الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية | |
Former names | American Junior College for Women Beirut College for Women Beirut University College (BUC) in 1973 |
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Motto | To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield |
Type | Private university |
Established | 1924[1] | (post-secondary junior college)
Endowment | $533.7 million (2020)[2] |
President | Michel Mawad |
Provost | George Nasr |
Administrative staff | 318 full-time and 526 part-time faculty; 637 full-time and 188 part-time staff (fall 2017)[3] |
Students | 8,528 (7,558 undergraduate, 737 graduate, 233 doctoral-professional) (fall 2017)[3] |
Location | Beirut 33°53′34.94″N 35°28′40.36″E / 33.8930389°N 35.4778778°E and Byblos 34°6′56.76″N 35°40′28.03″E / 34.1157667°N 35.6744528°E , Lebanon[4] |
Language | English |
Colours | Green • White |
Website | www |
The Lebanese American University (LAU; Arabic: الجامعة اللبنانية الأميركية) is a secular private American university in Beirut and Byblos, Lebanon. It is chartered by the board of regents of the University of the State of New York and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).[5] It has two campuses and offers 33 bachelor's degree programs and 24 master's degree programs in addition to Pharm.D. and M.D. degrees.[6]