Our students are confident, independent thinkers, which means they are smart enough to know when to ask for help. AUC provides support services for students who need academic or personal guidance.
Every AUC freshman works with a freshman advisor to choose classes, plan a course of study and consider academic goals. When students declare a major, they can choose an advisor — an experienced professor — in their field. Every advisor serves as a resource and a sounding board — a professional with deep knowledge of AUC and the wider world.
The First-Year Experience Program is the new mandatory program designed to familiarize incoming freshman students with the knowledge and expectations of higher education at AUC, the skills to become self-reliant, the values of respect and appreciation for the institution, civic responsibility and academic honesty, as well as expose them to the social and extracurricular activities of university life. It is a four-day program where AUC faculty, staff and student leaders participate in its implementation.
The Office of Graduate Student Services works in tandem with the Office of Graduate Studies and Research to provide local and international graduate students with a variety of services. Orientations are offered every semester for incoming students, and activities are planned throughout the year.
The International Student Services Office provides guidance to international students, presents and facilitates institutional services, and enhances integration between international students, the university and community members. Its programs provide the opportunity for students to engage in a significant inter-cultural and international experience.
The expertly trained staff at the Student Counseling Center offers holistic care to all AUC students, fully confidential and free of charge. Students can also learn practical skills for setting goals, meeting challenges and leading a healthy, balanced life.
Student Mentoring Unit
Staffed by a team of qualified peers and professionals, the Student Mentoring Unit sponsors workshops and one-on-one sessions designed to offer focused advice and practical guidance to all students who wish to improve the quality of their academic work.
The student services offices houses the sports department and counseling and mentoring centers, as well as provides undergraduate students with general services and academic and social guidance and advice.
The Writing Center provides programs and resources designed to help all students master the related skills of critical thinking and clear expression. The center offers a list of online resources; individual tutoring sessions; weekly peer-review workshops tailored to core classes in rhetoric; and focused workshops on grammar, writing with technology, oral presentations, in-class writing and essay exams.