At AUP you will find a rich learning community that emphasizes academic rigor聽while prioritizing real-world experiences, language acquisition, cross-disciplinary research, creative problem-solving聽and an international perspective on the most pressing issues of our day.
Our faculty is connected to some of the world鈥檚 finest universities, permitting us to enjoy prestigious academic partnerships with Oxford University and the Universit茅 de Paris-Sorbonne. Our faculty is passionate about teaching and yet each faculty member remains deeply engaged in his or her own areas of scholarship. They conduct interdisciplinary research with peers around the world, publish papers in leading academic journals, and are actively sought after to be guest speakers and lecturers at prestigious institutions and universities. Best of all, they regularly involve their students in their research, providing excellent preparation for postgraduate study. Their prior and current professional affiliations are invaluable classroom resources聽and include relationships with Parisian museums;聽international organizations such as UNESCO, the OECD and the IEA in Paris;聽the International Criminal Tribunals at the Hague;聽local NGOs engaged in sustainability projects in Southern India;聽digital media agencies in London;聽and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to name just a few.