| University of French Guiana | |
| Native Name: | Université de Guyane |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Established: | 30 July 2014 |
| President: | Antoine Primerose |
| Students: | 2.034 |
| City: | Cayenne |
| Website: | www.univ-guyane.fr |
The University of French Guiana is a French public university, created in 2014 in French Guiana. It was formed from two existing campuses of the University of the French West Indies and Guiana.
A conflict over funding for French Guiana relative to West Indian students led to a strike paralyzing the university for more than a month during the 2013–2014 academic year, with faculty, staff and students calling for independence.[1] An agreement to end the conflict was signed on 11 November 2013.[2]
The new University of French Guiana was created by decree,[3] published July 30, 2014.