Lebanese American University (LAU) is a private university in Beirut, Lebanon, founded in 1924, with about 8,000 students.
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The Lebanese American University (LAU) is a private, non-sectarian university in Lebanon, chartered in New York State. Its origins date to 1835 with an American Presbyterian school for girls in Beirut; it later became Beirut College for Women, Beirut University College, and in 1994 the Lebanese American University.
LAU has campuses in Beirut and Byblos and schools of arts and sciences, architecture and design, business (Adnan Kassar School of Business), engineering, pharmacy, medicine (Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine) and nursing. It holds US institutional accreditation and programme accreditations including for pharmacy and engineering.
Teaching is in English on an American credit system. LAU offers financial aid and scholarships.
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Lebanese American University (LAU) was founded in 1924.
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