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The American University of Paris is an accredited, independent, private liberal arts and sciences institution in Paris, France. Founded in 1962, AUP is the oldest American institution of higher learning in Europe. Undergraduate and Graduate Programs. The university's campus consists of six buildings, located in the seventh arrondissement of Paris, on the Left Bank, near the Eiffel Tower and the Seine. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
The 7th arrondissement, located on the Left Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. ...
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The Eiffel Tower (French: , ) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine in Paris, France. ...
The Seine (pronounced in French) is a major river of north-western France, and one of its commercial waterways. ...
The school's primary language of instruction is English, although some courses are taught in French and required to graduate. The university offers both graduate and undergraduate programs.
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AUP has 44 full-time professors as well as 61 part-time professors. Approximately 80% of the full-time faculty members hold a doctoral degree from institutions such as Harvard, Columbia, NYU, Johns Hopkins University, Université de Paris, Sorbonne and Yale, among others. AUP faculty members represent 15 nationalities; all are at least bilingual. With its enrolment of around 1,000 students, there are roughly twenty students per full-time faculty member. AUP's student body represents nearly 100 nationalities.
The university offers 14 majors and 28 minors in its undergraduate program, along with a courses covering a wide array of other liberal arts offerings, including anthropology, astronomy, biology, drama, fine arts, gender studies, mathematics, music, physics, sociology, and languages, including German, Italian, and Spanish.
The university also offers five graduate programs:
- Executive Master of Science in Finance (with Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business)
- Master of Arts in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution, and Civil Society Development (with the Institut Catholique de Paris)
- Master of Arts in Global Communications
- Master of Public Administration in Strategic Public Policy
- Master of Arts in Middle East and Islamic Studies.
The university's language of instruction is English.
Accreditation The American University of Paris is accredited in the United States by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. For legal purposes, the university is incorporated as a non-profit educational institution, under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is licensed by the State Board of Education as a Delaware institution of higher education. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is the governing body covering both public and private higher education institutions as well as degree-granting programs in all tertiary educational institutions in the Philippines. ...
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer based, non-profit association dedicated to the educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Dover Largest city Wilmington Area Ranked 49th - Total 2,491 sq mi (6,452 km²) - Width 30 miles (48 km) - Length 100 miles (161 km) - % water 21. ...
The American University of Paris is registered in the United States as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. 501(c)(3) is a provision of the US tax code that provides exempt status, for Federal income tax purposes, for some non-profit organizations in the United States (see 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)). The term refers to: Section 501. ...
The university's Institut de Commerce International et des Sciences de l'Information (ICISI), which includes the Departments of International Business Administration, International Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science, is recognized by the French Ministry of Education as an Etablissement d’enseignement technique privé.
The American University of Paris confers the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degrees under authority granted by the Delaware State Board of Education
Departments The university's departments include: - Center for Language Research and Teaching
- Department of Art History and Fine Arts
- Department of Comparative Literature and English
- Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Science
- Department of Economics
- Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures
- Department of Film Studies
- Department of History and Social Sciences
- Department of International and Comparative Politics
- Department of International Business Administration
- Department of International Communications
- Department of Psychology
Alumni Individuals of note who have attended AUP include: Michael J. Varhola is an author of numerous books, games, and articles, as well as the founder of game development company and manufacturer Skirmisher Publishing LLC [1]. Non-fiction books Varhola has authored or co-authored include The Writers Complete Fantasy Reference (Writers Digest Books, 2000) with Terry Brooks...
Tara Jarmon is a Paris-based fashion designer. ...
The American University in Paris in fiction Notably, Dan Brown featured the university in his novel The Da Vinci Code. The university and its campus were the location for a lecture on symbolism, by lead character Robert Langdon. Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the controversial 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. ...
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Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu (Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou) in the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code Robert Langdon is a fictional person at Harvard University and a professor of religious iconology and Symbology who appeared in the Dan Brown novels Angels and Demons (2000) and The Da Vinci...
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