AUR at a Glance

Founded: 1969

Location: Rome, Italy;
On top of the Janiculum, Rome's highest hill, in a garden of Roman Pines, offering a spectacular view of the city and the surrounging hills. The campus is walking distance to Rome's historic center.

Type: Private, liberal arts university founded on the premise that Rome itself is an ideal classroom.

Focus: American degree blending the liberal arts with career preparation and elements of the Italian/European classical tradition of the humanities.

Tuition Full-Time per semester: 6489.00 Euro

Financial Aid: AUR provides student and parent Federal loan programs, scholarships and student assistantships to help fund and take advantage of a high quality education.

Student Profile: 500-600 students from 40 countries

Student-Faculty Ratio: 17:1

Average class size: 18

Faculty: 69 (full and part time)

Calendar: Semester (Fall Semester, Winter Session, Spring Semester, Summer Session)

Academic Programs: 8 bachelor's degree programs with 16 concentrations or tracks, 2 associate degree programs and 18 minors, plus a first-year program.

Internships: Academic internships for course credit, available in all majors, provide students with a practical way of relating their studies to their career interests.

Library: The Evans Hall Library is housed in its own two-story building with 15,000 volumes and room to expand to 25,000; 1,200 DVDs and Videos; 10,000 catalogued electronic resources and e-books; and electronic access additional resources including the catalogs of 19 libraries in Rome.

Technology: Main general purpose computer lab with 55 PCs and several print stations; PC teaching classroom; Mac-based multimedia laboratory; 14 library workstations; wireless Internet access throughout the campus and its gardens and terraces.

Study Abroad: China, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Greece, Spain, USA