Founded in 1866, the American University of Beirut is a teaching-centered research university based on the American liberal arts model of higher education. AUB has over 8,000 students and 800 faculty members. The University encourages freedom of thought and expression and seeks to graduate men and women committed to creative and critical thinking, lifelong learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership.
AUB is accredited in the US by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and includes six faculties: Arts and Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Architecture, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Health Sciences, and Business. AUB offers more than 130 programs leading to bachelor's, master's, MD, and PhD degrees. The main language of instruction is English.
Learn more about how you can join the American University of Beirut. AUB seeks applicants with a proven record of academic excellence, intellectual vitality, and civic responsibility. In accordance with its founding mission and its equal opportunity policy, the University admits students regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, or nationality.
The vibrant and dynamic research environment at AUB enhances the educational experience for all and serves the wider communities—local and global—by advancing knowledge in a wide range of disciplines.
Recognizing and honoring our responsibility for others has been an integral part of AUB’s mission since the earliest days. Today, AUB is at the forefront of addressing the most pressing concerns of this country, this region, and its people.
To ensure the University can continue to inspire current and future generations of smart and able students who can rise to this challenge, we are embarking on a transformative capital campaign, BOLDLY AUB: The Campaign to Lead, Innovate, and Serve.
AUBMC Holds the Dedication Ceremony of the Tanios and Souraya Semaan Outpatient Surgery Center
Proud member of the Class of MD 1984 supports his alma mater
Ringing the Hope Bell to Spread Joy and Hope to Cancer Patients
AUBMC Holds the Dedication Ceremony of the Medicals International Ophthalmology Conference Room
AUBMC Cancer Support Fund benefit dinner to support underprivileged adult cancer patients in Lebanon
AUBMC Holds the Dedication Ceremony of the Rami Fouad Salha Pediatric Clinic
AUBMC Holds the Dedication Ceremony of the Saba & Co. Intellectual Property Boardroom at the Daniel ACC
AUBMC Inaugurates the Moufid Farra Heart and Vascular Outpatient Center
AUBMC Inaugurates the First Heart Failure Unit in Lebanon “Professor Samir E. Alam Heart Failure Unit” to offer advanced therapy for heart failure patients
AUBMC Holds the Signing Ceremony of the Hamdi Al-Zaim Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Outpatient Center and the Hamdi Al-Zaim Bronchoscopy Unit
AUBMC Inaugurates Cyclotron Unit in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Braveheart Celebrates 13 Years of Helping Children with Congenital Heart Disease
AUBMC Receives a Gracious Grant from Maha Shair to Raise Awareness on the Importance of Screening
AUBMC Holds the Dedication Ceremony of Sami and Anis Dandan Surgical Skills Lab
AUBMC Holds the Dedication Ceremony of the Newly Renovated Temporal Bone Lab
Dedication Ceremony of the Newly Renovated Nicholas George Saab Memorial Medical Library
AUBMC to Establish the Pillar Genomics Institute of Precision Medicine
The Lebanese Breast Cancer Foundation donates 126,000,000 LBP for Breast Cancer Treatment at AUBMC’s Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute
AUBMC Celebrates the Naming of the Professor Ismail M. Khalil Auditorium
Naming Ceremony of Ahmad and Jamila Bizri Neuro Outpatient Center
AUBMC Inaugurates the Dr. Ibrahim Mufarrij Suite in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
AUBMC Inaugurates the Dr. Fadlo and Maya Abu-Haydar Gastroenterology Conference Room
AUBMC names Multiple Sclerosis Center after HE Nehme and Therese Tohme
The Inauguration of Ghalia Ayman Jomaa Suite at AUBMC
Inauguration of the Dr. Salim Firzli and Nabil Firzli Pediatric Education Room
AUBMC Inaugurates the Rafic Anis Balaa CCU Conference Room
AUBMC to name the Neuroscience Outpatient Center after Ahmad and Jamila Bizri
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