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American University of Beirut

Private university in Lebanon

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  • American University of Beirut
coordinate location
  • 33.9000, 35.4823
count of students
  • 7,572
  • 7,220 applies to part: full-time equivalent; point in time: 1 September 2021
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endowment
  • 901,221,645 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2022
  • 1,056,636,008 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2021
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  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support work on developing the MENA Research and Advocacy Statelessness Network
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2023; prize money: 300,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support programming with Beirut Urban Lab
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2022; prize money: 140,000 United States dollar; award rationale: To monitor and assess the implications of Lebanon’s crises on the vulnerable populations.
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 90,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support an online platform and to develop a regional network on statelessness
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2021; prize money: 200,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support recovery and reconstruction efforts in the post-blast context in Beirut
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 100,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support a mapping of the approaches carried out by civil society actors in the MENA region in order to expand their impact on civil, cultural, and other socio-economic issues
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 170,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to train health professionals among refugees and their host communities, using state of the art distance learning
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 150,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the documentation and generation of knowledge and analysis on how feminist organizations and activists have responded to COVID-19 in the MENA region
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2020; prize money: 253,496 United States dollar; award rationale: to provide general support
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 155,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to train health professionals among refugees and their host communities, using state of the art distance learning
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2018; prize money: 19,320 United States dollar; award rationale: to support a curriculum development workshop in preparation for the Arab Social Activism Training Program (ASAP)
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 375,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to support the Asfari Institute in knowledge production related to ARO’s League of Arab States Concept, and to support the Institute’s pilot phase of the Arab Social Activism Observatory Program
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 280,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to build comprehensive knowledge about the work of Arab Civil Society Actors and develop a contextualized, evidence-based Civil Society Toolkit that can be shared and applied by them
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2017; prize money: 100,056 United States dollar; award rationale: to support charitable and educational activities of AUB Mobile University for Health (AMUH)
  • Open Society Foundations point in time: 2016; prize money: 150,000 United States dollar; award rationale: to expand the Grantee's work around civil society’s engagement with and impact on public policy processes
graduation rate
  • 0.66 multiplier of normal graduation time: 1
image
  • AUB 1.jpg media legend: Bâtiment de l'administration centrale de l'université. (fr)
inception
  • 1866
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IPv4 routing prefix
  • 78.108.170.0/24
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motto text
  • That they may have life and have it more abundantly
official name
  • Syrian Protestant College start time: 1866; end time: 18 November 1920; literal translation: الكلية السورية البروتستانتية (ar)
  • American University of Beirut start time: 18 November 1920; literal translation: الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت (ar)
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ranking
  • 237 determination method or standard: QS World University Rankings; point in time: 2026
short name
  • AUB
social media followers
  • 265,364 point in time: 3 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 109577961
  • 259,558 point in time: 25 April 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 109577961
  • 270,323 point in time: 28 February 2022; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 109577961
  • 273,979 point in time: 7 February 2023; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 109577961
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  • 3C97cl subject named as: 贝鲁特美国大学; last update: 20 January 2022
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  • ko2015866648 subject named as: American University of Beirut
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  • P4310319238 subject named as: American University of Beirut
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  • AUB_Lebanon start time: 29 January 2010; point in time: 25 April 2020; has characteristic: verified account or profile; number of subscribers: 259,558; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 109577961
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