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
Students shopping for art supplies
Try the Food at the Swedish Booth in 2006
Caroline and Melanie in 2004
Two students in discussion in a Parisian window
The Core Journal Team in 2004
Students in class in 2001
AMEX Cafe Barista
Student gathering at the AMEX Cafe
Students At Monttessuy
Studying at the AMEX Cafe
Students on the London study trip in 2004
More talent at the AUP Talent Show in Spring 2006
Computer Graphics
Students in Class 17
Campus Tour 2
Students at Orientation Celebration in Fall 2001
Students Learning at Cafe
Students dancing during the 2005 Halloween party at Plaza Madeleine
Study trip to Venice with Prof Wanklyn in 2001
Students at AUP Annual Worlds Fair in Spring 2006
Students signing up for clubs at Clubs Night in 2005
Students at Tuileries metro station
Students mingle at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
Using a museum as a classroom
Students at Place du Palais Royal
Commencement Ceremony in May 2002
Graduation 2003
Studying with a view of Paris rooftops
Students during the Rent performance in 2001
Students in Paris
Screenwriting Class
Feeding the Hungry at Fall 2001 Orientation
Arc de Triomphe
AUP student buying art supplies
Student Advisor Joumana Hassan and new student David Matta during Spring Orientation 2003
AUP Basketball 2008
Friends at the AMEX Cafe
Students at Grenelle
The SGA Office in Bosquet in 2001
The Spring 2005 Back to School Party at Espace Madeleine
Student Orientation 2008
Worlds Fair at AUP in 2001
Celeste Inauguration 2008
Dance Performance at the AUP Talent Show in 2006
AUP students shopping on Rue Cler 1
AUP Student in discussion
Art History Conference 2003
AUP students in the AMEX in 2006
Students in Class 15
Prof Gardener and students on a study trip to Brussels and Brugers in 2003
Dinner in Prague during a study trip in Spring 2000
Students in Class 7
Students in Class 16
NATO EU Conference 2001 04
AUP students at the Halloween SGA Party in 2005
The American table at Worlds Fair 2001
Students at the Hawaiian Boat Party in Fall 2001
AUP students dancing in the AMEX in 2001
Group study session in the Library in 2003
Student purchasing newspaper
Students at the cinema
Students on a study trip to Berlin in 2002
White Mask Theater Group in 2003
AUP students taking in the views
Students at Fall 2001 Orientation
The stage during Graduation in 2001
Receiving your Diploma at Commencement in May 2002
Back to School Party with Celebrating Students in 2005
Students hanging out in the Grenelle Gardens during Freshman Reception in 2004
Students around Paris 3
Check-in during Orientation in Fall 2000
Students in Class 9
Students on a study trip to Prague in 2000
Baby foot at the AMEX Cafe
Students on their way to Disneyland Paris in 2004
Behind the bar of the AMEX Cafe
A group of performers at the AUP Talent Show in April 2006
Student Advisors helping out at orientation in Fall 2004
At the bar/AMEX Cafe
The Turkish table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Cozy on the chair in 2001
Conversation and Coffee
Students at Cafe Le Nemours
Debate 2008
Checking in during Orientation in Fall 2004
Painting class
Two students hanging out in the SGA Office in 2001
Computers in the early 2000s at AUP
Students posing for the camera on a study trip to Prague 2006
Celebration at the AMEX Cafe during Open Mic in 2003
Studying in the AUP Library in 2003
AUP students at dinner during the 2004 London study trip
AUP students enjoying Worlds Fair 2006
Buying a newspaper
Students in Class 14
Home Visit
Student Advisors taking a break on the Grenelle lawn in 2003 during Orientation
Students in Class 6
Coffee and Conversation at the AMEX Cafe bar
Getting ready for Graduation in May 2002
AUP students during the 2004 study trip to London
Studying over coffee
The Debate Club in Fall 2004 competing with Sciences Po
2005 Disco Party
Waiting for Graduation to start in May 2002
AUP Students at the AMEX Cafe
Happy students after graduation in 2001
AMEX Cafe
Study session over Paris
SGA at Work in Fall 2001
Students with Prof. Blatt on a study trip in 2003
Check-in at the FIAP for Spring 2000 Orientation
Prague study trip in Fall 2000
Eiffel Tower
British students enjoying Worlds Fair 2001
The Library Staff in 2003
Playing cards at Fall Festival 2005
Students sharing waffles at Worlds Fair 2006
Receiving your diploma on stage in 2001
Students at George V metro station
Student reading in Grenelle courtyard
Two AUP students in 2006
Students in Grenelle
AUP students dressing up for Halloween in 2005
Students in Class 5
AUP Students showing solidarity during Pride Week in Fall 2004
NATO EU Conference 2001 03
A group of AUP students in 2006
Students around Paris 1
Students Learning 1
2006 World Cup
Students enjoying Sauerkraut during Octoberfest in Fall 2000
Students at Le Cafe Marly
Friends enjoying the Thanksgiving Dinner together in 2000
Students in Class 2000 03
Swedish and Norwegian tables at Worlds Fair in 2003
Professor leading class
Professor teaching class
The Church outside the Grenelle building in 2006
Prof. Lacaze and students on a study trip to Rome in 2002
AUP students posing for the camera in 2001
Students playing Twister in Fall 2004
AUP Student studying on the quai
The Spanish table at Worlds Fair in 2001
AUP students posing for the camera in 2006
AUP students at graduation in May 2002
Students at Clubs Night in 2005
Students in front of the Grenelle building during Orientation in Fall 2000
Lost in conversation in the AMEX Cafe
Students in Class 1
Students in Montmartre
Celebrating graduation at the Gala in 2002
Chess Club in 2006
Entrance to La Tour Maubourg Metro in 2002
Stacy, Lia, Butch and Kat in 2004
Students taking a group photo during a study trip to Prague in Spring 2000
An impressive performance at the AUP Talent Show in 2006
Graduation with Dana in 2006
Students on the Venice study trip in April 2001
The Jardin des Tuileries in 2006
The Entrance to 31 Avenue Bosquet in 2006
AUP students shopping on Rue Cler
Halloween 2005
The Rent Musical Cast in Spring 2001
Students discussing books over coffee
Students in Class 10
Dinner at a study trip to Rome in Fall 2004
Students at Louvre Cafe 1
Screenwriting 2000 03
Deep study session in the Library in 2003
Marc Montheard and other checking in students in Fall 2000
The Jamaican table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Students in Class 11
Louvre Sky
Checkin for Orientation at the Grand Salon in Combes in Spring 2003
AUP Sweatshirt at the AUP Library Shop
Prof Rosenstein at Graduation 2002 with students
Students on Opera Garnier steps
Two students at Halloween in October 2005
The German Booth at Worlds Fair 2006
Studying under La Tour Eiffel
Kevin Fore and students at Fall Festival 2005
Entrance to 31 Avenue Bosquet in 2004
Students At Monttessuy 1
Returning students during Orientation in Spring 2000
Study trip to Venice in 2006
Two students at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
Photographer Reza Event 2008
the LEX Club, advertised at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
Students playing Backgammon at AMEX Cafe
Having lunch together with new student advisors during Spring 2000 orientation
Guitar Play 2005
AUP Friends hanging out on the Champs de Mars in 2006
Students enjoying Worlds Fair in Spring 2005
Celeste 2008
Freshman Reception in the Grenelle Gardens in Fall 2004
The Polish table at World's Fair 2003
Students in Prague during a study trip in 2002
AUP students goofing in front of the camera in 2004
Computer Graphics 2001 09
Students hanging out in the Grenelle Gardens in 2001
Students posing in front of the Mailboxes in 2002
Jam session at the Amex in 2003
An audience at the Debate Club Invitational with Sciences Po in 2004
Conversation under La Tour Eiffel
Students around Paris 2
Amazed by the architecture in Rome on a study trip in 2006
Quick chat in front of the Eiffel Tower
Campus Tour 1
Students posing at the Hawaiian Boat Party in Fall 2001
On the bridge outside the Grenelle building in 2004
Hanging out on the couch with friends in 2006
Students on a study trip in London in 2003
Campus Tour 3
Orientation at the FIAP in Fall 2004
Students in Galleries Lafayette 1
Students in Class 18
Students in Class 8
Students learning about AUP clubs in 2005
Paris at Sunset
Hanging out in the entrance of Bosquet in 2003
Graduates of the class of 2002 preparing for the gala
NATO EU Conference 2001 01
Students sharing lunch at the Fall Festival in 2005
Playing games during Orientation in Fall 2001
Intense Backgammon game at the AMEX Cafe
AUP students during Pride Week 2004
Students hanging out in the AMEX Cafe in 2002
Shopping for sweets in Paris
Painting Class
Students at Centre Georges Pompidou
Playing Backgammon in the AMEX Cafe in 2004
Two students in 2006
Students posing for the camera at Graduation in 2002
Students on the terrace of the Combes building in 2001
Students waiting to receive their diplomas in 2001
NATO EU Conference 2001 02
Students at Tuileries metro station 1
Lunch in Prague during a study trip in 2000
Students playing soccer on the beach
Students after the Thanksgiving Feast in 2005
Students reading The Planet AUP Publication
Students at the Taiwan table during Worlds Fair in 2001
Students Learning
Fall 2001 Orientation with AUP Student Advisors
Students in Class 3
AUP Student studying on the quai 1
Friends waiting to graduate in May 2002
Check-in table during Spring 2000 orientation
Ibrahim Ousmane and Chakera Macintosh outside the Bosquet entrance in 2003
Sightseeing in the city 1
Students on a study trip to Rome in 2006
The Moroccan table at Worlds Fair in 2003
The bar at Plaza Madeleine during Halloween in 2005
Trip to Musee Rodin 2
AUP Computer Graphics class
Students performing the musical Rent in Spring 2001
Students on a study trip to Mali in 2006
Plenty to eat and drink at Worlds Fair 2005
Pumpkin Carving in the Fall of 2002
Students in Galleries Lafayette
Students waiting for the next Orientation Session in Fall 2004
Prof. Dan Gunn and students on a study trip to Napoli and Capri in 2002
AUP with merch at the Library Shop
AUP students learning in a museum
2005 NYE
Centre Georges Pompidou trip
AUP Sommeliers
AUP Students at Clubs Night in 2005
AUP Students shopping at Galleries Lafayette
Prof Gardener and students on a study trip in Florence in 2003
AUP students during Check-in at Orientation in Fall 2004
Students at Le Cafe Marly 1
Hanging out with friends in 2004 at AUP
Students having a good time at the Back To School party in 2005
Professional dancers at the Latin American Fiesta in Spring 2006
Worlds Fair in 2001 at The American University of Paris
Students in Brussels in March 2003
Students around Paris 4
Campus Tour
AUP Students at Thanksgiving in 2005
Thanksgiving Dinner in 2001
Students on AUP campus
Students Doing Laundry
A group of friends in the AMEX Cafe in 2006
The Nigerian table at Worlds Fair in 2003
Presidents Conference 2008
Students advertising the Art Club at Clubs Night in Spring 2006
Freshman enjoying the welcome reception in Grenelle in 2004
Students around Paris
AUP Library Shop
Students reading Le Figaro at Centre Georges Pompidou
AUP students relaxing during Fall Fest in 2000
The SGA and friends at the Alumni Reception in Fall 2004
Student Lunch
Getting some Pringles during class break in 2003
SGA Party in Fall 2005
Notre Dame 2001
AUP Computer Graphics class 1
Students playing Chess at the AMEX Cafe
Bill, Luke and Sarah in 2004 at AUP
Students waiting to celebrate Thanksgiving at Bosquet in 2005
Sightseeing in the city
Hanging out outside of Grenelle in 2004
AUP students in Venice in 2006
AUP students playing American football on the Invalides Esplanade 1
Quick chat at the AMEX Cafe
Back to School Party in 2005
Students in Class 4
Students in Berlin on a study trip in 2002
Screenwriting 2000 02
Students enjoying the Hawaiian Boat Party in Fall 2001
Students reading a newspaper
The Slovenian table at Worlds Fair in 2001
Study Session
Students in Class 13
Lunch at a study trip to Bayeux with Prof McGuinness
A couple of friends at the Latin American Fiesta in Spring 2006
AUP students celebrating at Worlds Fair in 2001
Prof Ann Mott on a study trip with students in Prague in 2002
AUP Publications
Going over student work
Students in Class 12
Foods is being prepared at Worlds Fair 2006
Students goofing around in 2002
Enjoying the rides at Disneyland Paris in 2004
Student Playing PingPong 2001
Party at the AMEX in Spring 2003
Students in Paris 02
Octoberfest in the AMEX Cafe in 2000
AUP Students walking through Champ de Mars
New students enjoying the Bateau Mouche ride during Spring 2003
Gala Dinner with Family after Graduation in May 2002
Enjoying some Orangina during Thanksgiving in Fall 2000
Champs Élysées
AUP Worlds Fair 2006 in the Combes Grans Salons
The Welcome Reception in 2004
AUP Library Staff in 2004
Studying with a view of Paris rooftops 1
Delicious Food everywhere at Worlds Fair in 2006
Carving the Turkey at Thanksgiving in 2005
