The Community Gallery features photos from the University's archives along with submissions from community members. We’ll reveal a new gallery each month.
Meet some of the many people who have impacted AUP.
Explore 60 years of history with our interactive timeline and discover key moments that have shaped our global community.
1962: ACP charter signed
1979: AMEX Café opens
1987: Inaugural World's Fair
2005: First master's program
→ Explore the timeline
Take a look back at past ACP and AUP logos.
Read the 60th-anniversary edition of the AUP Magazine, featuring stories from across the community.
"...PROOF. Proof that you can have people from all over the world, from all sides of life, come together to work, live, learn and play. Proof that the best way forward on this planet is to acknowledge and respect our differences, while also learning to adapt and serve each other."
Seena M. Haddad '12
→ What is AUP for you?
From March 21-27, the AUP community celebrated our first-ever Founding Week
→ Learn more
Browse the event galleries featuring photos and impressions from AUP's anniversary events.
→ Discover AUP's new logo
As AUP celebrates its 60th anniversary, it is also launching a new strategic plan that reaffirms its commitment to providing a student-centered, academically rigorous, career-enabling and transformative learning experience to the global explorers who are its students. The new plan focuses on five key pillars:
Curriculum Communications Community Campus Continuous Improvement
→ Learn about AUP's future
→ Follow the Monttessuy renovations
Sculpture class
Gathering in Grenelle
Taking selfies along the Seine
Discovering Paris
Amphitheatre Marechal Foch visit
Flame of Liberty
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 02
Bateaux Mouches group shot
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013
A game of Monopoly on the AMEX terrace
Paris Views
Professors Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu at a Combes event
Event at Combes Student Life Center
Meeting of minds
Orientation Prep
Students in Computer Science class
Students Preparing for AUP Marathon
Group discussion
Iceland Study Trip
New Alumni Cocktails
Paris under the rain
Visiting the La Tour-Maubourg building
AUP volunteers preparing to welcome guests
Attentive students in class
Selfies at the park
Outing to Opera Garnier
Tour Eiffel in Cherry Blossoms by Monica Tingay
Group shot on the AMEX terrace
Sightseeing in Paris
Shot of a row of Velibs
Students listening intently at orientation
Studying water with Professor Elena Berg
Class with Professor Raj
Classroom visit with Professor Elena Berg
2014 Orientation
Pont des Arts
Student Clubs and Activities table
Class trip with Professor Brian Schiff
Thanksgiving 2019 at the American Church
Tour of Paris
Reviewing notes at the AMEX
New Alumni
Orientation at Bosquet
Students hanging out in the old AMEX Cafe
Walking Tour around Paris
Testing out experiments in class
New students on a Paris bout tour
Graduate Community Advancement Award Winners
New Student Orientation
Strolling across Pont Bir Hakeim
Students representing their countries and majors
Neighborhood visit in Egypt
Enjoying views on the Seine
Student Club night
AUP Students enjoying PFW
View of monuments at Concorde
Lunch out in Paris
Using a Parisian Cafe as a classroom
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 04
Senegal Study Trip
UNESCO class trip
Crossing the esplanade at Invalides
2014 Orientation with Marc Montheard
Student Advisor Picnic
Daily Bread
India Practicum Study Trip
Study trip to Germany
Graduation 2014 at Theatre Chatelet 01
Indian Practicum 2014
Private Alumni event at President Schenck's apartment
Student class collaboration
New admit boat tour
Student Advisor Picnic at Champ de Mars
Election event
2014 Orientation 06
Enjoying the Super Bowl at the AMEX Cafe
Quintessential Parisian Cafe
Class visit with Professor Odonkor
Boat tour at sunset
Student meeting with Professor Wanklyn for Orienation
Boat tour for new arrivals
Students in the Combes Grand Salon
Collaborative work between students
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 05
The Philippines table at the World's Fair
Computer Science class at Grenelle
Group of friends in the AMEX
Art Exhibit in Combes with Professor Shimony
Note taking student
Check in at AUP Orientation
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 03
Posing for the camera
Senegal Practicum Study Trip
AUP Student Clubs
Painting event with President Schenck
Painting class with Professor Shimony
Picnic at Champ de Mars
Boat party on the Seine
Students enjoying Fallafels
New Student Checkin at Combes02
Windows on rue de Grenelle
Puerto Rico's table at the World's Fair
Chiara's Eiffel Tower reflection
Advisors hanging out at the AMEX
Class visit with Professor Hobart
2014 Orientation 01
Macarons
Marc leading the start of Orientation week
Student Art Exhibit
Students meeting at Combes
Eiffel Tower shot from the 7éme Arrondissement
Graduation 2014 at Theatre Chatelet
Study group on the AMEX terrace
London Branding Cultural Program trip with Professor Waddick Doyle
Gathering over meals at the AMEX
Class at Invalides
AUP Basketball team with coach Ashkan
Orientation with Marc
Before the AUP Marathon
Abbesses Metro Station
Taking a break from Studying
Sacré Cœur
Talent Show at the AMEX
Overview of the old AMEX Cafe
2014 Orientation 02
Professor Shimony Painting with students
AUP 50th Anniversary Boat Party
Group Photos amongst new alums
Class group photo
Students enjoying a coffee at the AMEX
Blue Doors in the Marais
Class Presentation
Students in Computer Class
Alumni Event at President Schenck's residence
Playing pool at the AMEX
Representing the many nationalities at AUP
Class critique
Orientation in Combes
Band warmup at the AMEX
Workshop group project
SGA members having fun
Painting at Palais Royale
AUP volleyball team
Tuileries Deux Chaises
Thanksgiving dinner at the American Church
New Student Check-in
Bonjour from Paris
Group shot at the AMEX
Students Posing with AUP Merch
Ashkan with AUP Marathon Winner
Students enjoying at drink
Meeting on rue de l'Université
Photo on the Seine
Getting to know Paris through walking tours
Cultural Program Study Trip to Egypt
50th Anniversary Boat Party on the Seine
Workshop Project Group
Study Trip India Practicum
Students at Combes Student Life Center
AUP student posing for a Graduation Photo
Cultural Program Excursion01
Round table discussion
Window Shopping for pastries at a Boulangerie
Egyptian Study Trip
New Student Checkin at Combes01
SGA Meeting
Old Velibs at Bosquet
The walking commute between AUP buildings
Studying in the new AUP Library
SGA Meeting02
Rooftops in Monceau
2014 Orientation 05
2018 Graduation Ceremony
Summer course information
#AUP4Me
La Tour Maubourg Metro
Students analysing art
Graduation 2014 at Theatre Chatelet 02
GPS Award Recipients posing with their Awards
Pottery making on a Study Trip
Cultural Program Excursion02
World's Fair
Eiffel Tower in the Spring
