American University of Beirut

Facts and Figures

​â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹Faculties and Programs
Ì©¹ú²ÊƱoffers more than 14​0 programs leading to bachelor's, master's, MD, and PhD degrees.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing
Interfaculty Programs

In addition to 36 certificates and diplomas

Check degrees offered here

Language of Instruction: English (except for courses in the Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages)​

Academic Degrees Awarded in 2023-24
1,350 undergraduate and 707 graduate  (including 16 PhDs, 114 MDs, 472 master’s degrees, and 105 diplomas)
​Total number of degrees and diplomas that Ì©¹ú²ÊƱhas awarded to date: 108,493 â€‹â¶Ä‹

Enrollment (as of October 31, 2024) 
9,138 students (7,726 full-time, 1,412 part-time), representing 90 countries (including Lebanon)
​4,788 female (52%), 4,350 male (48%) Citizenship: 84% Lebanese, 16% international
There are currently 1,746 students enrolled in master’s and executive master’s degree programs and 143 doctoral students at AUB.​

Volunteering
During the 2023-24 academic year, 1,498 Ì©¹ú²ÊƱstudents engaged in 1,592 volunteering rotations and community-based internships completing 22,838 hours with 346 community partners.

The Office of Student Affairs includes more than 80 active clubs and societies.

Cost of university housing
The cost for university housing ranges from $1,538 for a standard double room to $3,926 for a suite per person, per academic term. 

Tuition 2024-25

The tuition and fees of full-time undergraduate programs vary depending on the student’s faculty, major, and year.

​â¶Ä‹Undergraduate tuition
​Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences: $26,495
Faculty of Arts and Sciences: from $24,575 to $26,015
Faculty of Health Sciences: $27,305
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture: $37,831 (includes mandatory summer term)
​Rafic Hariri School of Nursing: $27,379 (includes mandatory summer term)
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business: $28,325

​ Graduate tuition
Faculty of Medicine: $45,265 â€‹â¶Ä‹

Operating budget and endowment
AUB’s investment pool was valued at $853 million on June 30, 2024​â¶Ä‹â€‹.

Assistance 2023-24
Scholarships and awards: $120.1​ million

Funding
Hospital fees, student fees and tuition, private gifts and grants, endowment income, and other restricted resources



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Faculty
Total number of instructional faculty (as of October 29, 2024): 1,056 (792 full-time, 264 part-time)

Faculty breakdown by gender: 576 males, 480 females


Staff
Campus Non-Academic Staff (Management and Non-Management): 1,444 (789 males, 655 females)​
Faculty of Medicine: 101 (27 males, 74 females)
Ì©¹ú²ÊƱMedical Center: 2,292 (1,121 females, 1,171 males) â€‹

Alumni
AUB's almost 78​,000 alumni live in more than 120​ countries around the world. ​

Size
Campus: 61.2​â¶Ä‹ acres
Advancing Research Enabling Communities Center (AREC): 244.8-acre research farm and educational facility in the Beqaa

Facilities
64 buildings, including medical center (365 beds), the Charles Hostler Student Center (athletics), 4 libraries, 3 museums, 2 art galleries, 7 dormitories (1,281 beds​), athletic fields.

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  • 4 libraries: Nami Jafet Memorial Library (main library), Saab Me​morial Medical Library, the Engineering and Architecture Library, and the Science and Agriculture Library
  • State-of-the-art computer labs
  • Fully automated electronic classrooms providing remote access to electronic databases, books, periodicals, and reference materials
  • 33 professionals and 39 support staff 

The libraries' materials include:

  • 2.1 million print and electronic volumes of books
  • 5,850 print periodicals
  • hundreds of newspapers
  • more than 1 million audiovisual items – many dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries

The libraries also:

  • subscribe to over 400​ databases
  • provide access to 185​,000 periodicals
  • are currently working on digitizing 10,000 pre-1956 print Arabic books
  • ​â¶Ä‹have 2,434 linear feet of archival material, 11,500 posters, 2,000 maps, 102,000 photos, as well as 1,800 mainly Arabic manuscripts.


The American University of Beirut is classified by the US Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.​

Page last updated:​ Jan. 2025


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