The
Université de la Polynésie Française (University of French Polynesia, UPF) is a
FrenchFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
and the only one in
French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
. Located in
TahitiTahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The island had a population of 178,133 inhabitants according to the August 2007 census. This makes it the most populous island of French Polynesia,...
, it is a small university counting around 2,000 students. Native-writer and former Minister of Culture Louise Peltzer has been the president of the University since April 2005.
The university goes back to 1987 when the
Université Française du Pacifique (French University of the Pacific) was created, with two centres, one in French Polynesia and the other in
New CaledoniaNew Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands...
.
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The
Université de la Polynésie Française (University of French Polynesia, UPF) is a
FrenchFrench is a Romance language globally spoken by about 65 million people as a first language , by 50 million as a second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired foreign language, with significant speakers in 57 countries. Most native speakers of the language live in France,...
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
and the only one in
French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...
. Located in
TahitiTahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. The island had a population of 178,133 inhabitants according to the August 2007 census. This makes it the most populous island of French Polynesia,...
, it is a small university counting around 2,000 students. Native-writer and former Minister of Culture Louise Peltzer has been the president of the University since April 2005.
The university goes back to 1987 when the
Université Française du Pacifique (French University of the Pacific) was created, with two centres, one in French Polynesia and the other in
New CaledoniaNew Caledonia , is a "sui generis collectivity" of France located in the region of Melanesia in the southwest Pacific. It comprises a main island , the Loyalty Islands, and several smaller islands...
. In 1997 the decision was made to split the two parts into separate universities, and so it came about that in 1999 the
Université de la Polynésie Française and the
Université de la Nouvelle CalédonieThe University of New Caledonia is a French university, in the Academy of New Caledonia.The university goes back to 1987 when the Université Française du Pacifique was created, with two centres, one in French Polynesia and the other in New Caledonia...
were formed.
There are about 60 researchers at the university, including physicists Pascal Ortega (lightning studies) and
Alessio Guarino- Overview :Guarino works in the domain of nonlinear physics, such as liquid crystals, fracture, convection and granular matter. Sergio Ciliberto, Riccardo Scorretti and Guarino introduced a numerical technique studying the effect of thermal fluctuations in heterogeneous systems. He is currently...
(nonlinear physics). In the Human Sciences department, sociologist Laura Schuft deserves to be mentioned for her studies on the integration of
mainland FrenchFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
workers in Tahiti.
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