Higher education was organized in the late 19th century in the Antilles and Guyana; the law school opened only after World War II. In 1963, centers for postsecondary study in science and literature were founded as extensions of the University of Bordeaux. In 1970, the Centre Universitaire des Antilles et de la Guyane (CUAG) was established as an independent institution. However, the official date for the university's founding is 1982. Today, the UAG is 13,173 students, 478 faculty, working and studying on six campuses in three distinct sites: Guadeloupe, Guyana, and Martinique.