CULTURE

Beirut Arab University

BAU

Beirut Arab University (BAU) is a private institution of higher learning founded in 1960. The university is academically affiliated to Alexandria University (Egypt). The Faculty of Arts at BAU has for objective to provide its students with modern high standard education. Among other specialization the faculty offers a Bachelor degree in Mass Communications. The Faculty of Architectural Engineering (established in 1962) at BAU has for objective to graduate qualified and well trained architects. In addition, the Faculty has set itself the goal of the rediscovery and reinforcement of local architectural heritage and environmental values which can effectively contribute to the evolvement of a distinctive and valid architecture in the historic region. The faculty of Architecture offers Bachelor degrees as well as a Master degree in the specializations of the following academic departments: Architectural Engineering, Urban Planning, and Interior Design. The duration of study is five academic years. The Faculty also offers diplomas in: Arab Architecture, Urban Planning, and Interior Design. The duration of study is one academic year.
Institution Type Educational Institution
E-Mail postmaster@bau.edu.lb
Website (URL) http://www.bau.edu.lb
Phone +961 1 300110 ext. 2581 (Faculty of Arts); +961 1 300110 ext. 2589 (Faculty of Architecture)
Street P.O.Box 11-5020
City Beirut
Postal Code 1107 2809
Country Lebanon
Contact Person Ms. Olga Matar Ghazi (Dean of Faculty of Art), Professor Ramadan Abdel MAKSOUD,Ali (Dean of the Faculty of Architectural Engineering)
Keywords Arts, Architecture
Geography Keywords Beirut, Lebanon

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