The American University of Rome affirms its commitment to offer students from around the world a challenging curriculum with distinctive liberal-arts and professional programs.

• AUR will continue to strengthen its high quality academic programs and educate its students in America’s history and values and Italy’s language and culture.
• AUR values the special nature of its programs for both resident and study-abroad students. Cross-cultural understanding and respect for diversity will be reinforced as part of a learning-centered educational experience in a warm, caring, and supportive environment.
• AUR values its student-faculty ratios that enhance students’ learning and enable them to perform at their best in small classes. All members of the AUR community will continue the wise and efficient use of its resources--financial, physical, and human.
• AUR has recruited and developed a faculty of excellent teachers who command expertise in their respective fields of knowledge. Faculty members will continue to strengthen their effectiveness in creating as well as transmitting knowledge.
• AUR values the support services that reinforce its academic programs, create community on campus, and help students reach out to the wider community of Rome.
• AUR monitors and assesses its programs and services to make them responsive to students’ needs. These assessments will continue to be used to improve its programs and services.

VISION

AUR is a preeminent institution of higher education in Rome, with a reputation for academic excellence, cutting edge educational technology and the successful integration of the city of Rome into its liberal-arts and professional programs.
Graduates of AUR enter the global community prepared by their education at AUR to undertake postgraduate and professional study and to enter a variety of challenging careers.
Study-abroad students at AUR return to their home institutions having successfully pursued their studies while enlarging their cultural experience through encounters with Rome.