Saint Joseph University of Beirut (; French: ''Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth'', commonly known as USJ) is a private

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

research university in

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

, founded in 1875 by French

Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

missionaries and subsidized by the

Government of France The Government of France (, ), officially the Government of the French Republic (, ), exercises Executive (government), executive power in France. It is composed of the Prime Minister of France, prime minister, who is the head of government, ...

during the time when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. As the oldest French university in Lebanon, it promotes

Lebanese culture The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from Phoenicia and through various civilizations over thousands of years. It was home to the Phoenicians and was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Assyrians, the Greeks, the A ...

and upholds a policy of equal admission opportunity without consideration of ethno-religious affiliations. It advocates

trilingual Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. When the languages are just two, it is usually called bilingualism. It is believed that multilingual speakers outnumber monoling ...

education, offering instruction in

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

, French, and English. It is known in Lebanon and the Middle East for its university hospital, the

Hôtel-Dieu de France The Hôtel-Dieu de France is one of the three leading Lebanese hospitals. It is located on Alfred Naccache Boulevard in Beirut, and is the oldest active French hospital in the city. Hôtel-Dieu, an old French term for hospital, derives its name ...

, and for its

Faculty of Law A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, sc ...

, modern Lebanon's oldest law school and the first law school in Lebanon since the

ancient Roman In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

law school of Berytus. The 12,650-student enrollment is served by an academic staff of 2,000 and a support staff of 540, distributed over its 13

faculties Faculty or faculties may refer to: Academia * Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...

, 24

institute An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ca ...

s and schools, across five

campus A campus traditionally refers to the land and buildings of a college or university. This will often include libraries, lecture halls, student centers and, for residential universities, residence halls and dining halls. By extension, a corp ...

es in Beirut, with regional university centers in

Sidon Sidon ( ) or better known as Saida ( ; ) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast in the South Governorate, Lebanon, South Governorate, of which it is the capital. Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre, t ...

, Tripoli, and

Zahlé Zahlé () is a city in eastern Lebanon, and the capital and largest city of Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon. With around 150,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city in Lebanon after Beirut and Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli and the fourth-largest ...

, as well as one foreign center, the USJ-Dubai, located in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal elective monarchy made up of seven emirates, with Abu Dhabi serving as i ...

. USJ is the only university in the Middle East and the

Arab world The Arab world ( '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, comprises a large group of countries, mainly located in West Asia and North Africa. While the majority of people in ...

to follow the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), as well as having official recognition and compliance with the higher education regulations of Lebanon. USJ has partnerships with over 275 institutions in 42 countries, including

Francophone The Francophonie or Francophone world is the whole body of people and organisations around the world who use the French language regularly for private or public purposes. The term was coined by Onésime Reclus in 1880 and became important a ...

, Jesuit, and Arab universities.

History

In 1839, French Jesuit missionaries, including Maksymilian Stanisław Ryłło, came to Beirut and established a modest French Catholic school. Later, in 1855, the Jesuits founded a bigger

seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as cle ...

-college in

Ghazir Ghazir () is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon. It is located north of Beirut. It has an average elevation of 380 meters above sea level and a total land area of . Ghazir is divided ...

. The seminary moved to Beirut in 1875, where it merged with the first school established earlier in 1839. Public authorities quickly graced the new school with the title of "university," which allowed it to grant

academic degree An academic degree is a qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions often offer degrees at various levels, usually divided into und ...

s, with a focus on

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

s in

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

. In his audience of 25 February 1881,

Pope Leo XIII Pope Leo XIII (; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2March 181020July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 until his death in July 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope, behind those of Peter the Ap ...

bestowed the title of

pontifical university A pontifical university or athenaeum is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and canon law (Catholic Church), Canon Law) and at least o ...

on USJ. The Institute of

Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

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

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

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 Eastern Mediterranean is a loosely delimited region comprising the easternmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea, and well as the adjoining land—often defined as the countries around the Levantine Sea. It includes the southern half of Turkey ...

. The School for

French Law French law has a dual jurisdictional system comprising private law (), also known as judicial law, and public law (). Judicial law includes, in particular: * () * Criminal law () Public law includes, in particular: * Administrative law ( ...

was established in 1913 under the patronage of the

University of Lyon The University of Lyon ( , or UdL) is a university system ( ''ComUE'') based in Lyon, France. It comprises 12 members and 9 associated institutions. The 3 main constituent universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which f ...

. The Institute for Political Sciences was first established in 1920 and is now known as "

SciencesPo Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

Beyrouth." They both evolved into the Faculty of Law and

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

of Saint Joseph University in 1946. Today, the Faculty of Law continues to offer education covering both French and Lebanese law. Most of the major law classes are taught in French. The Faculty of Law offers courses in

corporate law Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses. The term refers to the legal practice of law relating to corpora ...

family law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriag ...

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."Conflict of Laws", ''Black's Law Dictio ...

, as well as in other areas of

international law International law, also known as public international law and the law of nations, is the set of Rule of law, rules, norms, Customary law, legal customs and standards that State (polity), states and other actors feel an obligation to, and generall ...

. The Institute of Political Science offers the Arab Master's in Democracy and Human Rights. Statue Saint Joseph

The French School of Engineering also founded in 1913 became the Higher School for Engineering of Beirut (French: ''École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (ESIB)'') in 1948. For many years, USJ offered the only engineering education in Lebanon and the

Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, Middle East, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use toda ...

, training the first generations of engineers in the region. The university launched Berytech, a

business development Business development entails tasks and processes to develop and implement growth opportunities within and between business organizations. It is a subset of the fields of business, commerce and organizational theory. Business development is the cre ...

center, in 2008. In 2012, the Faculty of Economics launched a new

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate 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 prac ...

web science Web science is an emerging interdisciplinary field concerned with the study of large-scale socio-technical systems, particularly the World Wide Web. It considers the relationship between people and technology, the ways that society and technolo ...

and

digital economy The digital economy is a portmanteau of digital computing and economy, and is an umbrella term that describes how traditional Brick and mortar, brick-and-mortar economic activities (production, distribution, trade) are being transformed by the ...

, the first of its kind in the Middle East region. The saying goes that " is Saint Joseph University of Beirut that has healed, legislated, and built Lebanon." (French: ''"C’est l’USJ qui a soigné, légiféré, et construit le Liban."'') The university ranks very high for the quality of its publications.

Academics

Saint Joseph University of Beirut has been consistently ranked as the second-best university in Lebanon, and it has a historical rivalry with the top English-speaking university, the

American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut (AUB; ) is a private, non-sectarian, and independent university chartered in New York with its main campus in Beirut, Lebanon. AUB is governed by a private, autonomous board of trustees and offers programs le ...

(AUB). It has also established itself as the foremost French university in the nation and ranks among the most prestigious academic institutions in the Middle East. The University has 13 faculties, 24 institutes and schools, spread out across five campuses in the city of Beirut, as well as regional centers in three other major cities of Lebanon, and a foreign center in Dubai. It is structured as follows: * Medicine and

Health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

Faculty of Medicine A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, professional school, or forms a part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, ...

(French: ''Faculté de médecine (FM)'') which was founded in 1883. It operates a large university hospital, the Hotêl-Dieu de France, and includes: ## The School of

Midwifery Midwifery is the health science and health profession that deals with pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period (including care of the newborn), in addition to the sexual and reproductive health of women throughout their lives. In many cou ...

(French: ''École de sage-femmes (ESF)'') founded in 1922 ## The Institute of

Physical Therapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

(French: ''Institut de physiothérapie (IPHY)'') founded in 1956 ## The Institute of Psychomotor Therapy (French: ''Institut de psychomotricité (IPM)'') founded in 1999 ## The Higher Institute of

Speech and Language Therapy Speech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language. Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a language's lexicon. There are many different intentional speech acts, suc ...

(French: ''Institut supérieur d'orthophonie (ISO)'') founded in 1966 ## The Institute of

Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy (OT), also known as ergotherapy, is a healthcare profession. Ergotherapy is derived from the Greek wiktionary:ergon, ergon which is allied to work, to act and to be active. Occupational therapy is based on the assumption t ...

(French: ''Institut d'ergothérapie (IET)'') founded in 2016 ## The Higher Institute of

Public Health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

(French: ''Institut supérieur de santé publique (ISSP)'') founded in 2016 # Faculty of Pharmacy (French: ''Faculté de Pharmacie (FP)'') founded in 1889 and which includes: ##The School of Medical Laboratory Scientists (French: ''École de techniciens de laboratoires d'analyses médicales (ETLAM)'') founded in 1946 # Faculty of Dental Medicine (French: ''Faculté de médecine dentaire (FMD)'') founded in 1920 #Faculty of

Nursing Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alle ...

Sciences (French: ''Faculté des sciences infirmières (FSI)'') founded in 1942 * Art,

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

Religious Studies Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as ''religion'' and definition of religion, its definition is h ...

# Faculty of Humanities (French: ''Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines (FLSH)'') reorganized in 1976 and now comprising specialized departments for

western literature Western literature, also known as European literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, and is shaped by the periods in which they were conceived, with each period containing prominent weste ...

;

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

and

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

(including

human resources management Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize e ...

);

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

(including

archeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeolo ...

, and

cross-cultural studies Cross-cultural studies, sometimes called holocultural studies or comparative studies, is a specialization in anthropology and sister sciences such as sociology, psychology, economics, political science that uses field data from many societies th ...

);

geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

(including

tourism geography Tourism geography is the study of travel and tourism, as an industry and as a social and cultural activity. Tourism geography covers a wide range of interests including the environmental impact of tourism, the geographies of tourism and leisure ...

, and

environmental resource management Environmental resource management or environmental management is the management of the interaction and impact of human societies on the environment. It is not, as the phrase might suggest, the management of the environment itself. Environment ...

);

(including eastern and

western philosophy Western philosophy refers to the Philosophy, philosophical thought, traditions and works of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the Pre ...

); and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

. The faculty includes: ## The Institute of Oriental Letters (French: ''Institut de lettres orientales (ILO)'') founded in 1936 and focused mainly on

Arabic literature Arabic literature ( / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is ''Adab (Islam), Adab'', which comes from a meaning of etiquett ...

islamic philosophy Islamic philosophy is philosophy that emerges from the Islamic tradition. Two terms traditionally used in the Islamic world are sometimes translated as philosophy—''falsafa'' (), which refers to philosophy as well as logic, mathematics, and p ...

islamic studies Islamic studies is the academic study of Islam, which is analogous to related fields such as Jewish studies and Quranic studies. Islamic studies seeks to understand the past and the potential future of the Islamic world. In this multidiscipli ...

, and education in Arab countries ## The Lebanese School of

Social Work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

(French: ''École Libanaise de Formation Sociale (ELFS)'') founded in 1948 ## The Institute of

Theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

Audiovisual Audiovisual (AV) is electronic media possessing both a sound and a visual component, such as slide-tape presentations, films, television programs, corporate conferencing, church services, and live theater productions. Audiovisual service provide ...

, and Cinema Studies (French: ''Institut d'Études Scéniques, audiovisuelles, et cinématographiques (IESAV)'') founded in 1988

# Faculty of

Language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...

s and

Translation Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...

(French: ''Faculté des langues et de traduction (FdLT)'') founded in 1980 and which includes: ## The School of Translators and

Interpreters Interpreting is translation from a spoken or signed language into another language, usually in real time to facilitate live communication. It is distinguished from the translation of a written text, which can be more deliberative and make use o ...

of Beirut (French: ''École de traducteurs et d'interprètes de Beyrouth (ETIB)'') ## The Center for

Modern Languages A modern language is any human language that is currently in use as a native language. The term is used in language education to distinguish between languages which are used for day-to-day communication (such as French and German) and dead clas ...

(French: ''Centre des Langues Vivantes (CLV)'') # Faculty of

Education Sciences Education sciences, also known as education studies or education theory, and traditionally called ''pedagogy'', seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education including education policy. Subfields include comparative education, educational ...

(French: ''Faculté des sciences de l'éducation (FSédu)'') which includes: ## The Lebanese Institute for Educators (French: ''Institut libanais d'éducateurs'' ''(ILE)'') # Higher School of Arts and

Fashion Design Fashion design is the art of applying design, aesthetics, clothing construction, and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by diverse cultures and different trends and has varied over time and place. "A fashion design ...

(French: '' École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode (ESMOD)''). ESMOD was initially established in 1841 in Paris by Alexis Lavigne, the tailor of Empress Eugénie of France. It is present in Lebanon since 1999 and is now part of USJ # Faculty of Religious Sciences (French: ''Faculté des sciences religieuses (FSR)'') with a long and rich history going all the way back to 1875. It includes: ## The Higher Institute of Religious Sciences (French: ''Institut supérieur de sciences religieuses (ISSR)'') established in 1980 ## Institute of Islamo-Christian Studies (French: ''Institut d'études islamo-chrétiennes (IEIC)'') founded in 1977 * Law, Political Science # Faculty of Law and Political Science (French: ''Faculté de droit et des sciences politiques (FDSP)'') founded in 1913 and reorganized in 1946. It includes: ## The Institute of Political Science (known as "SciencesPo Beyrouth") (French: ''Institut des Sciences Politiques (ISP)'') founded in 1920 ## The Center for Legal Studies in the Arab World (French: ''Centre d'études des droits du monde arabe (CEDROMA)''). CEDROMA was founded in 1997 following a partnership agreement between the University and the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Its purpose is to promote a better understanding of the laws of Arab countries through a comparative law approach, particularly in relation to French law *

Economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

Bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...

ing,

Insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to protect ...

# Faculty of Economics (French: ''Faculté des sciences économiques (FSE)'') # Faculty of

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

and Management (French: ''Faculté de gestion et management (FGM)'') which includes: ## The Institute of Business Administration (French: ''Institut de gestion des entreprises (IGE)'') # Higher Institute for Banking Studies (French: ''Institut supérieur d'études bancaires (ISEB)'') # Higher Institute for Insurance Studies (French: ''Institut supérieur des sciences de l'assurance (ISSA)'') * Engineering and

Technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

, Sciences ESIB

# Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (French: ''Faculté d'ingénierie et d'architecture (FIA)'') ## Higher School of Engineering of Beirut (French: ''École superieure d'Ingenieurs de Beyrouth (ESIB)'') established in 1948 ## Higher School of Architecture of Beirut (French: ''École superieure d'architecture de Beyrouth (ESAR)'') reestablished in 2023 ## Higher School of Agricultural Engineering for

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...

Countries (French: ''École superieure d'ingénieurs d'agronomie méditerranéenne (ESIAM)'') ## Higher School of Food Engineering (French: ''École superieure d'ingénieurs agroalimentaires (ESIA)'') ## National Institute of

Communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

and

Informatics Informatics is the study of computational systems. According to the Association for Computing Machinery, ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which the centra ...

(French: ''Institut national des télécommunications et de l'informatique (INCI)'') # Faculty of Sciences (French: ''Faculté des Sciences (FS)'') * Other university centers #

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

Academic Center (French: ''Centre académique japonais (CAJAP)'') # Professional Center for

Mediation Mediation is a structured, voluntary process for resolving disputes, facilitated by a neutral third party known as the mediator. It is a structured, interactive process where an independent third party, the mediator, assists disputing parties ...

(French: ''Centre professionnel de médiation (CPM)'') #

Confucius Confucius (; pinyin: ; ; ), born Kong Qiu (), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the phil ...

Institute (French: ''Institut Confucius (IC)'') for the teaching of Chinese and the promotion of

Chinese culture Chinese culture () is one of the Cradle of civilization#Ancient China, world's earliest cultures, said to originate five thousand years ago. The culture prevails across a large geographical region in East Asia called the Sinosphere as a whole ...

. # University for All (French: ''Université Pour Tous (UPT)''). UPT provides advanced-level courses that are accessible to everyone in Lebanon, without any requirements or registration, and do not confer academic degrees. 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,

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

, other

Member States A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation. Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states ...

of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

, the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

, the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Additionally, USJ proudly showcases prestigious institutions such as the Center for Arab Christian Research and Documentation (French: ''Centre de documentation et de recherches arabes chrétiennes (CEDRAC)''), the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory, the Mim Museum for

mineral In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. (2011): Mi ...

s and

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s and its two theaters: Le Béryte and Théâtre Monnot. USJ houses the Bibliothèque Orientale, one of the oldest and most prominent research libraries of the

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, and a repository for ancient valuable Oriental books and

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The business school has received an "excellent" ranking from

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Campuses

Saint Joseph University of Beirut campuses include: * The Medical Sciences Campus (French: ''Campus des Sciences Médicales (CSM)'') on Damascus Street. * The Sciences and Technology Campus (French: ''Campus des Sciences et Technologies (CST)'') in Mar Roukouz. * The Social Sciences Campus "Huvelin" (French: ''Campus des Sciences Sociales (CSS)'') on Monnot Street. * The

Campus (French: ''Campus des Sciences Humaines'') on Damascus Street. * The

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s Campus (French: ''Campus de l'Innovation et du Sport (CIS)'') on Damascus Street. The three regional centers are located in

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), and Tripoli ( Northern Lebanon). In 2008, Saint Joseph University opened

Saint Joseph University - Dubai Saint Joseph University of Beirut in Dubai ("USJ-Dubai") was founded in 2008. It is a branch campus of the Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon. USJ-Dubai is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority of the United Arab Emir ...

, a branch that offers a

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(LLB), a

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(LLM), and a

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(MA) in

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. The campus is located in the

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. The university is accredited by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority of the

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Notable alumni and academics

USJ's graduates includes seven Lebanese Presidents, a Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon, two Presidents of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, Governors of the Banque du Liban, numerous

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s, ministers,

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s, and high-ranking

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, including Commanders of the Lebanese Armed Forces and executives of the

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. ;Lebanese presidents *

Camille Chamoun Camille Nimr Chamoun (, ; 3 April 19007 August 1987) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 2nd president of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War. Early yea ...

Charles Helou Charles Helou (25 September 1913 – 7 January 2001) was a Lebanese politician who served as the 4th president of Lebanon from 1964 to 1970. Early life and education Born in Beirut on 25 September 1913, Helou was the scion of a powerful Maron ...

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Amine Gemayel Amine Pierre Gemayel (, ; born 22 January 1942) is a Lebanese politician who served as the eighth president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Gemayel was born in Bikfaya to Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the Christianity in Lebanon, Christian Kat ...

* Rene Moawad *

Bachir Gemayel Bachir Pierre Gemayel (, ; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party, in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Lebanon in 1982. ...

* Elias Hrawi ;Lebanese ministers (incomplete) * Ziad Baroud *

Adnan Mansour Adnan Mansour (; born 5 January 1946) is a Lebanese diplomat, politician and the former minister of foreign affairs and emigrants. Early life and education Mansour was born in Bourj el-Barajneh on 5 January 1946 into a Shi'ite family. He obta ...

* Ibrahim Najjar * Marie-Claude Najm * Abdallah Victor Farhat * Michel Murr * Nicolas Nahas * Tarek Mitri * Khatchig Babikian * Shakib Qortbawi *

Leila Al Solh Leila Al Solh (; born 1946) is the vice president of Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, Alwaleed bin Talal Humanitarian Foundation and a former Lebanese minister of industry. Early life and education Born in Beirut in 1946, Leila Al Solh is the youn ...

* Walid Daouk * Marwan Hamadeh * Salim Jreissati ;Lebanese politicians (incomplete) * Raymond Edde *

Samir Geagea Samir Farid Geagea (, , also spelled Samir Ja'ja' ; born 25 October 1952) is a Lebanese politician and former militia commander who has been the leader of the Lebanese Forces Lebanese Forces, political party and Lebanese Forces (militia ...

(born 1952), Lebanese leader and politician *

Pierre Gemayel Pierre Amine Gemayel, also spelled Jmayyel, Jemayyel or al-Jumayyil (; 6 November 1905 – 29 August 1984), was a Lebanese political leader. A Maronite Catholic, he is remembered as the founder of the Kataeb Party (also known as the Phalang ...

Samy Gemayel Samy Amine Gemayel (, born 3 December 1980) is a Lebanese politician, lawyer and a member of the Lebanese parliament. Being elected as party president in 2015, he presently serves as the seventh leader of the Lebanese Kataeb Party which was f ...

Antoine Ghanem Antoine Ghanem (; 10 August 1943 – 19 September 2007) was a Lebanese politician and an Member of Parliament, MP in the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the Kataeb party and the March 14 Coalition. He was murdered on 19 Septembe ...

Kamal Jumblatt Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organ ...

Adnan Kassar Adnan Kassar (; 1930 – 2 May 2025) was a Lebanese banker, businessman and politician, who served in different cabinet posts. Early life and education Kassar was born into a Sunni Muslim family in Beirut in 1930. His father, Wafiq Kassar, was ...

* Nayla Moawad * Fouad Abou Nader *

Karim Pakradouni Karim Pakradouni ( ) (born 18 August 1944) is a Lebanese attorney and politician of Armenian origin. He was influential in Kataeb Party, heading it for some period. He was also influential in the Lebanese Forces in various critical phases of the ...

* Michel Chiha *

Michel Pharaon Michel Pharaon () is a Lebanese politician, and was Minister of Tourism in Lebanon. He was the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Fouad Siniora government. In the general election held in 2000, he won a seat from Beirut's fir ...

* Antoine Andraos * Eddy Abillammaa , valign=top, ;Foreign politicians * Mohammad Habash * Aram Karamanoukian *

Ahmad Mirfendereski Ahmad Mirfendereski (; 9 May 1918 – 2 May 2004) was an Iranian diplomat, politician and the last minister of foreign affairs of the Shah era in Iran. Career Mirfendereski began his career at the ministry of foreign affairs and held many posts ...

* Eliyahu Sasson * Izzat Traboulsi *

Scott Sharp Scott Sharp (born February 14, 1968) is an American professional racing driver in the United SportsCar Championship. He is the son of six-time SCCA champion Bob Sharp. Sharp is best known for his years as a competitor in the Indy Racing Leagu ...

;Religious leaders * Anthony Peter Khoraish * Peter-Hans Kolvenbach * George Riashi * Wladyslaw Rubin *

Michel Sabbah Michel Sabbah (; born 19 March 1933) is a Catholic Church in Palestine, Palestinian Catholic prelate who served as the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1987 to 2008, the first non-Italian to hold the position in m ...

* Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir ;Theologians and philosophers: * Louis Cheikho * Jad Hatem * Samir Khalil Samir ;Ambassadors * Farid Abboud * Tawfiq Yusuf Awwad * George Ghanem * Assad Kotaite ;Academics * Aya Chacar *

René Chamussy René Chamussy (15 December 1936 – 27 October 2016) was a French-Lebanese Jesuit priest and academic administrator. He was the author of several books about Lebanon. He served as the rector of the Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon, fr ...

;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 ...

;Poets * Bashir Copti * Mansour Eid * Nadia Tueni ;Linguists * Joseph E. Aoun ;Musicians * Marie Keyrouz * Joelle KhouryJoelle Khoury listed as having attended Saint Joseph University on page at brunel.ac.uk
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Gabriel Yared Gabriel Yared (; born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Yared scored the French films '' Betty Blue'' and ''Camille Claudel''. He later worked on Eng ...

;Directors *

Nadine Labaki Nadine Labaki (; born February 18, 1974) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese and Canadians, Canadian Actor, actress, Film director, director, and Activism, activist. Labaki first came into the spotlight as an actress in the early 2000s. Her filmmaking ...

* Hiba Tawaji ;Historians * Jean Maurice Fiey *

Henri Fleisch Reverend Father Henri Fleisch (1 January 1904 – 10 February 1985) was a French archaeologist, missionary and Orientalist, known for his work on classical Arabic language and Lebanese dialect and prehistory in Lebanon. Fleisch spent years re ...

* Paul Huvelin *

Henri Lammens Henri Lammens (1 July 1862 – 23 April 1937) was a Belgian Orientalist historian and Jesuit, who wrote (in French) on the early history of Islam. Education and career as a Jesuit Born in Ghent, Belgium of Catholic Flemish stock, Henri Lammens ...

;Columnists * Georges Corm * Randa Habib * Peter Scholl-Latour * Pierre-Luc Séguillon ;Writers * Charles Corm * Hassan Kobeissi *

Amin Maalouf Amin Maalouf (; ; born 25 February 1949) is a Lebanese people in France, Lebanese-born French"A ...

* Wajdi Mallat * Thurayyā Malḥas * Youakim Moubarac *

Ghassan Salamé Ghassan Salamé (; born 1951) is a Lebanon, Lebanese academic who currently serves as the Minister of Culture since January 2025. He previously served in the same position from 2000 to 2003. He was the Dean of the Paris School of International Af ...

* Salah Stétié * Omar Zaani

References

External links

Official Saint Joseph University website
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History

Academics

Campuses

Notable alumni and academics

See also

References

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