The association represents its member institutions on topics of mutual interest before the Government of Canada, national and international organizations.

The office of the association is located at: 260, rue Dalhousie, bureau 400 Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7E4 [1] The AUCC has been the executing agency of the Canadian Francophonie Scholarship Program (CFSP) since July 1, 2006.

CFSP is a scholarship program which builds institutional capacities by training nationals of 37 developing countries of La Francophonie.

The AUFC wants to play a connecting role between Official Language Minority Community (OLMC) researchers and the federal funding agencies.

[6] A 2005 AUFC study evaluated the state of technological infrastructure within Canada's francophone universities and recommended on its future directions.