The American University of Rome is
a quality institution of higher education that
offers the best of the American approach to learning.
Rome is our classroom. Our international community
strives to prepare students from around the world
to live and work across cultures.
VALUES
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.