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  name The American University of Paris
  motto Knowledge, perspective, understanding
  established 1962
  type Private
  president Gerardo della Paolera
  city Paris
  country France
  undergrad 1000
  staff 105
  campus Urban , six buildings
  website aupedu


The American University of Paris is an accredited, independent, private liberal arts and sciences institution in Paris , France . Founded in 1962, AUP is the oldest American institution of higher learning in Europe for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. The university's campus consists of six buildings, located in the Seventh Arrondissement of Paris, on the Left Bank , near the Eiffel Tower and the Seine .

The school's primary language of instruction is English, although some courses are taught in French and required to graduate. The university offers both graduate and undergraduate programs.


TODAY


AUP has 44 full-time professors as well as 61 part-time professors. Approximately 80% of the full-time faculty members hold a doctoral degree from institutions such as Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Johns Hopkins University, Université de Paris, Sorbonne and Yale, among others. AUP faculty members represent 15 nationalities; all are at least bilingual. With its enrolment of around 1,000 students, there are roughly twenty students per full-time faculty member. AUP's student body represents nearly 100 nationalities.

The university offers 14 majors and 28 minors in its undergraduate program, along with a courses covering a wide array of other liberal arts offerings, including anthropology, astronomy, biology, drama, fine arts, gender studies, mathematics, music, physics, sociology, and languages, including German, Italian, and Spanish.

The university also offers five graduate programs:
  • Executive Master of Science in Finance (with Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business)

  • Master of Arts in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution, and Civil Society Development (with the Institut Catholique de Paris)

  • Master of Arts in Global Communications

  • Master of Public Administration in Strategic Public Policy

  • Master of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies.


The university's language of instruction is English.


Accreditation


The American University of Paris is accredited in the United States by the Commission On Higher Education of the Middle States Association Of Colleges And Schools . For legal purposes, the university is incorporated as a non-profit educational institution, under the laws of the State of Delaware , and is licensed by the State Board of Education as a Delaware institution of higher education.

The American University of Paris is registered in the United States as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

The university's ''Institut de Commerce International et des Sciences de l'Information'' (ICISI), which includes the Departments of International Business Administration, International Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science, is recognized by the French Ministry of Education as an ''Etablissement d’enseignement technique privé''.

The American University of Paris confers the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degrees under authority granted by the Delaware State Board of Education


DEPARTMENTS


The university's departments include:

  • Center for Language Research and Teaching

  • Department of Art History and Fine Arts

  • Department of Comparative Literature and English

  • Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science

  • Department of Economics

  • Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures

  • Department of Film Studies

  • Department of History and Social Sciences

  • Department of International and Comparative Politics

  • Department of International Business Administration

  • Department of International Communications

  • Department of Psychology



ALUMNI


Individuals of note who have attended AUP include:



THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN PARIS IN FICTION


Notably, Dan Brown featured the university in his novel '' The Da Vinci Code ''. The university and its campus were the location for a lecture on symbolism, by lead character Robert Langdon .


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