AUP History
In which year was AUP (then ACP) founded?
1962
How many presidents has AUP had since its inception, including interim presidents?
13
Where would one have found the AUP Library before it moved to the Quai d'Orsay Learning Commons?
In which year did AUP host the official opening celebration for the Quai d'Orsay Learning Commons?
2019
What has been the AUP students' favorite picnic spot in the 7th arrondissement for decades?
The Champ-de-Mars
When was AUP's longstanding student newspaper, The Planet, last published before it was replaced by Peacock Media?
October 2011
At which University did President Stephens previously hold the position of Chair of the Department of French and Italian?
Indiana University Bloomington
How many majors does AUP offer today?
27
Who is the former member of AUP's Board of Trustees and Oscar-winning namesake of the theater in the Monttessuy Center for the Arts?
Olivia de Havilland
In which position did Kevin Fore start his career at AUP?
Cultural Program Coordinator
When did AUP first receive its accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education?
1973
What was the exact date of President Stephens' inauguration?
October 20, 2022
Which academic department offers the most majors?
History and Politics (6)
What was the exact address of the building that AUP sold in 2014 to later support the purchase of the Quai d'Orsay Learning Commons?
31, Avenue Bosquet
For how many years has Marc Montheard been employed at AUP?
37
What is the name of the longest-running, active student publication at AUP?
Paris Atlantic
Who was AUP's first female president?
Dr. Catherine Ingold
At AUP, we love long names for our research centers. Correctly name all five research centers.
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies
The Center for Writers and Translators
The Center Media, Communications & Global Change
The Joy and Edward Frieman Environmental Science Center
The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention.
What is the name of the Church that shares its land with the Grenelle building?
Eglise Saint-Jean
When and why did the AMEX Café open at AUP?
In 1979 as a student-run economics project
What was the name affectionately given to the first “automatic typewriter” purchased for the Department of Business and Economics in 1974?
Gloria
What is the name of the longest-serving AUP trustee who also represented AUP as interim president between 1995 and 1997?
What was AUP's first-ever graduate program?
The MA in International Affairs, Conflict Resolution and International Solidarity, a joint master’s with the Institut Catholique de Paris
Which two buildings did the Admissions Team call home between 2010 and 2015 and before it was relocated to the La Tour-Maubourg building?
Combes (where the AMEX Café is today)
Passage Landrieu (on the first floor)
Who were AUP's first-ever co-directors of the Cultural Program, which was created in the year of AUP's (then ACP) founding?
Marie DeLamater and Walter Brennan