Recognition
Registered at Ministry of Education
Paris American International University (PAIU) is a legally registered private institution of higher learning in France, officially operating as a distance education center (Centre d’enseignement à distance).
It is fully listed in the French Ministry of National Education’s official directory of recognized institutions under the following details:
- UAI Code: 0756468Y
- Official Name: Paris American International University
- Supervising Authority: Ministère de l'Éducation nationale
- Academic Region: Paris
- Address: 2 avenue du Général Balfourier Paris 75016 France
Higher Education Code Complient
Paris American International University (PAIU) is fully authorized by the French Ministry of National Education to operate as a private, independent higher education institution, affirming its legitimacy and academic autonomy under French law. In accordance with the French Education Code (Articles L 444-1 to L 444-11 and R 444-1 to R 444-28), PAIU functions as a self-governing private university, empowered to develop its own academic programs and curricula while remaining fully compliant with national regulations.
PAIU operates lawfully under French educational oversight, while maintaining academic autonomy. It delivers flexible, globally relevant online programs that meet the quality expectations of France’s higher education system.
For students, partners, and stakeholders worldwide, this status ensures institutional credibility, transparency, and compliance with government-defined academic standards-further reinforcing trust in PAIU’s mission and qualifications.
Qualiopi Certified
PAI University is certified Qualiopi based on the French standards.
Qualiopi is a French certification that certifies the quality of the educational services provided (professional training, skills assessments, validation of prior experience, learning, etc.) under a single frame of reference.
Certification:
- Rigorous deployment processes to inform our stakeholders and engage learners, to support any specific adaptation needs for our training courses (people with disabilities), to offer high-level training conditions by ensuring the most appropriate means and frameworks.
- Methods and processes adapted to ensure quality in terms of content and teaching methods of the training delivered: effective continuous improvement, evaluation of the learners’ knowledge and skills.
- Stakeholder management methods (learners, trainers, internal clients, funders) for: to evaluate the quality of our training courses, to adapt and co-construct training courses that meet the needs of participants and sponsors.
Audit indicator criteria:
- The conditions for informing the public about the services offered, the time required to access them and the results obtained.
- The precise identification of the objectives of the proposed services and the adaptation of these services to the beneficiary public, when designing the services.
- The adaptation of the services and of the reception, support, follow-up and evaluation methods implemented to the beneficiary public.
- The adequacy of the educational, technical and supervisory resources for the services provided.
- Qualification and development of the knowledge and skills of the teams in charge of implementing the services.
- The registration and investment of the provider in his professional environment.
- Collecting and taking into account the assessments and complaints made by the parties involved in the services provided.
Funding:
Any person who works or has worked in France and paid taxes is eligible (French citizens, Eu citizens and other nationalities too).
The funding options for the students to study in our Qualiopi certified institute:
- Financing by Opérateurs de Compétences (.s): .s are bodies responsible for financing vocational training for employees and the self-employed. More specifically, they are state-approved interlocutors for skills development initiatives. The structure is divided into 11 categories corresponding to the different professional branches and working statuses.
- FAF (Fond d’assurance Formation) : .s contribute to the financing of vocational training for employees, as well as the self-employed.
- Regional schemes: Local authorities, such as regions, can also offer funding schemes for vocational training. These schemes are often specific to each region, and aim to support the employability of local residents. They can take the form of subsidies, partial or total coverage of training costs, or other forms of financial assistance. The Conseil Régional gives priority to financing training courses for people who are not receiving compensation from Pôle emploi.
- Financing by Pôle emploi: Pôle emploi gives priority to financing training courses for jobseekers.
- Plan de Transition Professionnel (PTP) (Professional Transition Plan): This is a scheme that allows financing the training while maintaining the salary.
- Fonds National de l’Emploi (FNE) (National Employment Fund): FNE-Formation (National Employment Fund) is a scheme designed to provide training for employees on part-time or long-term contracts, or employed by a company in difficulty, undergoing change and/or taking over a business.
- Call for projects: the aim of this scheme is to finance sector-based employment-training action-studies. The call for projects can be regional or national in nature.
It is important to note that these different financing options can be cumulative. For example, an employee can use his CPF to finance part of his training, while the company can benefit from additional funding from its ..