Arab American University (AAUP formerly AAUJ) is the first private Palestinian university, founded in year 2000, in a collaboration with California State University (CSU) in Stanislaus and Utah State University (USU) in Logan.It is also an active member of the Association of Arab Universities, the Federation of Islamic Universities and the Association of Private Universities Part 2 AAUP prides itself of being a leading academic institution that is always present in local, regional and international academic forums.Part 1-1 AAUP prides itself of being a leading academic institution that is always present in local, regional and international academic forums.AAUP serves the educational needs of over 11,300 students, among them there are 40% from Palestine and 55% from the Palestinian homeland and 5% from international countries, by providing a dynamic learning atmosphere that inspires innovation and has a primarily focus on every student's success.CSU approved AAUP's first Curricula and gave the needed expertise to start the university, USU provided the faculty members and administrators to run the(Bary) Wilkinson, 1993) university in its first two years.It is also an active member of the Association of Arab Universities, the Federation of Islamic Universities and the Association of Private Universities.