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The beauty of Rome!

Founded in 1969 as an independent, coeducational, four-year institution, The American University of Rome is located in a beautiful villa located on Rome's highest hill, the Gianicolo, on the right bank of the Tiber River. The university has an international enrollment from all over Europe and its faculty comes from leading educational, business, and government centers throughout Europe and the United States.

The American University of Rome is set in The Eternal City; Rome is filled with legacies of the past, such as the Roman Forum and the Colosseum. Contemporary Rome also offers a host of activities, notably theater, art and music and politics. Academic programs at The American University of Rome offer a stimulating blend of both the classical and the modern in the beautiful, ancient setting of a city that has stood for more than 25 centuries as a monument to human civilization. The AUR villa and associated facilities offer a complete range of facilities, including classrooms, art and design studios, and a student lounge. Adjacent to the villa is a newly renovated building houses the library, computer laboratories, faculty offices and classrooms.

Only students majoring or minoring in Communications, Art History, Italian Language, Italian studies and the Classics are allowed to apply to study at American University of Rome.