List of universities in Lebanon

This is a list of universities and related institutions in Lebanon.

Universities

One public university and 28 private universities in Lebanon have licenses from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. There are 32 universities in total.^[1]

Institute name	Acronym	Date founded	Website	Official registration notes
Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts1	ALBA1	1937	alba.edu	Yes1
Al-Kafaàt University	AKU	1999	aku.edu.lb	Yes
Al Maaref University	MU	2015	mu.edu.lb	Yes
American University of Beirut	AUB	1866	aub.edu.lb	Yes
American University of Culture & Education	AUCE	2000	auce.edu.lb	Yes
American University of Science and Technology	AUST	1989	aust.edu.lb	Yes
American University of Technology	AUT	1998	aut.edu	Yes
Antonine University	UA	1996	ua.edu.lb	Yes
Arab Open University	AOU	2002	aou.edu.lb	Yes
Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon	AUL	1998	aul.edu.lb	Yes
Beirut Arab University	BAU	1960	bau.edu.lb	Yes
Beirut Islamic University	BIU	1982	biu.edu.lb	Yes
City University	CityU	1990	cityu.edu.lb	Yes
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers	Cnam	1971 (1794 in Paris)	cnam-liban.fr	Yes
East International University, (formerly Azm University)	EIU	2015	eiu.edu.lb/home	Yes
Ecole Superieure des Affaires (ESA Business School)	ESA	1996	esa.edu.lb	Yes
Global University	GU	1992	gu.edu.lb	Yes
Haigazian University	HU	1955	haigazian.edu.lb	Yes
Islamic University of Lebanon	IUL	1996	iul.edu.lb	Yes
Jinan University (Lebanon)	JU	1988	jinan.edu.lb	Yes
Lebanese American University	LAU	1924	lau.edu.lb	Yes
Lebanese Canadian University	LCU	2003	lcu.edu.lb	Yes
Lebanese French University of Technology and Applied Sciences	ULF	2000	ulf.edu.lb	Yes
Lebanese German University	LGU	2008	lgu.edu.lb	Yes
Lebanese International University	LIU	2001	liu.edu.lb	Yes
Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music	LNHCM	1995	conservatory.gov.lb/
Lebanese University	UL	1951	ul.edu.lb	Yes
Makassed University of Beirut	MU	1986		Yes
Matn University College of Technology	MUC	2014	muc.edu.lb	Yes
Middle East University	MEU	1939	meu.edu.lb	Yes
Modern University for Business and Science	MUBS	2000	mubs.edu.lb	Yes
Notre Dame University - Louaize	NDU	1987	ndu.edu.lb	Yes
Phoenicia University	PU	2015	pu.edu.lb	Yes
Rafik Hariri University	RHU	1999	rhu.edu.lb	Yes
Saint George University of Beirut	SGU	2020	sgub.edu.lb
Saint Joseph University of Beirut	USJ	1875	usj.edu.lb	Yes
Université La Sagesse	ULS	1999	uls.edu.lb	Yes
University of Balamand	UoB	1988	balamand.edu.lb	Yes
University of Sciences & Arts in Lebanon	USAL	2012	usal.edu.lb	Yes [2]
University of Tripoli	UT	1986	ut.edu.lb	Yes
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik	USEK	1950	usek.edu.lb
Université Sainte Famille	USF	2000 [3]	usf.edu.lb	Yes

¹Affiliated to Balamand University.

University institutes and colleges

There are a total of eight private institutes officially recognized in Lebanon:

Institute name	Acronym	Date founded	Website	Official registration notes
Joyaa University Institute of Technology	JUIT	1964		Yes
Ouzai University College	OUC	1976 [4]	ouzai.org	Yes
Matn University College	MUC	1999 [5]	muc.edu.lb	Yes
Sidoon University College	SUC	2000	https://web.archive.org/web/20141011092114/http://sidoon-suc.edu.lb/	Yes

University institutes for religious studies

Institute name	Acronym	Date founded	Website	Official registration notes
Saint Paul Institute of Philosophy & Theology				-	Near East School of Theology	NEST	1932	theonest.edu.lb	Yes

See also

• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of colleges and universities