List of universities in Lebanon

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Higher Education

Universities

There is one public university and 28 private universities in Lebanon granted a license from the ministry of education.[1]

University Name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes
[(UTC)Université de la Sagesse ] ULS 1875 uls.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese University UL 1951 ul.edu.lb Yes
American University of Beirut AUB 1866 aub.edu.lb Yes
Université Saint-Joseph USJ 1875 usj.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese American University LAU 1924 lau.edu.lb Yes
American University of Technology AUT 1998 aut.edu Yes
Beirut Arab University BAU 1960 bau.edu.lb Yes
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik USEK 1961 usek.edu.lb Yes
Notre Dame University - Louaize NDU 1987 ndu.edu.lb Yes
University of Balamand UoB 1988 balamand.edu.lb Yes
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts1 ALBA1 1937 alba.edu Yes1
AOU 2002 aou.edu.lb Yes American University of Science and Technology AUST 1994 aust.edu.lb Yes
Université Antonine UPA 1996 upa.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese French University of Technology and Applied Sciences ULF 2000 ulf.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese German University LGU 2008 lgu.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese International University LIU 2001 liu.edu.lb Yes
Hariri Canadian University HCU 2006 hcu.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese Canadian University LCU lcu.edu.lb Yes
Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon AUL aul.edu.lb Yes
Beirut Islamic University BIU biu.edu.lb Yes
Beirut University Online BUonline buonline.edu.lb N/A
Global University GU gu.edu.lb Yes
Islamic University of Lebanon IUL iul.edu.lb Yes
Al-Kafaàt University AKU aku.edu.lb Yes
Jinan University of Lebanon JUL 1988 jinan.edu.lb Yes
Manar University of Tripoli MUT 1990 mut.edu.lb Yes
Modern University for Business & Sciences MUBS mubs.edu.lb Yes
Makassed University of Beirut MU makassed.org.lb Yes
Middle East University MEU meu.edu.lb Yes
University Of Tripoli Lebanon UT ut.edu.lb Yes

1Affiliated to Balamand University.

aNo official documents found on the website of ministry.

University Institutes and Colleges

There is a total of 8 private institutes officially recognized in Lebanon:

Institute Name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes
American University of Culture & Education AUCE 2004 auce.edu.lb Yes
Ecole Superieure des Affaires ESA esa.edu.lb Yes
Institut Universitaire Sainte Famille IUSF educationlebanon.net Yes
Joya University Institute of Technology JUIT N/A Yes
Matn University matnu.edu.lb Yes
Ouzai University College OUC ouzai.org Yes
Saidon University Instituts of Technology SUIT N/A Yes

University Institutes for Religious Studies

Institute Name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes
Near East School of Theology NEST theonest.edu.lb Yes

See also

References

  1. ^ Ministry of Higher Education

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