Paris American Academy: Founded in 1965, Paris American Academy is an accredited arts & design school located less than a kilometer from Notre-Dame Cathedral in the famous Latin Quarter of Paris. We offer intensive summer programs in the subjects of fashion, interior design, fine arts and creative writing. Our summer courses last for four weeks. All of our programs are taught in English. A Survival French course is included in the program. During the past forty years, students and professions from 35 nationalities have participated in our programs.
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Our Faculty: The Paris American Academy has formed a unique teaching staff comprised of academics, qualified professionals, guest artists and visiting professors. Students benefit from a personalized learning environment created by a student instructor ratio of one to five and small class numbers.
4-week Intensive Summer Programs: - Fashion (with specializations in Design Process or Couture Techniques or Fashion Merchandising & Communication)
- Interior Design
- Creative Writing
- Fine Arts
The language of instruction is English. Our summer courses include Survival French lessons.
English Language Course (4-weeks / 80 hours):
The English Language Institute at Paris American Academy (ELI PAA) offers a full-time, intensive English language course to international students and native French students at elementary English to advanced English levels.
The course includes Academic English, TOEFL exam preparation, an introduction to everyday Business English vocabulary, and more.
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to
2022-02-21 were from:
Brookline, USA; Shanghai, China; Paris, France; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Ormesson sur Marne / Île de France; Toronto, Canada; and more.
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