Established as a full university in 2014 (previously part of Université des Antilles et de la Guyane), it serves French Guiana with programs adapted to its unique Amazonian and space context.
Address: Campus de Troubiran, BP 20792, 97337 Cayenne, Guyane française, France
Tropical Biodiversity & Environment, Health Sciences (tropical focus), Engineering (related to local needs)
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Marine Science, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Physics, Process Control, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Focus on Amazonian and Caribbean region collaborations. Links with CNES space center in Kourou.
Research:
Amazonian biodiversity and ecosystems, Tropical diseases, Sustainable resource management, Space applications and remote sensing.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
300
Current students***:
4000
Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Unique focus on Amazonian environment and space-related activities, serves a specific overseas territory.
Cons
Remote location, limited range of specialized high-tech engineering, challenges of a developing region.
Best For
University serving French Guiana, focused on tropical biodiversity, environment, and space-related studies.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Université des Antilles overlaps with this institution on marine science, agriculture and food science, so the two are easy to compare, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
- Both schools build their programmes around marine science, microbiology and genetics and civil engineering, and Université de la Polynésie Française is the one to compare first within the country, since it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 3,000 students against roughly 4,000 here.
- AgroParisTech sits close to this university on marine science, agriculture and food science; it does not run the bachelor's programmes found here and covers logistics and quality as well.
- The comparison with Université de La Réunion is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on marine science, food science and bioinformatics, and it is far larger, with about 19,000 students against roughly 4,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- The comparison with Université de Corse Pasquale Paoli is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on fluid dynamics, structural engineering and bioengineering, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Nagasaki University brings a Japan setting to the same core fields, marine science, food science and bioinformatics, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- Shimane University offers an international parallel to this university, with agriculture, food science and bioinformatics as common ground; it covers nanotechnologies and optics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 6,000 students against roughly 4,000 here.
- Southwest Forestry University, in China, takes a similar route through agriculture, food science and bioinformatics; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers project management and robotics as well.
- Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany shares the geotechnics, microbiology and genetics and fluid dynamics orientation of this university, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral, and covers nanotechnologies and optics as well.
- Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde in Germany is the nearest foreign match on agriculture, food science and geotechnics; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Engineering, Environment, Space, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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