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A B O U T T H E U N I V E R S I T Y
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Founded in 1866, the American University of Beirut bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on the American liberal arts model of higher education. A teaching-centered research university, AUB has 606 full-time faculty members and a student body of more than 7,500 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.
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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, includes six faculties: Agricultural and Food Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Health Sciences, Medicine (which includes the Hariri School of Nursing), and the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business.
AUB currently offers more than 100 programs leading to the bachelor's, master's, MD, and PhD degrees. The University became coeducational in 1922; its student body is 52 percent male and 48 percent female. The language of instruction is English (except for courses in the Arabic Department).
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