List of universities in Lebanon explained

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

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 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
	ALBA	1937	alba.edu	Yes
Middle East University	MEU	1939	meu.edu.lb	Yes
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik	USEK	1950	usek.edu.lb	https://www.mehe.gov.lb/ar/Pages/Structure/Higher%20EDU/ListUniv.aspxYes
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	http://www.makassed.org/	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	1994	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

¹Affiliated to Balamand University.

University institutes and colleges

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

See also

• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of colleges and universities

External links

• Pigier Business Schools
• https://universityimages.com/list-of-universities-in-lebanon/

Notes and References

1. https://www.mehe.gov.lb/ar/Pages/Structure/Higher%20EDU/ListUniv.aspx Ministry of Higher Education
2. http://www.saintefamille.org/Inst_detail.asp?IID=2 Info about Université Sainte Famille
3. Arabic: جامعة العلوم والآداب اللبنانية
4. http://www.ouzai.org/newsite/ Ouzai Organization homepage
5. http://www.muc.edu.lb/ Matn University homepage