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