American Graduate School in Paris

The American Graduate School in Paris (AGS) is a private higher education institution (établissement privé d'enseignement supérieur) in Paris, France, offering American higher education programmes taught in English. It specialises in international relations and diplomacy and also offers management programmes. According to the school, its Master of Arts, MBA and PhD are recognised by both US and French authorities. Its current address is Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris.

Programmes include:

• M.A. in International Relations and Diplomacy
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Ph.D. in International Relations and Diplomacy
• Additional degree options with American University, Université Paris-Saclay, Cergy-Paris Université and Arcadia University
• Certificates, single courses and a graduate semester abroad
• Undergraduate study abroad in Paris

Classes have between five and twenty students, and the faculty includes practitioners such as former ambassadors, senior UN officers and NGO managers. Students can do internships with organisations in Paris and take optional French language courses. More than 50 nationalities have been represented in the student body over the past twenty years. AGS has no housing of its own: students find their own accommodation with guidance from the school, for example a studio, a shared flat, a homestay or a room at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris.