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