[2] In the early 1960s, student groups led by figures like Dominique Alfonsi began advocating for a Corsican university.

[2] By the mid-1970s, student movements like the Cunsulta di i Studienti Corsi in Nice radicalized, aligning with the FLNC and adopting Marxist-inspired decolonial ideologies.

[2] Successive French governments initially resisted the idea of a Corsican university, citing regional development policies prioritizing larger urban centers.

[2] Intense political and cultural pressure led Presidents Georges Pompidou and Giscard d’Estaing to approve the project.

[2] By the 1970s, Corte was chosen over Ajaccio and Bastia as the university’s location, partly due to lobbying by local leaders like François Giacobbi.