École Centrale de Lille was founded as École des arts industriels et des mines de Lille in 1854 , the same year when Louis Pasteur became the dean of Faculté des sciences de Lille and pioneered applied research with industry cooperations , with support of scientists such as Charles Frédéric Kuhlmann .
École Centrale de Lille was founded as École des arts industriels et des mines de Lille in 1854 , with support from scientists such as Frédéric Kuhlmann and Louis Pasteur .