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