• The Center for University Programs Abroad (CUPA) is an independent organization founded in New York in 1963 as the Center for Overseas Undergraduate Programs (COUP).
CUPA has offices in Paris and the United States.
• CUPA has chosen to focus on Paris and seeks to bring as genuine an experience as possible to its students.
That is why CUPA specializes in study abroad exclusively in Paris. CUPA’s offices and classrooms are located in the heart of Montparnasse, on the Left Bank, close to the Luxembourg Gardens.
• The program is conducted entirely in French, and there is no instruction in English. All students follow the advanced immersion program. While providing a home base and a comforting structure, CUPA sets itself apart from a certain type of American student community in Paris in that students are directly matriculated, do the same type of work as their French counterparts, and are strongly encouraged to participate in numerous activities in the Parisian context.
Services to Colleges and Universities
The Center also offers the experience of its professional staff to colleges and universities that wish to design a program to suit their own policies and the needs of their students.
Participating Colleges and Universities
Over the last five years, CUPA has welcomed students from
the following American institutions :
| Amherst College
Bard College Bates College Baylor University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Carnegie Mellon University College of William and Mary Fordham University Georgetown University Grand Valley State University Harvard University Indiana University Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Macalester College Oberlin College | Pomona College
Princeton University Reed College St. Mary’s College of Maryland Trinity College Trinity University in San Antonio Tufts University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Michigan Vassar College Villanova University Wellesley College Wesleyan University Willamette University Williams College Yale University |
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