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American University leverages the power and purpose of scholarship, learning, and community to impact our changing world. Building on our 128-year history of education and research in the public interest, our undergraduate, master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs are a launching pad for those who want to lead the way toward positive change.
Our academic experience centers on empowering lives of purpose, advancing knowledge through active scholarship, and an immersive partnership with Washington, DC. Our community is filled with distinguished faculty who are renowned experts and scholars in public affairs, law, history, economics, business, international relations, education, science, communication, and the arts. In addition to more than 800 full-time faculty members, adjunct faculty are drawn from Washington, DC’s professional community and include policy makers, diplomats, journalists, artists, writers, scientists, and business leaders.
More than 13,000 students are enrolled at AU and enjoy a student-to-faculty ratio of 12:1. The cosmopolitan, multicultural campus in upper northwest Washington, DC, attracts a diverse student body from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the territories, and more than 140 foreign countries.
As innovative as the community that calls it home, AU’s carbon-neutral campus includes 11 LEED-certified buildings, the university library, administrative and academic buildings, 10 residence halls, an interdenominational religious center, and a sports center. Facilities include 24-hour computer laboratories, radio and TV studios, science laboratories, art studios, recital halls, and a theatre. The Washington College of Law is located on the Tenley Campus less than one mile from the main campus.
AU offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate academic programs through its nine major divisions: College of Arts and Sciences ; Kogod School of Business ; Office of Global & Immersive Studies ; Office of Graduate & Professional Studies ; School of Communication ; School of Education ; School of International Service ; School of Public Affairs ; and Washington College of Law .
There are 73 bachelor’s programs, 82 master’s programs, and 11 doctoral programs, exclusive of the Washington College of Law’s JD, LLM, MLS, and SJD programs.
AU’s bachelor’s programs are typically completed in four years. Additionally, students may create individualized, interdisciplinary programs at the bachelor’s level that let them focus their impact on the issues that matter most to them-and their communities.
This catalog provides further information on the university’s degree and certificate programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as the Washington Semester Program , American University Gap Program , and other nondegree programs with specific requirements.
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