Accreditation is a review process in which colleges, universities and other educational institutions are evaluated periodically in order to maintain quality assurance and standards of excellence. Review boards in the US – regional, independent, peer-evaluated organizations – set the standard for accreditation. These review boards are composed of administrators and faculty from other accredited colleges and universities. Areas of evaluation include governance, quality of teaching and curriculum, general services, student services, and facilities.

Colleges that are assessed by accreditation associations are more likely to offer degrees that employers and recruiters recognize. The accreditation process also offers students a better chance of having their credits accepted at other reputable institutions, should they decide to transfer to another college or obtain a graduate or doctoral degree.

 

American Accreditation

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The American University of Paris is currently accredited by the . 

 

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As part of its current application to the U.S. Department of Education for Title IV re-certification, is updating our accrediting agency to the . 

NECHE on 23 April 2026. ’s next NECHE evaluation visit is scheduled for 2030-31.

Inquiries regarding the accreditation status by the Commission should be directed to ’s Accreditation Liaison Officer, Dr. Kate Zhang, at kzhang [at] aup.edu (kzhang[at]aup[dot]edu), or to the Office of the Provost at academicaffairs [at] aup.edu (academicaffairs[at]aup[dot]edu).

 

Individuals also may contact:

Middle States Commission on Higher Education 
1007 North Orange Street 
4th Floor, MB #166 
Wilmington, DE 19801 
E-Mail: President [at] msche.org (President[at]msche[dot]org) Website:  

New England Commission of Higher Education 
301 Edgewater Place, Suite 210, Wakefield, MA 01880 
(781) 425 7785 
E-Mail: info [at] neche.org (info[at]neche[dot]org) or website:

 

DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY

is authorized by the Delaware Department of Education, from whom it has been awarded full Degree Granting Authority. will renew the degree authorization status in 2026. The University is registered in the United States as a 501 (c) (3), a not-for-profit organization. The Higher Education Office can be reached at:

Delaware Department of Education 
401 Federal ST, Suite 2 
Dover, DE 19901-3639 
Phone: 302-735-4000 
website:  

 

French and International Recognition

The American University of Paris is declared to the Rectorat de Paris as an  établissement d'enseignement supérieur privé, and has maintained this right to ouverture since 1964. Like other officially US-accredited diplomas, 's bachelor's degrees are recognized as comparable to the French Licence (BAC+3) for Graduate Studies admission. This allows students to apply for graduate studies within the French higher education system following the completion of their undergraduate degree.

France does not practice foreign diploma recognition but diploma comparison, delivering “attestation de comparabilite” in application of the Lisbon convention on international diploma equivalency.* ’s Bachelor of Arts are not French issued diplomas and comparability attestation can be delivered on a case by case basis by applying to the French accrediting body ENIC-NARIC.

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degrees are also separately recognized by the Ministries of Higher Education in Norway and Turkey.