Beirut Arab University is a private

Private university

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 international accredited university located in Beirut

Beirut

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...

, Lebanon

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. It was founded by the Lebanese El-Bir and Ihsan Society in 1960. The university is academically affiliated to Alexandria University

Alexandria University

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 in Egypt

Egypt

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 and officially accredited according to article (17) of the Lebanese Higher Education Law issued on 26 December 1961.

Beirut Arab University is a member of:

• Association of Arab Universities
  Association of Arab Universities
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• International Association of Universities
• Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World
  Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World
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• Association of French-Speaking Universities
• Institute of Management Accountants
  Institute of Management Accountants
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BAU includes ten faculties:

• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Law & Political Science
• Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration
• Faculty of Architecture
• Faculty of Engineer
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Health Sciences

Beirut Arab University is located in the city of Beirut, and was originally subsidized by the government of the late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser

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