for the university in Sana'a see Lebanese International University (Yemen)

Lebanese International University (Yemen)

Lebanese International University is a university located in the Hadda neighborhood of the southern outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen. It is located south of the Lebanon Heart Hospital and west by road from Aljabowbi Castle.It is a branch of the Lebanese International University, founded in Beqaa....

The Lebanese International University (LIU; ) is a private university established by the philanthropist and former Lebanese defense and education minister Abdul Rahim Mourad

Abdul Rahim Mourad

Abdul Rahim Mourad is a former Defense Minister to Lebanon, and former minister of Education and Higher Studies. He is also the founder of Lebanese International University.Place and date of birth: Bekaa valley 17/10/1942...

. The language of instruction is English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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The Lebanese International University was established in April, 2001, as "The Bekaa University" under Presidential Decree No.5294 as, with its grand campus constructed within the western region of the Beqaa Valley

Beqaa Valley

The Beqaa Valley is a fertile valley in east Lebanon. For the Romans, the Beqaa Valley was a major agricultural source, and today it remains Lebanon’s most important farming region...

; at Al-Khyara, the West Beqaa (al-Beqaa al-Gharbi).

Having graduated its first Freshman class in June 2002, with a vision of becoming a true national university with international presence, a new campus 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...

 was opened and the name was changed to "Lebanese International University", or LIU in short.