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Universit De La Polynsie FranaiseThe Universit de la Polynsie Franaise (University of French Polynesia, UPF) is a French university and the only one in French Polynesia. Located in Tahiti, it is a small university counting around 2,000 students. The university goes back to 1987 when the Universit Franaise 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 it came about that in 1999 the Universit de la Polynsie Franaise and the Universit de la Nouvelle Caldonie were formed. There are about 60 researchers at the university, including physicists Pascal Ortega (lightning studies) and Alessio Guarino (nonlinear physics). In the Human Sciences department, sociologist Laura Schuft deserves to be mentioned for her amazing study on the integration of mainland French workers in Tahiti. External links
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