University of the French Antilles

This article is about the West Indies University in the French-speaking Caribbean. For the University of the English-speaking Caribbean, see University of the West Indies.

The University of the Antilles (French: Université des Antilles), also known in English as the University of the French Antilles, is a French public university, located in the French West Indies.

University of the Antilles

Université des Antilles
Type	Public
Established	1982
Chancellor	Michel H. Geoffroy
Location	France
Website	www.univ-antilles.fr

History

It was previously part of a larger institution in combination with campuses in French Guiana 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 respectively. The separation process was completed by 1 January 2015.

Location

The university has three campuses:

• two in Guadeloupe: Fouillole (Pointe-à-Pitre) and Saint-Claude,
• one in Martinique: Schœlcher (while there is also the campus of the IUFM in Fort-de-France and the medical campus (CHRU, a regional university hospital) of La Meynard in Le Lamentin).

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 (born 1948) - literary critic
• Suzanne Dracius (born 1951) - writer and literary critic
• Pierre Cahuc (born 1962) - economist

Alumni

• Juliana Rimane (born 1959) - politician
• Annick Petrus (born 1961) - politician
• Sabine Andrivon-Milton (born 1970) - historian
• Micheline Jacques (born 1971) - politician

See also

• List of public universities in France by academy
• University of French Guiana