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At the heart of the Indo-Pacific, the Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (UNC) offers a unique academic experience: discovering New Caledonia as a living laboratory where major contemporary challenges—climate change, biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource management, sovereignty debates, and cultural and linguistic diversity—are part of everyday life. UNC’s short stay programs combine academic learning, field-based experiences, and intercultural immersion, allowing students to connect classroom knowledge with direct observation of Pacific realities while engaging critically with the region’s social and environmental dynamics.

UNC – Short Stay Offer

Ideal for hands-on courses, research training, and intensive academic projects.

  • Access to UNC & CRESICA laboratories and research facility members
  • Mentoring by UNC researchers and experts
  • Opportunities to share or co-teach courses with UNC faculty,

fostering the exchange of teaching practices

Fully customised academic experiences, co-designed with partner institutions.

  • Discipline-specific content
  • Flexible format and schedule
  • Foster engagement with local communities and ecosystems

All inclusive academic immersion programs, combining logistics, teaching, and fieldwork.

  • Multidisciplinary and field-based learning
  • Regional and global perspectives
  • Foster engagement with local communities and ecosystems
  • Long-term academic and professional networking

The French Immersion Campus is a three-week intensive program designed for international participants seeking to strengthen French proficiency. Using a postcolonial approach, come and explore the languages, cultures, and biodiversity of New Caledonia.
French immersion campus 2026

Join an intensive international masterclass organized by the University of New Caledonia at the heart of the Pacific and explore one of the region’s most strategic issues : sovereignty, governance, and regional cooperation. During the week, students will be invited to engage with the key issues regarding the Pacific region from a New Caledonian and local perspective.
Pacific Political Science Masterclass 2026

Join an intensive international research program at the Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, in partnership with the CRESICA Consortium, to explore the environmental, social, and cultural dynamics of Pacific Island ecosystems. Participants gain hands-on experience with climate resilience, sustainable resource management, and coastal-marine interactions through lectures, fieldwork, and collaborative research projects.
From Land to Sea Research Campus 2026

Research Internships Structured research placements at Master’s and PhD levels within UNC research laboratories and the CRESICA consortium.

  • Integration into UNC & CRESICA research laboratories and field teams
  • Supervision by experienced researchers and access to advanced scientific facilities
  • Field-based research opportunities in unique terrestrial and marine environments
  • Interdisciplinary expertise spanning environmental science, biology, geology,
  • Immersion in New Caledonia’s exceptional natural and cultural research settings
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