🇱🇧 32 universities · 4 governorates
Lebanon's universities — from Wikidata, not the ministry.
Lebanon has one public university, the Lebanese University, and many private universities, licensed by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. This directory lists the 32 universities Wikidata records, by governorate.
Not an official list
This list comes from Wikidata, a community-maintained database (retrieved 2026-11-13) — not from the country's regulator. It may include institutions that have closed, merged or been renamed, or that have lost or never had official recognition, and it may miss others. We leave out entries Wikidata marks as dissolved or closed, but that filter is only as up to date as Wikidata. Only institutions whose name calls them a university are listed, so recognised colleges and degree-awarding institutes are missing. Being listed here is not proof of accreditation.
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The UN Secretary-General's 2025 report on children and armed conflict covers Lebanon and verified one attack on a school in 2024. A/79/878, 17 June 2025, para. 117.
Universities listed
32
In Beirut Governorate
22
With a website on record
31
What isn't here, and why
Lebanon's Ministry of Education and Higher Education licenses the universities, but we found no list it publishes that we could republish, so this page is built from Wikidata.
This list is from Wikidata, a community-maintained source — retrieved 2026-11-13. A university missing here is a gap in that source, not a judgement about the university, and being listed here is not proof of accreditation: check with the national regulator. Public or private status is shown only where Wikidata records it (26 of 32).
All 32 universities, by governorate
Beirut Governorate (22)North Governorate (4)Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate (3)Mount Lebanon Governorate (2)
Beirut Governorate (22)
| Al Imam Al Ouzai Universityجامعة الإمام الأوزاعي الإسلاميةBeirut | est. 1979 | |
| Al Maaref Universityجامعة المعارفBeirut | Private | est. 2011 |
| Al-Kafaàt Universityجامعة الكفاءاتBeirut | Private | est. 1999 |
| American University of Beirutالجامعة الأميركية في بيروتBeirut | Private | est. 1866 |
| American University of Culture and Educationالجامعة الأميركية للثقافة والتعليمBeirut | Private | |
| American University of Science and Technologyالجامعة الأمريكية للعلوم والتكنولوجياBeirut | est. 1994 | |
| Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanonجامعة الآداب والعلوم والتكنولوجيا في لبنانBeirut | Private | est. 1998 |
| Beirut Arab Universityجـامعة بيروت العربيةBeirut | Private | est. 1960 |
| Beirut Islamic Universityجامعة بيروت الإسلاميةBeirut | est. 1982 | |
| Global Universityالجامعة العالميةBeirut | Private | est. 1992 |
| Haigazian Universityجامعة هايكازيانBeirut | Private | est. 1955 |
| Islamic University of Lebanonالجامعة الإسلامية في لبنانBeirut | Private | est. 1996 |
| Lebanese American Universityالجامعة اللبنانية الأمريكيةBeirut | Private | est. 1924 |
| Lebanese Canadian Universityالجامعة اللبنانية الكنديةBeirut | Private | |
| Lebanese German Universityالجامعة اللبنانية الألمانيةBeirut | Private | est. 2008 |
| Lebanese International Universityالجامعة اللبنانية الدوليةBeirut | Private | est. 2001 |
| Makassed Universityجامعة المقاصدBeirut | Private | |
| Middle East Universityجامعة الشرق الأوسطBeirut | Private | est. 1939 |
| Modern University for Business and Scienceالجامعة الحديثة للإدارة والعلومBeirut | Private | est. 2000 |
| Rafik Hariri Universityجامعة رفيق الحريريBeirut | Private | est. 1999 |
| Saint Joseph University of Beirutجامعة القديس يوسفBeirut | est. 1875 | |
| Université La Sagesseجامعة الحكمة (لبنان)Beirut | Private | est. 1875 |
North Governorate (4)
| City Universityجامعة المدينةTripoli | Private | est. 1990 |
| Jinan University Lebanonجامعة الجنانTripoli | ||
| University of Balamandجامعة البلمندTripoli | Private | est. 1988 |
| University Of Tripoli Lebanonجامعة طرابلس لبنانTripoli | Private | est. 1982 |
Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate (3)
| American University of Technologyالجامعة الأمريكية للتكنولوجياByblos | est. 1998 | |
| Holy Spirit University of Kaslikجامعة الروح القدس - الكسليكJounieh | Private | est. 1938 |
| Notre Dame University – Louaizeجامعة سيدة اللويزةZouk Mosbeh | Private | est. 1987 |
Mount Lebanon Governorate (2)
| Antonine Universityالجامعة الأنطونيةBaabda | Private | est. 1996 |
| Lebanese Universityالجامعة اللبنانيةBaabda | Public | est. 1951 |
Location not recorded (1)
| Phoenicia Universityجامعة فينيسيا | Private | est. 2012 |
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