  We present the first measurement of the galaxy luminosity function at 1500A
between 0.2<z<1.2 based on GALEX-VVDS observations (1000 spectroscopic
redshifts for galaxies with NUV<24.5) and at higher z using existing datasets.
Our main results are summarized as follows :
  (i) luminosity evolution is observed with Delta(Mstar)=-2.0 mag between z=0
and z=1 and Delta(Mstar)=-1.0mag between z=1 and z=3. This confirms that the
star formation activity was significantly higher in the past.
  (ii) the LF slopes vary between -1.2< alpha <-1.65, with a marginally
significant hint of increase at higher z.
  (iii) we split the sample in three restframe (B-I) intervals providing an
approximate spectral type classification: Sb-Sd, Sd-Irr and unobscured
starbursts. We find that the bluest class evolves less strongly in luminosity
than the two other classes. On the other hand their number density increases
sharply with z (15% in the local universe to 55% at z=1) while that of the
reddest classes decreases.
