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.

History

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

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...

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 ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc bet ...

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 Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in ...

Schœlcher Schœlcher (; Martinican Creole: ) is a town and the fourth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. The town was named Case-Navire until 1889, when it was renamed in honor of French abolitionist writer Victor Schœlcher ...

(while there is also the campus of the IUFM in Fort-de-France and the medical campus ( CHRU, a regional

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) of La Meynard in

Le Lamentin Le Lamentin (; gcf, label= Martinican Creole, Lanmanten; ) is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its 62,32 km2, it is the town with the largest area of Martinique. Le Lamentin, with nea ...

Notable people

Faculty

* Jacques Adélaïde-Merlande (born 1933) - historian *

Carlos Moore Carlos Whitman Moore (August 13, 1906 – July 2, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Moore had a listed weight of . Moore's playing career in the majors spanned one month. He made his major league debut with ...

(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, Unive ...

(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. Hi ...

(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 (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower hou ...

(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
in

and in Saint-Claude ( Guadeloupe)
University of (French) Guiana
Education in Schœlcher Education in Pointe-à-Pitre Education in Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe Education in Kourou Education in Cayenne Universities in Guadeloupe Universities in French Guiana Universities in Martinique Educational institutions established in 1982 1982 establishments in France 1982 establishments in North America {{Martinique-stub