American University of Beirut Lebanon

Founded in 1866, the American University of Beirut bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on the American liberal arts model of higher education. AUB has over 1000 instructional faculty and a student body of about 8,200 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. AUB was granted institutional accreditation in 2004 and reaccreditation in 2009 by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in the United States. AUB has six faculties: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Health Sciences, Medicine (including the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing), and the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business. AUB offers more than 120 programs leading to the bachelors, masters, MD, and PhD degrees. The University student body is 50 percent male and 50 percent female. The language of instruction is English (except for courses in the Arabic Department). The student faculty ratio is 11 to 1.