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List of universities in Lebanon

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This is a list of universities and related institutions in Lebanon.

Universities

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One public university and 28 private universities in Lebanon have licenses from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. There are 32 universities in total.[1]

Institute name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes
Phoenicia University PU 2015 pu.edu.lb Yes
Matn University College of Technology MUC 2014 muc.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese University UL 1951 ul.edu.lb Yes
American University of Beirut AUB 1866 aub.edu.lb Yes
Université La Sagesse ULS 1999 uls.edu.lb Yes
Saint Joseph University of Beirut USJ 1875 usj.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese American University LAU 1924 lau.edu.lb Yes
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts1 ALBA1 1937 alba.edu Yes1
Middle East University MEU 1939 meu.edu.lb Yes
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik USEK 1950 usek.edu.lb [1]
Haigazian University HU 1955 haigazian.edu.lb Yes
Beirut Arab University BAU 1960 bau.edu.lb Yes
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Cnam 1971 (1794 in Paris) cnam-liban.fr Yes
Beirut Islamic University BIU 1982 biu.edu.lb Yes
Makassed University of Beirut MU 1986 [2] Yes
University Of Tripoli UT 1986 ut.edu.lb Yes
Notre Dame University - Louaize NDU 1987 ndu.edu.lb Yes
Jinan University (Lebanon) JU 1988 jinan.edu.lb Yes
University of Balamand UoB 1988 balamand.edu.lb Yes
City University Formerly (Manar University of Tripoli - MUT) CityU 1990 cityu.edu.lb Yes
Global University GU 1992 gu.edu.lb Yes
American University of Science and Technology AUST 1989 aust.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music LNHCM 1995 conservatory.gov.lb/
Antonine University UA 1996 ua.edu.lb Yes
Islamic University of Lebanon IUL 1996 iul.edu.lb Yes
American University of Technology AUT 1998 aut.edu Yes
Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon AUL 1998 aul.edu.lb Yes
Al-Kafaàt University AKU 1999 aku.edu.lb Yes
Rafik Hariri University RHU 1999 rhu.edu.lb Yes
American University of Culture & Education AUCE 2000 auce.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese French University of Technology and Applied Sciences ULF 2000 ulf.edu.lb Yes
Modern University for Business and Science MUBS 2000 mubs.edu.lb Yes
Université Sainte Famille USF 2000 [2] usf.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese International University LIU 2001 liu.edu.lb Yes
Arab Open University AOU 2002 aou.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese Canadian University LCU 2003 lcu.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese German University LGU 2008 lgu.edu.lb Yes
University of Sciences & Arts in Lebanon USAL 2012 usal.edu.lb Yes [3]
Al Maaref University MU 2015 mu.edu.lb Yes
Azm University AU 2015 azmuniversity.edu.lb Yes
Saint George University SGU 2020 [3]
Hope University Beirut HUB 2024 hopeuniversity.eu

1Affiliated to Balamand University.

University institutes and colleges

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There are a total of eight private institutes officially recognized in Lebanon:

Institute name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes
Joya University Institute of Technology JUIT 1964 employment.edu Yes
Ouzai University College OUC 1976 [4] ouzai.org Yes
Ecole Superieure des Affaires ESA 1996 esa.edu.lb Yes
Matn University College MUC 1999 [5] muc.edu.lb Yes
Sidoon University College SUC 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20141011092114/http://sidoon-suc.edu.lb/ Yes

University institutes for religious studies

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Institute name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes
Near East School of Theology NEST 1932 theonest.edu.lb Yes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ministry of Higher Education
  2. ^ Info about Université Sainte Famille Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Arabic: جامعة العلوم والآداب اللبنانية
  4. ^ Ouzai Organization homepage Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Matn University homepage
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