The American University of Beirut (AUB) operates under a charter granted by the Education Department of the State of New York, which registers and certifies the University’s curricula, degrees and certificates. AUB degrees are also recognized by the Lebanese government through the equivalence committees of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
As an institution, AUB is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Tel. 267-284-5000).

Several of AUB’s professional schools and programs also have separate accreditations by more specialized bodies. The Faculty of Health Sciences’ Graduate Public Health program is the first such program to be accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) outside of North America. Similarly, the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing became the first nursing school beyond American territories to have BSN and MSN programs accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In April 2009, undergraduate and graduate programs at the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business were accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Most recently, in July 2010, four undergraduate Engineering programs at AUB’s Faculty of Engineering and Architecture were accredited by ABET Inc. (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology).

For more on accreditation, please visit http://www.aub.edu.lb/accreditation/Pages/index.aspx