The Institute for American Universities (IAU) is an American institution of higher learning based in southern France that offers study abroad opportunities in over 10 countries during semester, summer and January term. Established in 1957, IAU was one of the first American-style, English language, liberal arts educational institutions in Western Europe and is chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York and is recognized by the Rectorat of Aix-Marseille University and by the French Ministry of Education as a private higher education institution. IAU is registered in the United States as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. It is one of the founding members of the Association of American International Colleges and Universities (AAICU), a national charter member of the Forum on Education Abroad, and members of the National Association of Foreign Student Admission (NAFSA), the College Consortium for International Studies (CCIS), and the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA).