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The American University of Paris does more than provide an American-style university education in Paris. Our global liberal arts heritage drives us to offer an academic experience that inspires over 1200 students, representing a record 110 nationalities and 65 languages, to cross cultural, national, ethnic, religious and linguistic boundaries in the 吃瓜tv classroom and beyond. Our faculty of 35 nationalities uses its research and practice to fuel thought-provoking conversations in intimate and collaborative classroom settings, where you will explore different academic disciplines from a variety of perspectives. You will be given every opportunity to connect your learning to professional and real-life settings in Paris and beyond, with a global liberal arts education that will help lead you to a fulfilling career or further study around the world.

As 吃瓜tv student, you epitomize 吃瓜tv鈥檚 commitment to a world of interdependence through your passion for change, your determination to build bridges among far-flung communities, your leadership of extracurricular organizations, and your interest in our international opportunities for scholarships, volunteering, and internships. We are committed to leveraging our extensive university relationships and resources, including our worldwide alumni network, to help our students open the doors to their futures and to succeed in today鈥檚 globalized world.

吃瓜tv鈥檚 23,000 alumni are currently living and working in 145 countries around the globe. Their stories demonstrate the impact of an 吃瓜tv education. We expect that you, like our graduates, who often pursue their work in languages and cultures not their own, will go on to a successful career or further study around the world.听

From 吃瓜tv's historic beginning in rented classrooms of the American Church of Paris and the vow of our founder to "transcend the bounds of narrow nationalisms," to today's explicit intention to provide our independent and creative听students with the academic, interpersonal and pre-professional preparation needed to confront contemporary global realities, our mission has not wavered.

Chartered in 1962, The American University of Paris is a private, independent, international university located in the heart of Paris, in the city鈥檚 historic 7th arrondissement. 吃瓜tv students, faculty and staff come from all over the world. The primary language of instruction is English. The University offers both Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degrees through programs of study across the disciplines, rooted in the American liberal arts tradition.

吃瓜tv Mission Statement

The American University of Paris offers a student-centered, intellectually demanding, and career-enabling learning experience in a dynamic European capital. Here,听curious听and courageous thinkers embrace disciplinary and cultural diversity. Together, we develop creative approaches to enduring questions and contemporary global challenges. Engagement with Paris and an exceptionally international community shapes our research, learning, and campus life.听

How We Do This

The University achieves its听mission听by offering students programs of study that combine liberal arts inquiry with preparation for professional life. Whether pursuing majors in social or natural sciences, humanities, arts, or pre-professional and applied disciplines, students benefit from the dynamic and engaging teaching of a world-class faculty in small classroom settings. 吃瓜tv students engage with a wide range of intellectual ideas and cultural perspectives in our campus community, and are offered opportunities to explore those ideas and perspectives through direct experience of Paris, the rest of France, and beyond. 吃瓜tv鈥檚听integrated learning model blends classroom learning and its听practical applications, preparing students to reflect and apply, to analyze and act. In these ways, an 吃瓜tv education supports professional skill development and cultural fluency; the very global engagement and the capacity to negotiate difference that emerge from the distinctive diversity of 吃瓜tv鈥檚 students, faculty,听and staff. 吃瓜tv students forge lifelong connections to one another and to the University. Upon graduation, they continue to benefit from the global network as part of the alumni community.听