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2024-2025 PAU University Catalog

About Palo Alto University

Palo Alto University (PAU) is a private, not-for-profit educational institution, founded in 1975. Initially known as the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (PGSP), an independent professional school, PGSP re-incorporated as Palo Alto University in August 2009 to reflect the changes at the university. PAU is dedicated to education with an emphasis in the behavioral and social sciences; to promoting future innovators and leaders for the benefit of society; to generating knowledge through research and scholarship of the highest level; and to providing services to the community informed by science and scholarship.