Institute for American Universities (IAU) 
IAU is one of the oldest and largest education abroad programs in Europe. It provides students with academic programs of intellectual substance and international focus in the fertile foreign setting of southern France for a year, a semester or summer. Any student open to learning and willing to grow will return home transformed-changed for the better in unexpected ways. Founded in 1957 IAU has served as an academic center for more than 700 North American colleges and universities, and continues to make study in France available to students who recognize the life-long value of living in and exploring a culture other than their own.
There are three programs available to students through IAU.
- Le Centre d’Aix in Aix en- Provence is a program designed for liberal arts majors with beginning to advanced French language skills. All levels of French language and literature courses are offered, along with a variety of liberal arts courses taught in English or in French.
- Le Centre d'Avignon is a French-only environment for students with an advanced level of proficiency, enabling them to take a multiplicity of courses in many disciplines (visual arts, history, political science, literature, philosophy, linguistics, phonetics, etc.).
- Marchutz School of Art is an internationally known painting school in the south of France that takes an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to art education. Students choose from courses taught in English or French depending on language ability.
Language of Instruction: English & French
Housing: Host Families
Dates: Fall, Spring, and Academic Year
Eligible Participants: Sophomores; Minimum GPA of 2.5
Application Deadlines:
- Academic Year and Fall: March 1
- Spring: October 1
Cost:
Application: Apply Now
IAU website: www.iaufrance.org