American University of Paris
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| Motto | "knowledge, perspective, understanding" |
|---|---|
| Established | 1962 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Gerardo della Paolera |
| Staff | Full-time 41 Part-time 61 |
| Undergraduates | 900 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Campus | Downtown, Paris |
| Website | www.aup.fr |
Founded in 1962, the American University of Paris (AUP) is the oldest American institution of higher learning in Europe.
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[edit] Character
AUP is an independent college of liberal arts and sciences.
[edit] Faculty
AUP has 44 full-time professors as well as 61 part-time professors. 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.
[edit] Students
18 students per full-time faculty member. 900 students representing around 100 nationalities.
[edit] Student Activities
The Student Government Association [1] provides students with a variety of activities such as AUP Student Media [2] which includes various publications, video, and radio production, as well as clubs ranging from The Economist Club to The AUP Rugby Team - The Expats.
[edit] Curriculum
15 majors, 26 minors. A full complement of other liberal arts offerings, including: anthropology, astronomy, biology, drama, fine arts, German, gender studies, Italian, mathematics, music, physics, sociology, and Spanish.
The language of instruction is English.
[edit] Accreditation
AUP is accredited in the United States by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
The American University of Paris is a non-profit educational institution incorporated in the State of Delaware and 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 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
[edit] Location
AUP is an urban institution, and its campus is composed of 6 buildings centrally located in the seventh arrondissement of Paris, on the Left Bank, near the Eiffel Tower and the Seine.
[edit] Departments
Art History and Fine Arts, Comparative Literature and English, Computer Science, Mathematics and Science, Economics, French Studies and Foreign Languages, Historical and Cultural Studies, International and Comparative Politics, International Business Administration, International Communications, Psychology
[edit] Graduate Programs
Master of Arts in Global Communications, Master of Public Administration in Strategic Public Policy, Master of Arts in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and Civil Society Development, Master of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies, and Master of Science in Finance.
[edit] Alumni
Individuals of note who have attended AUP include:
- Michael J. Varhola '90, American author and publisher.
- Yann Lechelle '93, founder and CEO of Paris-based ETHERYL S.A.S., an application service provider that supports academic institutions worldwide.
- Nicolas Jouannem '05, programmer at Etheryl.
[edit] The American University in Paris in fiction
- Dan Brown featured AUP in his novel The Da Vinci Code. It was the location for a lecture on symbolism by lead character Doctor Robert Langdon.
