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Academic Programs and Degrees

This section covers the distribution of undergraduate and graduate degrees, the average class size and the degrees awarded by each faculty.

Statistics are given as of the fall term of academic year 2022-23 (specifically: October 15, 2022), except as noted.

Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees by Faculty, Degree, and Gender July 1, 2020– June 30, 2021

Faculty	Degree	Female	Male	Total
Undergraduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	BSA, BS, BLA	72	30	102
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	BA, BS	380	337	717
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	BAR, BFA, BEN, BS	207	344	551
Faculty of Health Sciences	BS, BA	48	22	70
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	BSN	40	12	52
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	BBA	180	14	334
Total		927	899	1826
Graduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	Diploma, MS, MSES	32	4	36
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Diploma, MA, MS, MAFE, MSES	93	55	148
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	Diploma, MEN, MEM, MSES, MUPP, MS, MUDS	72	81	153
Faculty of Medicine	MS	40	4	44
Faculty of Health Sciences	MPH, MS, MSES, EMHCL	42	7	49
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	Diploma, MSN	6	4	10
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	MBA, EMBA, MA, MF, MS	59	46	105
Total		344	201	545
Post Graduate level
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	PhD	6	1	7
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	PhD	10	11	21
Faculty of Medicine	PhD	4	1	5
Total		20	13	33
PR - Professional level
Faculty of Medicine	MD	54	50	104

Average Class Size by Department

Faculty	Department	Average Class Size
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	Agriculture	10
	Landscape Design and Ecosystem-management	14
	Nutrition and Food Sciences	11
	Environment and Sustainable Development Unit	4
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Arabic	20
	Biology	24
	Center for American Studies	8
	Chemistry	26
	Civilization Studies Program	21
	Computer Science	22
	Economics	58
	Education	7
	English	21
	Fine Arts and Art History	12
	Geology	11
	History and Archaeology	5
	Mathematics	67
	Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies	9
	Philosophy	12
	Physics	14
	Political Studies and Public Administration	16
	Psychology	21
	Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies	18
	University Preparatory Program	21
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	Architecture and Design	13
	Biomedical Engineering	5
	Chemical Engineering and Advanced Energy	9
	Civil and Environmental Engineering	23
	Electrical and Computer Engineering	20
	Industrial Engineering and Management	27
	Mechanical Engineering	20
Faculty of Medicine	Anatomy, Cell Biology and Physiological Sciences	10
	Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	16
	Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics	12
	Experimental Pathology, Immunology, and Microbiology	16
	Pharmacology and Toxicology	18
Faculty of Health Sciences	Environmental Health	24
	Epidemiology and Population Health	11
	Health Management and Policy	10
	Health Promotion and Community Health	10
	Division of Health Professions	20
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	Nursing	12
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	Business Administration	35
AUB Average Class Size		18

Average class size is the average number of students in each main course session (tutorial, common lecture, lab lecture and recitation are excluded)

Degrees Awarded by Faculty

Programs	Degrees or Certificates
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Agricultural Economics	MS
Agriculture	BSA
Animal Science	MS
Food Science and Management	BS
Food Technology	MS
Irrigation	MS
Landscape Architecture	BLA
Nutrition	MS
Nutrition and Dietetics	BS
Plant Protection	MS
Plant Science	MS
Poultry Science	MS
Agribusiness	BS
Rural Community Development	MS
Food Safety	MS
Food Security	Diploma, MS
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology	MA
Arab and Middle Eastern History	PhD
Arabic Language and Literature	BA, MA, PhD
Archaeology	BA, MA
Art History	BA
Biology	BS, MS
Cell and Molecular Biology	PhD
Chemistry	BS, MS, PhD
Computer Science	BS, MS
Educational Management and Leadership	DIPL
Special Education	DIPL
Economics	BA, MA
Online Education	Diploma
Computing in Education	MA
Education	MA
Education/Elementary	BA
English Language	BA, MA
English Literature	BA, MA
Financial Economics	MAFE
Geology	BS, MS
History	BA, MA
Mathematics	BA, BS, MS
Middle Eastern Studies	MA
Petroleum Geosciences	BS
Philosophy	BA, MA
Physics	BS, MS
Political Studies	BA, MA
Psychology	BA, MA
Public Administration	BA, MA
Sociology	MA
Sociology and Anthropology	BA
Statistics	BA, BS
Studio Arts	BA
Teaching Diploma (Elementary Education, Secondary Education)	TD
Theoretical Physics	PhD
Transnational American Studies	MA
Media Studies	MA
Computational Science	MS
Applied Mathematics	BA, BS
Clinical Psychology	MA
Media and Communication	BA
Public Policy and International Affairs	MA
Islamic Studies	Diploma, MA
Art History and Curating	MA
CAMES Summer Arabic Program	CERT
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
Business Administration	BBA, MBA, EMBA, PhD
Finance	MF
Human Resource Management	MA
Business Analytics	MS
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Architecture	BAR, MS
Civil Engineering	BEN, MEN, PhD
Mechanical Engineering	BEN, MEN, PhD
Computer and Communications Engineering	BEN
Computer Science and Engineering	BEN
Electrical and Computer Engineering	BEN, MEN, PhD
Engineering Management	MEM
Urban Design	MUDS
Urban Planning and Policy	MUPP
Graphic Design	BFA
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering	MEN, PhD
Chemical Engineering	BS, BEN, MS, MEN
Construction Engineering	BS
Applied Energy	MEN
Industrial Engineering	BEN
Energy Studies	MS
Building Energy Systems	DIPL
Green Technologies	DIPL
Faculty of Health Sciences
Environmental Health	BS
Health Care Leadership	Executive Master
Health Communication	BA
Epidemiology	MS, PhD
Medical Audiology Sciences	BS
Medical Imaging Sciences	BS
Medical Laboratory Sciences	BS
Public Health	MPH
RAFIC HARIRI SCHOOL OF NURSING
Nursing	RN-BS, BSN, MSN
Nursing Science	PhD
Nursing Administration	Diploma
BA/BS-BSN Accelerated program	BSN
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Medicine	MD
Biochemistry	MS
Human Morphology	MS
Microbiology and Immunology	MS
Pharmacology and Therapeutics	MS
Physiology	MS
Biomedical Sciences	PhD
Clinical Psychology	CERT
Orthodontics	MS
Interfaculty / joint Programs
Environmental Sciences (Majors in Ecosystems Management, Environmental Technology, Environmental Health, and Environmental Policy Planning)	MSES
Neuroscience	MS
Biomedical Engineering	MS, PhD
SHARP	CERT, Diploma, MS
Public Health Nutrition	MS

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