The Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre) is a joint research unit of the CNRS, Grenoble-Alpes University, the University of Savoie Mont Blanc, the IRD, and Gustave Eiffel University. ISTerre is a leading laboratory for Grenoble’s Universe Sciences Observatory (OSUG) whose research focuses primarily on the physical and chemical study of the planet Earth. By combining observations of natural objects, experimentation, and the modeling of complex phenomena, ISTerre strives toward a deeper understanding of Earth’s major internal systems.

Since its creation in 1988, LULI’s main activity has been the study of dense and hot plasmas created by intense lasers. Historically focused on inertial confinement fusion, LULI has broadened the spectrum of its interests over the years to laboratory astrophysics and very high intensy laser-matter interaction.

Direction des applications militaires (DAM) of the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)

The laboratory "Unité Matériaux Et Transformations" was created in January 2010 following the merger of four former laboratories of the Lille campus. The UMET laboratory now hosts a large portion of the research in Materials Science of the the Université de Lille.