List of universities in Lebanon

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

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Universities

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 nameAcronymDate foundedWebsiteOfficial registration notes
Phoenicia University PU2015 pu.edu.lb Yes
Matn University College of TechnologyMUC2014 muc.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese University UL1951 ul.edu.lb Yes
American University of Beirut AUB1866 aub.edu.lb Yes
Université La Sagesse ULS1875 uls.edu.lb Yes
Saint Joseph University of Beirut USJ1875 usj.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese American University LAU1924 lau.edu.lb Yes
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts 1ALBA11937 alba.edu Yes 1
Middle East University MEU1939 meu.edu.lb Yes
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik USEK1950 usek.edu.lb
Haigazian University HU1955 haigazian.edu.lb Yes
Beirut Arab University BAU1960 bau.edu.lb Yes
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers Cnam1971 (1794 in Paris) cnam-liban.fr Yes
Beirut Islamic UniversityBIU1982 biu.edu.lb Yes
Makassed University of BeirutMU1986 Yes
University Of Tripoli UT1986 ut.edu.lb Yes
Notre Dame University - Louaize NDU1987 ndu.edu.lb Yes
Jinan University (Lebanon) JU1988 jinan.edu.lb Yes
University of Balamand UoB1988 balamand.edu.lb Yes
City University Formerly (Manar University of Tripoli - MUT)CityU1990 cityu.edu.lb Yes
Global University GU1992 gu.edu.lb Yes
American University of Science and Technology AUST1994 aust.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music LNHCM1995 conservatory.gov.lb/
Antonine University UA1996 ua.edu.lb Yes
Islamic University of LebanonIUL1996 iul.edu.lb Yes
American University of Technology AUT1998 aut.edu Yes
Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon AUL1998 aul.edu.lb Yes
Al-Kafaàt University AKU1999 aku.edu.lb Yes
Rafik Hariri UniversityRHU1999 rhu.edu.lb Yes
American University of Culture & EducationAUCE2000 auce.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese French University of Technology and Applied SciencesULF2000 ulf.edu.lb Yes
Modern University for Business and Science MUBS2000 mubs.edu.lb Yes
Université Sainte FamilleUSF2000 [2] usf.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese International University LIU2001 liu.edu.lb Yes
Arab Open University AOU2002 aou.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese Canadian UniversityLCU2003 lcu.edu.lb Yes
Lebanese German University LGU2008 lgu.edu.lb Yes
University of Sciences & Arts in LebanonUSAL2012 usal.edu.lb Yes [3]
Al Maaref University MU2015 mu.edu.lb Yes
Azm UniversityAU2015 azmuniversity.edu.lb Yes

1Affiliated to Balamand University.

University institutes and colleges

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

Institute nameAcronymDate foundedWebsiteOfficial registration notes
Joya University Institute of TechnologyJUIT1964employment.edu Yes
Ouzai University CollegeOUC1976 [4] ouzai.org Yes
Ecole Superieure des Affaires ESA1996 esa.edu.lb Yes
Matn University CollegeMUC1999 [5] muc.edu.lb Yes
Sidoon University CollegeSUC2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20141011092114/http://sidoon-suc.edu.lb/ Yes

University institutes for religious studies

Institute nameAcronymDate foundedWebsiteOfficial registration notes
Near East School of Theology NEST1932 theonest.edu.lb Yes

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