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
Chiara's Eiffel Tower reflection
The Philippines table at the World's Fair
2014 Orientation 06
Students enjoying Fallafels
Gathering in Grenelle
2018 Graduation Ceremony
Talent Show at the AMEX
AUP volleyball team
Outing to Opera Garnier
Students Preparing for AUP Marathon
New Alumni Cocktails
Crossing the esplanade at Invalides
Class critique
Shot of a row of Velibs
Quintessential Parisian Cafe
#AUP4Me
Group of friends in the AMEX
Taking selfies along the Seine
2014 Orientation with Marc Montheard
Tuileries Deux Chaises
AUP student posing for a Graduation Photo
Orientation with Marc
Class with Professor Raj
Students enjoying a coffee at the AMEX
Class at Invalides
Boat party on the Seine
Ashkan with AUP Marathon Winner
Student class collaboration
Abbesses Metro Station
Class group photo
Sacré Cœur
Orientation in Combes
Event at Combes Student Life Center
New Alumni
Getting to know Paris through walking tours
Painting event with President Schenck
Group shot at the AMEX
AUP Basketball team with coach Ashkan
AUP volunteers preparing to welcome guests
Pont des Arts
Student Advisor Picnic
Neighborhood visit in Egypt
AUP Student Clubs
Workshop group project
Indian Practicum 2014
Gathering over meals at the AMEX
Group Photos amongst new alums
Workshop Project Group
2014 Orientation
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 05
Cultural Program Excursion02
Tour Eiffel in Cherry Blossoms by Monica Tingay
Study Trip India Practicum
Graduation 2014 at Theatre Chatelet 02
New Student Checkin at Combes01
Classroom visit with Professor Elena Berg
2014 Orientation 02
Study group on the AMEX terrace
Paris Views
Eiffel Tower shot from the 7éme Arrondissement
La Tour Maubourg Metro
Students enjoying at drink
AUP 50th Anniversary Boat Party
London Branding Cultural Program trip with Professor Waddick Doyle
50th Anniversary Boat Party on the Seine
A game of Monopoly on the AMEX terrace
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 03
Flame of Liberty
Studying water with Professor Elena Berg
Meeting of minds
Graduate Community Advancement Award Winners
Amphitheatre Marechal Foch visit
Student Advisor Picnic at Champ de Mars
Students representing their countries and majors
Graduation 2014 at Theatre Chatelet
Visiting the La Tour-Maubourg building
Students meeting at Combes
India Practicum Study Trip
Blue Doors in the Marais
Art Exhibit in Combes with Professor Shimony
Bateaux Mouches group shot
UNESCO class trip
Taking a break from Studying
SGA members having fun
GPS Award Recipients posing with their Awards
New Student Check-in
New admit boat tour
Students at Combes Student Life Center
Rooftops in Monceau
Students analysing art
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013
Private Alumni event at President Schenck's apartment
Students Posing with AUP Merch
Strolling across Pont Bir Hakeim
Painting class with Professor Shimony
Window Shopping for pastries at a Boulangerie
Attentive students in class
New Student Checkin at Combes02
Reviewing notes at the AMEX
Boat tour at sunset
Orientation Prep
Thanksgiving 2019 at the American Church
Macarons
Iceland Study Trip
Eiffel Tower in the Spring
The walking commute between AUP buildings
2014 Orientation 01
Picnic at Champ de Mars
Boat tour for new arrivals
Enjoying the Super Bowl at the AMEX Cafe
Class visit with Professor Hobart
Puerto Rico's table at the World's Fair
New Student Orientation
Collaborative work between students
AUP Students enjoying PFW
Bonjour from Paris
Alumni Event at President Schenck's residence
Before the AUP Marathon
Pottery making on a Study Trip
Studying in the new AUP Library
Graduation 2014 at Theatre Chatelet 01
Paris under the rain
Professors Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu at a Combes event
Senegal Study Trip
Photo on the Seine
Class Presentation
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 04
Summer course information
Students in Computer Science class
Professor Shimony Painting with students
Group discussion
Discovering Paris
Student Clubs and Activities table
Election event
Playing pool at the AMEX
Band warmup at the AMEX
Class visit with Professor Odonkor
Check in at AUP Orientation
Thanksgiving dinner at the American Church
Sightseeing in Paris
Thanksgiving at the American Church 2013 02
Overview of the old AMEX Cafe
SGA Meeting02
Students hanging out in the old AMEX Cafe
Study trip to Germany
Class trip with Professor Brian Schiff
Students listening intently at orientation
Senegal Practicum Study Trip
Meeting on rue de l'Université
Cultural Program Excursion01
Tour of Paris
SGA Meeting
New students on a Paris bout tour
Using a Parisian Cafe as a classroom
Note taking student
Egyptian Study Trip
Painting at Palais Royale
2014 Orientation 05
Daily Bread
Students in the Combes Grand Salon
Walking Tour around Paris
Old Velibs at Bosquet
Student meeting with Professor Wanklyn for Orienation
Testing out experiments in class
Selfies at the park
Posing for the camera
Windows on rue de Grenelle
Students in Computer Class
Student Art Exhibit
Advisors hanging out at the AMEX
Round table discussion
View of monuments at Concorde
Representing the many nationalities at AUP
Sculpture class
Orientation at Bosquet
Student Club night
Cultural Program Study Trip to Egypt
Group shot on the AMEX terrace
Marc leading the start of Orientation week
Lunch out in Paris
World's Fair
Enjoying views on the Seine
Computer Science class at Grenelle
