[2] AUR is situated near the center of Rome on the Janiculum hill in the Monteverde Vecchio neighborhood, and has a total student enrollment of around 700.

[2] George Tesoro, an Italian who left Italy in 1940 in protest against Mussolini's fascist regime, began to collaborate with Colin.

Under her 16 years of leadership, the university grew in its student and faculty numbers, curriculum offerings, and financial and management systems.

The Carini building, completed in 1970, is after the style of the Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi and has been commonly referred to as Casa Papanice.

The campus was extended in early 2018 to include an Art Studio, exhibition space and classrooms on via Angelo Masina.

The highest governing body, the board of trustees, is responsible for overseeing the university and maintaining its academic and financial health and welfare.

Among other duties, the board appoints the president and has final approval of changes to the curriculum proposed by the AUR Senate (the body which, forms and amends academic policies and includes a student government representative).

[14] The American University of Rome is licensed by the Department of Education of the State of Delaware to award associate, bachelor's and master's degrees.

Both AUR's men's and women's teams were founding members of their respective intercollegiate tournaments; the men's "Campionato di Calcio delle Università Romane" (2005) [38] and the women's "Campionato Calcio Feminile delle Università Romane" in 2006.

[39] AUR Wolves, men's soccer team, won the Universities of Rome a5 Football Championship on April 26, 2018, their first trophy since co-founding the league in 2005.

[40] In 2013, the university added volleyball as a competitive team and became a founding member in the newly created co-ed tournament, "Campionato di Volley delle Università Romane" [41] The school mascot is "Wolfie".