The University of the Antilles (), also known in English as the University of the French Antilles, is a French public university, located in the

French West Indies The French West Indies or French Antilles (, ; ) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: * The two overseas departments of: ** Guadeloupe, including the islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Les Saintes, Ma ...

History

It was previously part of a larger institution in combination with campuses in

French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...

known as the University of the French West Indies and Guiana. As a result of funding disputes, that university was separated into two distinct institutions based on its constituent parts in French Guiana and the

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, forming part of the West Indies in Caribbean, Caribbean region of the Americas. They are distinguished from the larger islands of the Greater Antilles to the west. They form an arc w ...

respectively. The separation process was completed by 1 January 2015.

Location

The university has three campuses: * two in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

: Fouillole (

Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre (; , , or simply , ) is the second most populous commune of Guadeloupe (after Les Abymes). Guadeloupe is an overseas region and Overseas department, department of France located in the Lesser Antilles, of which it is a ''Subprefectu ...

) and Saint-Claude, * one in

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

Schœlcher Schœlcher (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and the fourth-largest communes of France, commune in the overseas departments and regions of France, French overseas department of Martinique. The town was named Case-Navire until 1889, when it was ren ...

(while there is also the campus of the IUFM in

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; ) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. History Before it was ceded to France by Spain in 1635, the area of Fort-de-Fra ...

and the medical campus ( CHRU, a regional

university hospital A teaching hospital or university hospital is a hospital or medical center that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities a ...

) of La Meynard in

Le Lamentin Le Lamentin (; ; ) is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km2, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin, with close to 40,000 inhabitants, is the ...

Notable people

Faculty

* Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande (born 1933) - historian * Carlos Moore (born 1942) - writer, social researcher, professor and activist * Pierre A. Riffard - philosopher and specialist in esotericism *

Georges Voisset Georges Voisset (born March 15, 1948, in Lyon, France) is an Agrégé in French Literature, former Fellow of the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Paris and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, Uni ...

(born 1948) - literary critic *

Suzanne Dracius Suzanne Dracius (born August 25, 1951) in Fort-de-France, in the Terres-Sainville district) is a French writer from Martinique. Biography After studying at the Lycée Marie-Curie in Sceaux and at the Sorbonne, Suzanne Dracius taught in Paris ...

(born 1951) - writer and literary critic *

Pierre Cahuc Pierre Cahuc (born January 18, 1962) is a French economist who currently works as Professor of Economics at Sciences Po. He is Program Director for the IZA Institute of Labor Economics's programme "Labour Markets" and research fellow at CEPR. H ...

(born 1962) - economist

Alumni

Juliana Rimane Juliana Rimane (born 22 January 1959 in Kourou, French Guiana) is a politician from French Guiana who was elected to the French National Assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament ...

(born 1959) - politician *

Annick Petrus Annick Danièle Petrus (born 5 January 1961) is a French Saint Martinois educator and politician. She has served as the Senator for the Collectivity of Saint Martin since October 2020 as a member of the Union for Democracy and The Republicans ...

(born 1961) - politician *

Sabine Andrivon-Milton Sabine Andrivon-Milton, (born 22 February 1970) is a French historian specialising in the military history of Martinique, a teacher, author and board game designer. Biography Education She went to Sainte-Thérèse B primary school, collèg ...

(born 1970) - historian *

Micheline Jacques Micheline Jacques (born 8 October 1971) is a French Barthélemois politician. She has served in the French Senate for Saint Barthélemy since 1 October 2020 as a member of The Republicans (LR). Jacques is the first woman to represent Saint Bar ...

(born 1971) - politician

References

* http://www.univ-antilles.fr/

External links

Official web site, serving Guadeloupe and Martinique

Department of History
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and in Saint-Claude (

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University of (French) Guiana
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