TIES Kick-Off MeetingMarch 1-2, 2010

Alicante, Spain

Lebanon

Lebanon

LebanonThriving banking sector

Haute Couture

Good fresh food

Crazy night life, exciting art scene

Ecotourism

Lebanon

Lebanon

The first higher education institution in the Middle East

A very high number of universities per capita

A long history of education and research

Beirut Arab UniversityFounded in 1960

Private Institution of Higher Education

Largest HEI in Lebanon

Academically Affiliated with Alexandria University

Student BodyFor the year 2009-2010

Undergraduate: 9000Graduate: 1500

Distributed over the Beirut, Dibbeyeh, and Alexandria campuses

Number of graduates: 82,500, 23,280 are Lebanese

Large number of students from other Arab nationalities

Faculties Faculty of Arts Faculty of Law Faculty of Commerce and Business Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Science Faculty of Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Dentistry Faculty of Health Sciences

Faculty Members130 Full time members

Lebanese and Egyptian

380 Part time members

MissionExcellence in education, learning, and research whilst

addressing the needs of our community and adhering to our academic values of intellectual freedom, integrity and professionalism

Our Target is to be one of the Top 500 Universities

B.A.U. CampusesBeirut (since 1960)

Dibbeyeh (since 2009)

Tripoli and Bikaa (open in 2010 and 2011)

Alexandria

Main Building - Beirut Campus

Debbieh Campus

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• Association of Arab Universities (AARU).

• International Association of the Universities (IAU).

• Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW).

• Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).

• International Association of University Presidents (IAUP).

• Union of the Lebanese Universities.

Member of the following local and International Institutions

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• Association of the Arab Faculties of Dentistry.

• Scientific Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in the Arab World.

• ARAB-ACRAO.

•Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI).

• Euro-med Permanent University Forum (EPUF).

• International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE).

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• Stockholm University- Sweden.• Université Claude Bernard Lyon I – France.• Université de Provence- Aix Marseille I – France.• Lebanese University- Lebanon. • Université Charles –De-Gaulle Lille 3-France.• Université de Savoie – France.• Université de Bourgogne – France.• Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI).• Ecole Supérieure d'Electronique de l‘Ouest (ESEO).• Sultan Qaboos University- Sultanate of Oman.

BAU signed Local and International Agreements with:

Collaboration with EMUNI

Euro-Mediterranean UniversityBased in Slovenia141 university members

BAU is the representative of EMUNI in the Southern Mediterranean Region

Partner with EMUNI on a Tempus Project

Beirut Arab UniversityRecently created an office for International

Relations with Universities headed by the Dean of Business School, Dr. Nihale Mostapha

Committing serious efforts to grow and strengthen our international collaborations and activities, supported personally by the president Dr. Amr Adawi

Samira Kaissi: skaisi@bau.edu.lb

Thank You!