University of the French West Indies and Guiana

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.

University of the French West Indies and Guiana

Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)
Type	Public
Active	1982–2014
President	Corine Mancer Caster
Students	13,117
Location	France
Website	www.univ-ag.fr

The University of the French West Indies and Guiana (Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, or UAG) was a French university, based in the French West Indies. It was under the Academy of French Guiana.

The University had 5 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),
• two in French Guiana: Saint-Denis (Cayenne) and Kourou.

In a process that was completed on 1 January 2015, the university was separated into two distinct institutions based on its constituent parts in French Guiana and the Lesser Antilles, respectively.

Faculties and departments

• Departments

See also

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

References

• http://www.univ-ag.fr/fr/institution/panorama.html

External links

• Official web site
• Department of History in Schœlcher and in Saint-Claude (Guadeloupe)