.体育设施包括田径场、体育馆与球场，供体育科学学院与校队使用，靠近埃斯科河及其绿色廊道。
• The campus is served by the Valenciennes tramway, regional trains to Lille, Paris and Brussels, and the A2 motorway, making it accessible for commuters and international students.校园可通过瓦朗谢讷有轨电车、通往里尔、巴黎与布鲁塞尔的区域列车以及 A2 高速公路到达，方便通勤学生与国际学生。
• Neighbouring employers include Alstom's rail plant, Toyota's Onnaing factory and the European Union Agency for Railways, which anchors the university's transport identity.周边雇主包括阿尔斯通铁路工厂、丰田奥南工厂与欧盟铁路局，这些机构巩固了该校的交通特色。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a shared interval rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，上法兰西理工大学位于第 1201-1400 区间（并列名次），而非单一名次。
• THE ranks it in the 1401-1600 band in its 2027 world ranking, placing it among the lower half of ranked European universities.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，该校位于第 1401-1600 区间，处于上榜欧洲大学的中后段。
• The university is not included in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global ranking and is therefore recorded as not entering that ranking.该校未进入 2026-2027 年度美国新闻与世界报道全球排名，因此按未进入该榜单记录。
• It does not appear in the main table of the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities and is recorded as not entering the main list.该校未进入 2026 年上海软科世界大学学术排名主榜，按未进入主榜记录。
• Its reputation rests on engineering and applied research rather than on comprehensive strength, and INSA Hauts-de-France is among the newer members of the INSA group.该校声誉建立在工程与应用研究之上，而非综合实力，国立上法兰西应用科学学院是 INSA 集团中较新的成员。
• LAMIH is recognised in France for transport safety, biomechanics and human-machine systems, and its testing platforms for rail seating, vehicle components and wearable sensors are used by industrial partners.LAMIH 在交通安全、生物力学与人机系统领域获法国学界认可，其 UMR 身份意味着国家科研资质。
• The 2025 decree making UPHF a grand établissement strengthened its legal autonomy and its capacity to set its own academic strategy, allowing it to recruit staff and manage its budget outside the standard university framework.2025 年把该校升格为“大型机构”的法令增强了其法律自治权与自主制定学术战略的能力。
• Membership of EUNICE gives the university a European platform that larger French universities often pursue through separate alliances.加入 EUNICE 使该校获得一个欧洲平台，而许多规模更大的法国大学往往通过另外的联盟寻求此类平台。
• Its industrial ties are unusually direct for a French university, with Alstom, Toyota and the EU rail agency involved in teaching, research and recruitment.对法国大学而言，该校与产业的联系异常直接，阿尔斯通、丰田与欧盟铁路局均参与教学、研究与招聘。
• Bibliometric output of about 9,385 works and 196,461 citations places it below the largest French universities, and the figure understates its engineering concentration because much industrial research is confidential.约 9,385 项成果与 196,461 次引用的文献计量产出低于法国规模最大的大学，这与其专业化的理工定位相符。

Student life

• More than 12,000 students are enrolled, with a large share in engineering, technology and sport, and a growing number in law, management and the humanities.该校注册学生超过 12,000 人，其中很大一部分就读工程、技术与体育专业，法律、管理与人文专业的人数也在增长。
• Student associations cover engineering societies, sports clubs, cinema, music, international students and regional heritage, and most are based on the Mont Houy campus.学生协会涵盖工程学会、体育俱乐部、电影、音乐、国际学生与地方遗产等，多数设在蒙图伊校区。
• The sport-science faculty gives campus sport an unusually central role, and university teams compete in regional and national championships.体育科学学院使校园体育占据异常核心的地位，校队参加地区与全国锦标赛。
• Housing is available in university residences on the Mont Houy site, but many students rent flats in Valenciennes, Famars or nearby towns.蒙图伊校区设有大学宿舍，但许多学生在瓦朗谢讷、法马尔或附近城镇租住公寓。
• The cost of living is lower than in Paris or Lille, and the tramway and student transport passes make the city easy to navigate without a car, while its compact centre offers markets, cinemas and a theatre.当地生活成本低于巴黎或里尔，有轨电车与学生交通卡使学生在城中无需汽车即可出行。
• Lille is about an hour away by train, and Paris and Brussels can be reached in around two hours, giving students access to larger cultural and job markets.里尔乘火车约一小时可达，巴黎与布鲁塞尔约需两小时，使学生能够接触更大的文化与就业市场。
• Internships and apprenticeships are central to student life, and many engineering students spend part of each year in a company rather than on campus.实习与学徒制是学生生活的核心，许多工程学生每年有一部分时间在企业而非校园度过。
• EUNICE mobility allows students to spend a semester at partner universities in Italy, Germany, Poland, Spain or Scandinavia within their degree.EUNICE 流动项目允许学生在学位期间赴意大利、德国、波兰、西班牙或北欧的合作大学学习一学期。
• Campus events include technology demonstrations, hackathons, theatre evenings and the annual student festival, which brings concerts to the Mont Houy lawns.校园活动包括技术展示、黑客松、戏剧晚会与年度学生节，后者在蒙图伊草坪上举办音乐会。
• The international student community is smaller than in Paris but well integrated, with French language courses and buddy schemes run by the international office.国际学生群体比巴黎小，但融入度较高，国际事务办公室提供法语课程与伙伴计划。

Notable people

• Abdelhakim Artiba, a professor of industrial engineering, served as president of the university during its transformation into the polytechnic model and its merger with INSA, and he is a specialist in production planning and flexible manufacturing systems.工业工程教授阿卜杜勒哈基姆·阿尔蒂巴在该校转型为理工型大学及与 INSA 合并期间担任校长。
• Laurent Dubar, professor of materials and tribology, directs LAMIH and has led research on metal forming and friction in transport components.材料与摩擦学教授洛朗·迪巴尔领导 LAMIH，并主持交通部件中金属成形与摩擦方面的研究。
• Sébastien Leteneur, a biomechanics researcher at LAMIH, supervises doctoral work with Decathlon on footwear, running mechanics and injury prevention.LAMIH 生物力学研究者塞巴斯蒂安·勒特纳与迪卡侬合作指导关于鞋类、跑步力学与伤病预防的博士研究。
• Émilie Simoneau, also a LAMIH researcher, works on human movement analysis and the design of equipment for sport and rehabilitation.同样任职于 LAMIH 的埃米莉·西莫诺研究人体动作分析与运动及康复设备设计。
• Anthony Trioux, who completed a master's and doctorate in electronics at UPHF, later became an associate professor at INSA Hauts-de-France and a researcher in signal processing.安东尼·特里乌在上法兰西理工大学完成电子学硕士与博士学业，后来成为国立上法兰西应用科学学院副教授与信号处理研究者。
• Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, the nineteenth-century sculptor born in Valenciennes, is the city's best-known artist and a symbol of its cultural ambition.十九世纪出生于瓦朗谢讷的雕塑家让-巴蒂斯特·卡尔波是该市最著名的艺术家，也是其文化抱负的象征。
• Antoine Watteau, the Rococo painter, was also born in Valenciennes, and the city's museum preserves works by both artists.洛可可画家安托万·华托同样出生于瓦朗谢讷，该市博物馆收藏有这两位艺术家的作品。
• Jean Froissart, the medieval chronicler, was born in Valenciennes and wrote one of the principal accounts of the Hundred Years' War.中世纪编年史家让·傅华萨出生于瓦朗谢讷，撰写了关于百年战争的主要历史记述之一。
• Jules Mousseron, the Valenciennes poet, gave literary expression to the industrial landscapes and dialect of the Escaut valley.瓦朗谢讷诗人朱尔·穆斯龙以文学形式表现了埃斯科河流域的工业景观与方言。
• Lucien Jonas, the painter and illustrator born in nearby Anzin, documented the First World War and the mining communities of the region.出生于附近安赞的画家与插画家吕西安·若纳斯记录了第一次世界大战及本地区的矿工社区。