- Student-faculty ratios: 8.5
- Male to female ratio: 51 : 49
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.aub.edu.lb/main/Pages/index.aspx
- Address: Riad El-Solh,Beirut, 1107 2020 ,Lebanon
- Phone: -
Under the name of the Syrian Protestant College, the American University of Beirut first opened its doors to 16 students in December 1866, basing its educational philosophy on the American liberal arts model of higher education. Since very early on, the university has expanded and developed its faculties and degree programmes, quickly opening a School of Medicine in 1867 and a School of Pharmacy in 1871. Today, it has six faculties with around 800 academic staff. It offers more than 130 undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes to just under 8,000 students, 50 per cent of whom are women. The majority of classes are taught in English. AUB is based at a 64-acre urban campus in the centre of the Lebanese capital, situated on the shores of the Mediterranean. It houses the AUB Medical Center, the Charles W. Hostler Student Center, the Archaeological Museum, the Natural History Museum, a Lebanese geological collection and five libraries (including the Jafet Memorial Library). The Saab Memorial Medical Library is considered among the best medical libraries in the Middle East. Meanwhile, the university’s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, a 247-acre research farm, is located in the Beqa'a Valley. Students are attracted to the university by its proximity to the city and its surroundings, from where it is possible to visit one of the oldest cedar forests in the world at Bsharre. Notable alumni of AUB include the architect Zaha Hadid and former Lebanese prime minister Salim Al-Hoss.
- Total number of students 8,214
- Number of international students 1,738
- Total number of academic staff 952
- Number of international staff 307
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 1,624
- Number of master's degrees awarded 402
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 100
- Number of research only staff 282
- Number of new undergraduate students 1,699
- Number of new master's students 316
- Number of new doctoral students 118
- Global score 42.6
- Global research reputation #456
- Regional research reputation #47
- Publications #814
- Books #447
- Conferences #728
- Normalized citation impact #600
- Total citations #770
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #848
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #905
- International collaboration #852
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #86
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #679
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #539
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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21%
Percentage of International Students
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51 : 49
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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8,401
Number of FTE Students
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8.5
No. of students per staff
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2016
501-600
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2017
501—600
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2018
501–600
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2019
401–500
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2020
351–400
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Asia University Rankings
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2013
87
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2014
86
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2015
88
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2016
=84
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2017
85
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2018
=75
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2019
=62
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
251–300
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2019
201–250
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-
Engineering & technology
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2018
401–500
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2019
401–500
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Life sciences
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2018
401–500
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2019
401–500
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-
Physical sciences
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2019
501–600
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-
Social sciences
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2018
201–250
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-
Business & Economics
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2019
301–400
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Computer Science
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2019
301–400
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
201–300
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Impact Rankings: Peace, justice and strong institutions
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2019
=77
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Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Gender equality
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
201–300
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
101–200
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
201–300
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#288 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 51.5
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #281
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #28
- Clinical Medicine publications #451
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #263
- Clinical Medicine total citations #381
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #481
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #607
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #281
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #23
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #355
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #351
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#488 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 39.3
- Engineering global research reputation #301
- Engineering regional research reputation #54
- Engineering publications #657
- Engineering normalized citation impact #422
- Engineering total citations #631
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #626
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #516
- Engineering international collaboration #685
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #304
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #409
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #188
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#205 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 43.6
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #271
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #23
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #453
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #52
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #345
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #407
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #267
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #158
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #6
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #163
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #2