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
A Parisian Street in the 7th in 2006
Students discussing books over coffee
Students sharing lunch at the Fall Festival in 2005
AUP with merch at the Library Shop
Students in Class 9
Two students in 2006
2006 World Cup
AUP students learning in a museum
AUP students dressing up for Halloween in 2005
Students in Montmartre
The Entrance to 31 Avenue Bosquet in 2006
Debate 2008
The Turkish table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Studying over coffee
Prof Baltay and students on a study trip to London in 2004
Students enjoying the Hawaiian Boat Party in Fall 2001
The Paris-Atlantic team in Fall 2004
Notre Dame 2001
The Core Journal Team in 2004
The Spanish table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Enjoying the rides at Disneyland Paris in 2004
AUP Basketball 2008
AUP Student in discussion 1
Professor teaching class
Students discussing AUP Publications
Students in Class 14
Students in Class 8
Room shot at the AMEX Cafe
Student gathering at the AMEX Cafe
Celebration at the AMEX Cafe during Open Mic in 2003
Students learning about AUP clubs in 2005
Eiffel Tower
Try the Food at the Swedish Booth in 2006
Students reading The Planet AUP Publication
On the bridge outside the Grenelle building in 2004
Students enjoying Worlds Fair in Spring 2005
Students Learning
Students at AUPs Fall Fest in 2001
Friends celebrating at the Graduation Gala in 2002
Having lunch together with new student advisors during Spring 2000 orientation
An impressive performance at the AUP Talent Show in 2006
AUP students goofing in front of the camera in 2004
Screenwriting Class
Students at the AUP Library
Students on the terrace of the Combes building in 2001
Students in Class 3
Students at Centre Georges Pompidou
Overview of the AMEX Cafe
Celeste Inauguration 2008
AUP Students shopping at Galleries Lafayette
Students in Class in 2006
Hanging out in the entrance of Bosquet in 2003
Louvre
AUP students dancing in the AMEX in 2001
Two students goofing around at Fall Festival 2005
Students on the London study trip in 2004
Students in class in 2001
Student Advisors taking a break on the Grenelle lawn in 2003 during Orientation
Students dancing during the 2005 Halloween party at Plaza Madeleine
Playing cards at Fall Festival 2005
AUP Students at the AMEX Cafe
Students performing the musical Rent in Spring 2001
Art History Conference 2003
Students at Centre Pompidou
Studying in the AUP Library in 2003
Metro Ecole Militaire in 2002
AUP students during Pride Week 2004
AUP Students showing solidarity during Pride Week in Fall 2004
AUP students at the 2005 Halloween Party
Students taking a group photo during a study trip to Prague in Spring 2000
Student Orientation 2008
Back to School Party in 2005
Freshman Reception in the Grenelle Gardens in Fall 2004
AUP students posing for the camera in 2006
Students on the Venice study trip in April 2001
Entrance to 31 Avenue Bosquet in 2004
Orientation at the FIAP in Fall 2004
Graduation 2003
Two students at Halloween in October 2005
Having a muffin at the AMEX Cafe
AUP students playing American football on the Invalides Esplanade 1
Students at the cinema
Hanging out with friends in 2004 at AUP
Students around Paris 2
Students around Paris 1
Students at Le Cafe Marly 1
Students posing for the camera at Graduation in 2002
Party at the AMEX in Spring 2003
Students in Class 10
Time to sign up for a club at Clubs Night in 2005
Students at Louvre Cafe 1
Students in Class 5
Guitar Play 2005
Painting class
Students at the Taiwan table during Worlds Fair in 2001
Students posing for the camera on a study trip to Prague 2006
Students in Brussels in March 2003
Students on AUP campus
Students at Tuileries metro station
Musical performance at the AUP Talent Show in Spring 2006
Getting some Pringles during class break in 2003
the LEX Club, advertised at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
The American table at Worlds Fair 2001
Graduation with Dana in 2006
AUP Student studying on the quai 1
Commencement Ceremony in May 2002
Students at the Hawaiian Boat Party in Fall 2001
The Church outside the Grenelle building in 2006
The SGA and friends at the Alumni Reception in Fall 2004
AUP students celebrating at Worlds Fair in 2001
Students at Place du Palais Royal
Students hanging out at Fall Festival in 2005
Gala Dinner with Family after Graduation in May 2002
Students on their way to Disneyland Paris in 2004
Painting Class
At the bar/AMEX Cafe
Students dancing at the at the Latin American Fiesta in Spring 2006
AUP students in Venice in 2006
Students having a good time at Worlds Fair 2006
Students on Opera Garnier steps
AUP students playing American football on the Invalides Esplanade
Students signing up for student media at clubs at Clubs Night in 2005
Computers in the early 2000s at AUP
Study trip to Venice in 2006
Students in Class 7
Students playing Backgammon at AMEX Cafe
Two students hanging out in the SGA Office in 2001
The Welcome Reception in 2004
AUP students during the 2004 study trip to London
AUP Students in Fall 2004
Study trip to Venice with Prof Wanklyn in 2001
Student purchasing newspaper
AUP Library Shop
Back to School Party with Celebrating Students in 2005
Dance Performance at the AUP Talent Show in 2006
The Debate Club in Fall 2004 competing with Sciences Po
Student Advisor Joumana Hassan and new student David Matta during Spring Orientation 2003
A couple of friends at the Latin American Fiesta in Spring 2006
Students in Class 16
Graduates of the class of 2002 preparing for the gala
Pumpkin Carving in the Fall of 2002
Students having a good time at the Back To School party in 2005
Students in Class 1
Students at Cafe Le Nemours
Students waiting for the next Orientation Session in Fall 2004
Students at Worlds Fair in Spring 2005
Freshman enjoying the welcome reception in Grenelle in 2004
NATO EU Conference 2001 02
Paris at Sunset
The Jardin des Tuileries in 2006
Caroline and Melanie in 2004
Students sharing waffles at Worlds Fair 2006
NATO EU Conference 2001 03
Students Learning 1
Playing games during Orientation in Fall 2001
Kevin Fore and students at Fall Festival 2005
Enjoying some Orangina during Thanksgiving in Fall 2000
2005 NYE
AUP Library Staff in 2004
Screenwriting 2000 03
Students Learning at Cafe
SGA Booze Cruise
Graduation Ceremony in 2000
Dinner in Prague during a study trip in Spring 2000
Students shopping
Check-in table during Spring 2000 orientation
Coffee and Conversation at the AMEX Cafe bar
Housing Orientation in Fall 2000
Computer Graphics
Mike Simpson in 2001
Excited new and returning students during Spring 2000 orientation
Prof Gardener and students on a study trip to Brussels and Brugers in 2003
Students at Le Cafe Marly
AUP Sommeliers
Students reading a newspaper
Students in front of the Grenelle building during Orientation in Fall 2000
Fall 2001 Orientation with AUP Student Advisors
Students in Galleries Lafayette
Students in Class 4
AUP student buying art supplies
British students enjoying Worlds Fair 2001
Arc de Triomphe
The Polish table at World's Fair 2003
AUP students playing soccer at night
Professional dancers at the Latin American Fiesta in Spring 2006
Students at Tuileries metro station 1
Students playing soccer on the beach
Studying at the AMEX Cafe
Students in Class 11
Students at Grenelle
Stacy, Lia, Butch and Kat in 2004
2005 Fake Canadians
Quick chat at the AMEX Cafe
Students on a trip in Mali in 2006
Students on a study trip to Rome in 2006
Study Session
AUP students during Fall Fest 2000
Champs Élysées
Acrobatics on the Champs de Mars in 2006
Campus Tour 2
The German Booth at Worlds Fair 2006
Cozy on the chair in 2001
The bar at Plaza Madeleine during Halloween in 2005
AUP students shopping on Rue Cler 1
Students signing up for clubs at Clubs Night in 2005
Ibrahim Ousmane and Chakera Macintosh outside the Bosquet entrance in 2003
Friends at the AMEX Cafe
AUP Worlds Fair 2006 in the Combes Grans Salons
AUP Students at Clubs Night in 2005
Group study session in the Library in 2003
Students reading Le Figaro at Centre Georges Pompidou
Students with Prof. Blatt on a study trip in 2003
Students during the Rent performance in 2001
Swedish and Norwegian tables at Worlds Fair in 2003
Marc Montheard and other checking in students in Fall 2000
Intense Backgammon game at the AMEX Cafe
Two AUP students in 2006
Students at George V metro station
Students at Opera Garnier
Student reading in Grenelle courtyard
AUP Students at Thanksgiving in 2005
AUP students in 2001
AUP Sweatshirt at the AUP Library Shop
Students in Galleries Lafayette 1
AUP students relaxing during Fall Fest in 2000
Waiting for Graduation to start in May 2002
Students waiting to receive their diplomas in 2001
Having fun at AUP Fall Festival in 2005
AUP Student studying on the quai
AUP students taking in the views
Students Doing Laundry
Students At Monttessuy 1
A group of friends in the AMEX Cafe in 2006
Students shopping for art supplies
AUP Student in discussion
Students in Berlin on a study trip in 2002
Amazed by the architecture in Rome on a study trip in 2006
Group photo of students on a study trip in Qatar in 2006
Students enjoying open mic at the AMEX in 2005
Students in Class 15
AUP students enjoying Worlds Fair 2006
AUP Computer Graphics class 1
Office hours with student
The Jamaican table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Students enjoying Sauerkraut during Octoberfest in Fall 2000
Computer Graphics 2001 09
Lost in conversation in the AMEX Cafe
AUP students at the Halloween SGA Party in 2005
Checkin for Orientation at the Grand Salon in Combes in Spring 2003
The Rent Musical Cast in Spring 2001
Students playing Chess at the AMEX Cafe
The Slovenian table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Friends waiting to graduate in May 2002
Open Mic in the AMEX in 2005
AUP Students walking through Champ de Mars
Dinner at a study trip to Rome in Fall 2004
Students waiting to celebrate Thanksgiving at Bosquet in 2005
Receiving your diploma on stage in 2001
Baby foot at the AMEX Cafe
Centre Georges Pompidou trip
Two students at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
Students hanging out in the Grenelle Gardens during Freshman Reception in 2004
Behind the bar of the AMEX Cafe
Studying with a view of Paris rooftops 1
Students in Paris 02
Students hanging out with Prof. Waddick Doyle in the AMEX Cafe
Prof. Dan Gunn and students on a study trip to Napoli and Capri in 2002
Celebrating graduation at the Gala in 2002
Students in Class 18
AUP students shopping on Rue Cler
Using a museum as a classroom
Students on a study trip in London in 2003
Two students in discussion in a Parisian window
Going over student work
Students playing Twister in Fall 2004
Computer Graphics 2001 08
Students at the SGA Party in 2005
Prof Gardener and students on a study trip in Florence in 2003
SGA at Work in Fall 2001
Halloween 2005
Thanksgiving 2005 in the Grand Salons in Bosquet
Friends hanging out in the AMEX Cafe in 2003
Students At Monttessuy
Students in Paris
Buying a newspaper
Student Advisors helping out at orientation in Fall 2004
Students at AUP Annual Worlds Fair in Spring 2006
The Lebanese table at Worlds Fair in 2003
Conversation under La Tour Eiffel
Carving the Turkey at Thanksgiving in 2005
Students in Class 12
New students enjoying the Bateau Mouche ride during Spring 2003
Screenwriting 2000 02
Bill, Luke and Sarah in 2004 at AUP
Worlds Fair at AUP in 2001
Presidents Conference 2008
Photographer Reza Event 2008
Entrance to La Tour Maubourg Metro in 2002
Student Playing PingPong 2001
The Spring 2005 Back to School Party at Espace Madeleine
Celebrating with friends at the Graduation Gala in 2002
Graduation 2003 01
Students posing in front of the Mailboxes in 2002
Trip to Musee Rodin 1
Happy students after graduation in 2001
The Nigerian table at Worlds Fair in 2003
More talent at the AUP Talent Show in Spring 2006
Friends enjoying the Thanksgiving Dinner together in 2000
Studying with a view of Paris rooftops
Students in conversation at Champ de Mars
AMEX Cafe
A group of AUP students in 2006
Students around Paris 3
Students after the Thanksgiving Feast in 2005
NATO EU Conference 2001 04
Check-in during Orientation in Fall 2000
Prof Rosenstein at Graduation 2002 with students
Students listening during the Iraq War talk in 2002
Worlds Fair in 2001 at The American University of Paris
Study session over Paris
Lunch at a study trip to Bayeux with Prof McGuinness
Cave 2006
Shopping for sweets in Paris
Prof Rahnema and others during Graduation 2001
Students at the AUP Talent Show in April 2006
Students in Class 2000 03
Check-in at the FIAP for Spring 2000 Orientation
Students in Class
Musee d'Orsay
AUP Computer Graphics class
Students at Louvre Cafe
Enjoying Worlds Fair in Spring 2005
Plenty to eat and drink at Worlds Fair 2005
Conversation and Coffee
Students advertising their clubs at Clubs Night in 2005
Sightseeing in the city 1
A trip to Disneyland Paris in 2004
A group of performers at the AUP Talent Show in April 2006
Delicious Food everywhere at Worlds Fair in 2006
Students during a concert at the AMEX Cafe in 2003
Students mingle at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
Trip to Musee Rodin 2
Students in Class 6
Posing for the Camera at Worlds Fair 2005
The Moroccan table at Worlds Fair in 2003
Home Visit
White Mask Theater Group in 2003
Students on a study trip to Mali in 2006
Students in Class 13
Chess Club in 2006
The stage during Graduation in 2001
Prof Ann Mott on a study trip with students in Prague in 2002
Louvre Sky
AUP students at graduation in May 2002
Checking in during Orientation in Fall 2004
Students around Paris
Students on a study trip to Prague in 2000
Celeste 2008
Foods is being prepared at Worlds Fair 2006
Prague study trip in Fall 2000
