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Founded in 1866, the American University of Beirut bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on higher education's American liberal arts model. A teaching-centered research university, AUB has around 800 instructional faculty and a student body of around 8,000 students. The University encourages freedom of thought and expression and seeks to graduate men and women committed to creative and critical thinking, life-long learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership. The University, which was granted institutional accreditation in June 2004 by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States and reaffirmed in 2016, includes six faculties: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Architecture (Maroun Semaan Faculty), Health Sciences, Medicine (which includes the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing), and the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business. AUB currently offers more than 130 programs leading to the bachelor's, master's, MD, and Ph.D. degrees. The University became coeducational in 1922. Its student body is 50 percent male and 50 percent female. The language of instruction is English (except for courses in the Arabic Department and other language courses). The American University of Beirut (AUB) is an institution of higher learning founded to provide excellence in education, participate in the advancement of knowledge through research, and serve the Middle East and beyond. Chartered in New York State in 1863, the University bases its educational philosophy, standards, and higher education is the American liberal arts model. The University believes deeply in and encourages freedom of thought and expression and fosters tolerance and respect for diversity and dialogue. Graduates will be committed to creative and critical thinking, life-long learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership.- Founded in 1866, the American University of Beirut bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on higher education's American liberal arts model. A teaching-centered research university, AUB has around 800 instructional faculty and a student body of around 8,000 students. The University encourages freedom of thought and expression and seeks to graduate men and women committed to creative and critical thinking, life-long learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership. The University, which was granted institutional accreditation in June 2004 by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States and reaffirmed in 2016, includes six faculties: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Architecture (Maroun Semaan Faculty), Health Sciences, Medicine (which includes the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing), and the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business. AUB currently offers more than 130 programs leading to the bachelor's, master's, MD, and Ph.D. degrees. The University became coeducational in 1922. Its student body is 50 percent male and 50 percent female. The language of instruction is English (except for courses in the Arabic Department and other language courses). The American University of Beirut (AUB) is an institution of higher learning founded to provide excellence in education, participate in the advancement of knowledge through research, and serve the Middle East and beyond. Chartered in New York State in 1863, the University bases its educational philosophy, standards, and higher education is the American liberal arts model. The University believes deeply in and encourages freedom of thought and expression and fosters tolerance and respect for diversity and dialogue. Graduates will be committed to creative and critical thinking, life-long learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership. View full university
