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Institute for American Universities (IAU), with programs in Aix-en-Provence and Avignon, France, has been providing high quality study abroad opportunities for U.S. college and university students for over 51 years. It remains one of the oldest and largest education abroad sites in Europe as it provides students with academic programs of intellectual substance and international focus in the fertile foreign setting of the south of France. Any student open to learning and willing to grow will return home after a semester, academic year, or summer transformed — changed in unexpected ways.

IAU offers three centers of study that, together, serve a wide range of student needs and interests. Each has its distinctive character, and students are invited to choose the one that best fits them.