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