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Website. www.aub.edu.lb. The American University of Beirut (AUB; Arabic: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت, romanized:al-Jāmiʿa l-Amērkiyya fī Bayrūt) [ 4 ] is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its campus in Beirut, Lebanon. [ 5 ] AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board ...
www.lau.edu.lb. The Lebanese American University (LAU; Arabic: الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية) is a secular private American university in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New York and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE ...
Institute name Acronym Date founded Website Official registration notes Phoenicia University: PU 2015 pu.edu.lb: Yes: Matn University College of Technology
The Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut (AUB Archaeological Museum) was formed in 1868, after Luigi Palma di Cesnola gifted a collection of Cypriot pottery to the newly formed American University of Beirut. [2] Georges Post was the first curator of this collection and Morris Jesup donated the funds for construction of ...
Lee Observatory. The Lee Observatory is an astronomical observatory on the campus of the American University of Beirut in Beirut, Lebanon. Opened in 1873, it is the first and the oldest observatory [clarification needed] of the Middle East in modern times. Nowadays the observatory has only an academic role.
Lebanese University. The Lebanese University (LU; Arabic: الجامعة اللبنانية) is the only state-funded public university in Lebanon. Established in 1951, the Lebanese University has played a major role in expanding general education in Lebanon. The university's main campus was originally located in Beirut, but a few satellite ...
Said Khoury (entrepreneur and philanthropist – one of the three founders of Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC)) Hanna Nasser (founding president of Birzeit University) Kamal Nasser (famous poet, political leader and member of the Jordanian Parliament) Raja Shehadeh (Orwell Prize-winning author and lawyer)
The American University of Beirut (AUB) and Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) are the oldest English-language and French-language universities in the country, respectively. AUB was founded in 1866, and USJ in 1875. The Lebanese University is the only public institution for higher education in Beirut. [151]