University of New Caledonia

University of New Caledonia
French: Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
TypePublic Non-sectarian Research higher education institution
Established1987 (UFP) – 1999 (UNC)
PresidentCatherine Ris (Gaël Lagadec, 2013–2021)
Address
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie BP R4 – 98851 Nouméa
,
Nouméa
,
New Caledonia

22°16′8″S 166°25′10″E / 22.26889°S 166.41944°E / -22.26889; 166.41944
Websiteunc.nc/en/
Not to be confused with College of New Caledonia.

The University of New Caledonia UNC (Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a French university which is part of the Academy of New Caledonia located in Nouméa and Koné.

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 Caledonia. In 1997, the decision was made to split the two parts into separate universities and so in 1999 the Université de la Nouvelle Calédonie and the Université de la Polynésie Française were created.

UNC hosts around 3,000 local and international students with a staff of about 100 professors and researchers and 100 administrative employees each year. The President of UNC since 2021 has been the economist Catherine Ris, who succeeded Gaël Lagadec and Jean-Marc Boyer.[1]

  1. ^ http://www.univ-nc.nc/actualites/election-du-president-de-lunc. Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Retrieved on 22 August 2013.