Université Saint-Joseph
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| Established: | 1875 |
| Type: | Private |
| President: | Professeur René Chamussy |
| Staff: | 480 |
| Students: | 10,000 (2006-2007) |
| Location: | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Campus: | 4 campuses in Beirut and 3 Regional University Centers : Sidon(South), Zahlé(Bekaa) and Tripoli(North) |
| Website: | www.usj.edu.lb |
Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) is a private higher institute of education founded by the Jesuits in 1875 in Beirut, Lebanon, known for its school of medicine and its hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de France. The Lebanese state officially recognizes the university and the diplomas it grants in accord with the law organizing higher education in Lebanon.
Its Beirut campuses include:
- Campus of Medical and Infirmary Sciences, Damascus Street
- Campus of Science and Technology, Mar Roukoz
- Campus of Social Sciences, Huvelin Street
- Campus of Human Sciences, Damascus Street
Three regional centers are located in Sidon(south), Zahlé(Bekaa), and Tripoli(north). In addition, the university operates 12 facilities and 22 specialized schools or institutes.
More than 70 conventions with foreign universities. More than 200 professors on mission abroad. An administrative office in Paris. A center for banking studies. Three centers for dental care, orthophony, and psychomotility. Institutes, centers and laboratories for research. Specialized publications. Libraries and documentation centers. A chaplaincy on each campus.
Saint-Joseph is known for its faculty of medicine which is the most prestigious faculty of medicine in Lebanon . It has the biggest Hospital in Lebanon "Hotel-Dieu de France".
[edit] Research and innovation
Saint Joseph University is renowned worldwide for the quality of its scientific activities and research. The postgraduate students, teachers and professors, all contribute to this repute through their study activities and publications in the research centers, university chairs, and doctorate schools.
USJ - Research centers
USJ has more than 25 laboratories and research centers, covering all fields of science. These centers provide postgraduate students with scientific support and are involved in academic teaching, scientific publication and professional training.
USJ - Libraries
With 4 campus libraries and several specialized documentation centers, USJ provides its students with a complete bibliographic coverage of all fields of science. Interconnected and linked to international catalogs, the USJ libraries are open to all students and teachers.
The Oriental Library is one of the oldest in the Middle East and provides researchers with an amazing collection of manuscripts and historic funds, on philosophy, history, religious studies and more.
USJ - Publications
USJ has a long tradition of scientific publication, starting before 1900. Books, research journals, reports, Annales, most of them are available online for order or full text browsing.
The Presses de l'USJ provides the academic world with prestigious publications.
USJ - E-learning currently only in beta testing
Some USJ institutions are henceforth offering 2 years of training in fields that integrate courses using NICTs.
The USJ is equipped with a WEBCT platform that is accessible on all campuses and on Internet; it is managed by a Special Committee from the USJ, the Council for New Technologies, that meets every month and decides on the technical and educational choices of the institutions.
[edit] Inter-university cooperation
The university belongs to the following associations and is linked to over one hundred Arab, European, American, and Canadian universities through accords for cooperation.
- Association of Arab Universities
- The International Association of Universities
- Association of French speaking universities (L'Agence universitaire de la francophonie)
- The International Federation of Catholic Universities
- European Federation of Catholic Universities
- Association of Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning in Europe and Lebanon
- EuroMed University (Téthys)
