Saint Joseph University of Beirut (

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: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', abbreviated to and commonly known as "USJ") is a

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located in

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, which was founded in 1875 by

Jesuit missionaries. It is regarded among the top and most reputable academic institutions in Lebanon and the

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. Its alumni include numerous Lebanese presidents, ministers, judges, lawyers,

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, artists, clerics and beyond. As Lebanon's oldest and main French university, it promotes

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while openly disregarding ethno-religious affiliations during admissions and encourages a trilingual teaching of

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and

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. Additionally, it is known in Lebanon and the Middle East for its university hospital, the

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, and for its prestigious and historical Faculty of Law, modern Lebanon's oldest law school and the first law school in Lebanon since the ancient Roman law school of Berytus, which itself was one of the world's first law schools. The 12,000-student enrollment is served by an academic staff of 2,000 and a support staff of 540, distributed over its 12 faculties, 24 institutes and schools across five campuses in

, with regional university centres in

Sidon Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...

, Tripoli and Zahlé, as well as one foreign center situated in

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, UAE. USJ is the only university in the Middle East to adhere to the

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an ECTS university academic credits system, while also being officially recognised by and in accord with the higher education law of Lebanon. It maintains some 150 various international agreements.

History

In 1839, French Jesuit missionaries came to Beirut and established a modest catholic school. Later, in 1855, the Jesuits founded a bigger school in Ghazir, which would later be moved to

in 1875 to merge with the first school. Legal authorities quickly graced the new school with the title of "university", which allowed it to grant

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s, mainly

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s in

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. ...

and

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. The creation of faculties and institutes followed the establishment of the university. For instance, the Institute of

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founded in 1883, became the Faculty of Medicine in 1888 and later the Faculty of Medicine and

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in 1889. A maternity clinic opened in 1896, followed by the Oriental College in 1902. The university has since been noted for establishing a continuous French presence in the eastern Mediterranean. The School for French law was founded in 1913 and later became the Faculty of Law of Saint Joseph University in 1946. To this day, the Faculty of Law still teaches both French and Lebanese laws in a comparative approach with most of its major law classes being taught in French. The Faculty of Law enjoys a strong reputation in family law and

private international law Conflict of laws (also called private international law) is the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrence that has connections to more than one jurisdiction. This body of law deals with three broad ...

as well as in other areas of

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. Current law faculty members have contributed to the development of the law in France, Lebanon and Gulf countries and other regions of the world. The Institute for Political Sciences was first established in 1920. The French School of Engineering also founded in 1913 became the Higher Institute for Engineering in 1948. The university launched Berytech, a business development center, in 2008. In 2012, the Faculty of Economics launched a new master's degree in web science and digital economy, the first of its kind in the Middle East region. The university ranks very high for the quality of its publications.

Academics

Saint Joseph University currently ranks as the second best university in Lebanon, rivaling the nation's top English speaking American university, the American University of Beirut, as the nation's foremost French university, and among the top academic institutions in all of the

. University departments include:

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and

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

(sociology,

human resources management Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

, information and communication),

History History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

(history, archeology, comparative studies and strategic research),

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(tourist organization, environmental organization),

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, and

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(psychology,

education sciences Education sciences or education theory (traditionally often called ''pedagogy'') seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education policy and practice. Education sciences include many topics, such as pedagogy, andragogy, curriculum, learning, ...

). The University also has an Institute of Oriental Letters ( Arabic and oriental letters,

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and

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, islamology, education in Arab countries) and a

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and

Translation Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transla ...

Institute. The degrees the university awards are: bachelor's ( BA, BS, LLB,

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BBA Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business administration awarded by colleges and universities after completion of undergraduate study in the fundamentals of business administration and usually including advanced ...

, BTheol, BCS, B.Ed, BSA, BM, B.Phil among many others),

master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

, post-graduate, and

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. The University is also home to the Lebanese School of Social Formation, the Institute of Scenic, Audiovisual and Cinematographic Studies (IESAV), and the Lebanese Institute of Educators. The university has faculties of law, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry,

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, and

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

. The Social Sciences Campus (commonly known as "Huvelin" after its founder Paul-Louis Huvelin) is known for its competitive bachelor programs that prepare students to pursue advanced master's degrees in top business and law schools in France,

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, the

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, other member States of the

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, the

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, the

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and

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. Additionally, it is known for its institutions such as CEDRAC and the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory. The university is host to a valuable library of Oriental manuscripts. The business school has received an "excellent" ranking from Eduniversal.

Campuses

Saint Joseph University of Beirut campuses include: * Campus of Medical and Infirmary Sciences, Damascus Street * Campus of Science and Technology, Mar Roukouz * Campus of Social Sciences, Huvelin Street,

Rue Monnot Rue Monnot ( ar, شارع مونو), is a street in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located east of Beirut Central District, in the Sodeco neighborhood of the Achrafieh district, and named after Father Ambroise Monnot, a French Jesuit who founded the Saint ...

* Campus of Human Sciences, Damascus Street * Campus of Innovation and Sports, Damascus Street The three regional centers are located in Sidon ( Southern Lebanon), Zahlé ( Beqaa Valley), and Tripoli ( Northern Lebanon). In addition, the university operates 12 facilities and 22 specialized schools and institutes, including the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory on Université Saint-Joseph Street. It also hosts a center for banking and business studies and three centers for dental care, speech therapy, and psycho-motility. In 2008, Saint Joseph University opened a branch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Saint Joseph University - Dubai offers a bachelor's degree in law ( LLB) and a Master of Arts in translation. The campus is located in Dubai International Academic City. The university is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai.

International cooperation

USJ has more than 350 conventions with foreign universities, most notably with

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has grown to comprise eleven undergraduate and graduate ...

in Washington, D.C., United States. It also has more than 200 professors on missions abroad and an administrative office in

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, France. The university belongs to the following associations and is linked to over 100 Arab, European, American, and Canadian universities through accords of cooperation. * International Association of Universities * International Federation of Catholic Universities (European Federation of Catholic Universities) * Association of Jesuit Institutions of Higher Learning in Europe and Lebanon * Association of French speaking universities * Réseau d'excellence des sciences de l'ingénieur de la francophonie * Association of Arab Universities

Notable alumni and academics

;Lebanese Presidents: * Camille Chamoun * Charles Helou *

Elias Sarkis Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

* Amine Gemayel * Rene Moawad * Bachir Gemayel *

Elias Hrawi Elias Hrawi ( ar, الياس الهراوي, 4 September 1926 – 7 July 2006) was president of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998. Early life and education Hrawi was born in Hawch Al Umara, Zahlé, to a wealthy landowning Mar ...

;Lebanese Ministers: * Ziad Baroud * Adnan Mansour *

Ibrahim Najjar Ibrahim Najjar is a lawyer, a professor of law, a Lebanese politician and a former Justice minister (2008–2011). Early life and education Najjar was born the 2nd September 1941 in Tripoli, North Lebanon, and is an adherent of the Greek Orthodox ...

* Marie-Claude Najm * Abdallah Victor Farhat * Michel Murr *

Nicholas Nahhas Nicolas Nahas (born 28 November 1946) is a Lebanese businessman and politician. He was the minister of economy and trade between 2011 and 2014. Early life and education Nahas was born in Tripoli on 28 November 1946. He received a bachelor of sc ...

Tarek Mitri Tarek Mitri ( ar, طارق متري; born 16 September 1950) is a Lebanese university professor, independent politician and former government minister. Early life and education Mitri was born on 16 September 1950. He has a PhD. in political sci ...

Khatchig Babikian Khatchig Babikian (1924–1999) was a philanthropist, attorney, a Lebanese politician of Armenian origin, and a former member of the Lebanese Parliament (1957–1999) and Lebanese government minister on many occasions as minister of Health, Touri ...

* Shakib Qortbawi * Leila Al Solh *

Walid Daouk Walid Daouk (Arabic: وليد الداعوق; born 1958) is a Lebanese lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as information minister between June 2011 and February 2014. Early life and education Daouk was born into a Sunni family, the ...

* Marwan Hamadeh *

Salim Jreissati Salim Jreissati (born 4 April 1952) is a lawyer and politician. He served as Lebanon's minister of labor between 2012 and February 2014. From 18 December 2016 to 31 January 2019 he was the minister of justice. On 31 January 2019 he was named sta ...

;Lebanese Politicians: * Raymond Edde * Pierre Gemayel * Samy Gemayel *

Michel Chiha Michel Chiha (1891–1954) was a Lebanese banker, a politician, writer and journalist. Along with Charles Corm, Petro Trad and Omar Daouk, he is considered one of the fathers of the Lebanese Constitution. His ideas and actions have had an impor ...

* Kamal Jumblatt * Michel Pharaon * Antoine Ghanem * Fouad Abou Nader *

Nayla Moawad Nayla Moawad (, ar, نايلة معوض) (born 3 July 1940) is a Lebanese politician and former First Lady of Lebanon. Outside of Lebanon, she is best known as the widow of former President René Moawad, who was assassinated on 22 November ...

* Karim Pakradouni *

Antoine Andraos Antoine Andraos (Arabic: انطوان اندراوس, born 1950) is a Lebanese politician and a vice-president of the Movement of the Future. He received a diploma in civil engineering in 1973 from the Saint Joseph University in Beirut. In 1976, ...

* Eddy Abillammaa *

Adnan Kassar Adnan Kassar (Arabic: عدنان القصار; born 1930) is a Lebanese banker, businessman and politician, who served at different cabinet posts. Early life and education Kassar was born into a Sunni family in Beirut in 1930. His father, Wafiq ...

, valign=top, ;Foreign Politicians: * Mohammad Habash * Aram Karamanoukian * Ahmad Mirfendereski * Eliyahu Sasson *

Izzat Traboulsi Dr. Izzat Traboulsi LL.M Ph.D.Econ (born. Damascus, Syria; November 20, 1913 – December 6, 2000) ( ar, الدكتور عزة الطرابلسي; alternate spelling: Ezzat Traboulsi, عزت الطرابلسي), was a Syrian politician, economist ...

;Religious leaders: * Anthony Peter Khoraish * Peter-Hans Kolvenbach *

George Riashi George Riashi (Qaa el Reem, near Zahlé, Lebanon on November 25, 1933 – October 28, 2012) was the Greek Melkite Catholic bishop of Melkite Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Tripoli and all North Lebanon. Life George Riashi was one of nine ch ...

* Wladyslaw Rubin *

Michel Sabbah Michel Sabbah ( ar, ميشيل صباح; born 19 March 1933) is a Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold the position in more than five centuries. Biography Sa ...

* Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ;Theologians and philosophers: *

Louis Cheikho Louis Cheikho, ar, لويس شيخو, born Rizqallâh Cheikho (1859–1927) was a Jesuit Chaldean Catholic priest, Orientalist and Theologian. He pioneered Eastern Christian and Assyrian Chaldean literary research and made major contributions ...

Jad Hatem Jad Hatem (Arab جاد حاتم; born 3 December 1952 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese poet and philosopher. He has been a distinguished philosophy, literature and religious sciences Professor at the Saint-Joseph University in Beirut since 19 ...

Samir Khalil Samir Samir Khalil Samir, Society of Jesus, SJ (born Samir Khalil Kosseim), is an Egyptian Society of Jesus, Jesuit priest, Islamic scholar, oriental studies, Orientalist, and Catholic theologian. A professor at the Pontifical Oriental Institute (Rom ...

;Ambassadors * Farid Abboud * Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad * George Ghanem ;Academics: * Aya Chacar ;Architects: *

Joseph Philippe Karam Joseph Philippe Karam (1923–1976) was a Lebanese architect. He was a leading figure of modern architecture in Lebanon during the country's golden era, 1945 to 1975. Karam founded his practice the Atelier d'Architecture Joseph Philippe Karam in ...

;International lawyers: * Assad Kotaite ;Poets: * Bashir Copti * Mansour Eid *

Nadia Tueni Nadia Mohammad Ali Hamade (July 8, 1935 – June 20, 1983) was a Lebanese Francophone poet, who authored numerous volumes of poetry. Early life Nadia Mohammad Ali Hamadeh was born in Beirut in 1935, to a Lebanese Druze father, Mohammed Ali Hamad ...

;Linguists: * Joseph E. Aoun ;Musicians: * Marie Keyrouz *

Joelle Khoury Joelle Khoury is a Lebanese-American pianist and composer of jazz and contemporary classical music. Background Born in Beirut, Joelle Khoury left Lebanon for the United States after the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War. She obtained a d ...

Joelle Khoury listed as having attended Saint Joseph University on page at brunel.ac.uk
/ref> * Gabriel Yared ;Directors: * Nadine Labaki * Hiba Tawaji ;Historians *

Jean Maurice Fiey Jean Maurice Fiey (30 March 1914 – 10 November 1995) was a French Dominican Father and prominent Church historian and Syriacist. Biography Fiey was born in Armentières on 30 March 1914, he entered the Dominican Order at an early age and rece ...

* Henri Fleisch * Paul Huvelin * Henri Lammens ;Columnists: *

Georges Corm Georges Corm is a Lebanese economist. He served as minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's port ...

Randa Habib Randa Habib is a French journalist of Lebanese origin, who as director of the Amman, Jordan, bureau of Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the three global news agencies, since 1987, has spent 25 years covering war, politics and economic developm ...

* Peter Scholl-Latour * Pierre-Luc Séguillon ;Writers: *

Charles Corm Charles Corm (1894–1963) was a Lebanese writer, industrialist and philanthropist.Carla Henoud (24 September 2009"Charles Corm, le visionaire" ''L'Orient-Le Jour''/ref>https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0739184016 Franck Salameh, Charles Corm: ...

* Hassan Kobeissi *

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ar, أمين معلوف; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese-born French"Amin ...

* Wajdi Mallat * Thurayyā Malḥas * Youakim Moubarac *

Ghassan Salamé Ghassan Salamé ( ar, غسان سلامة; born 1951) is a Paris-based Lebanese academic. He served as the Lebanese Minister of Culture from 2000 to 2003. He was the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and professor of Inte ...

* Salah Stétié

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History

Academics

Campuses

International cooperation

Notable alumni and academics

See also

References

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