To better serve the people of Lebanon, the region, and the Global South, the American University of Beirut (AUB) is becoming a more global, diverse, and inclusive university. The Global AUB vision, developed over three years with stakeholders across the institution and approved by the Board of Trustees in June 2020, will ensure AUB’s future success, relevance, and sustainability for future generations. It is a far-reaching, ambitious, and very exciting vision of a global American university:
On April 8, 2022, the American University of Beirut celebrated a milestone event in the realization of the Global AUB vision: the signing of the agreement with the Municipality of Pafos in Cyprus to establish the American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo, AUB’s first campus outside Lebanon.
AUB Mediterraneo is approved by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) as a branch campus of the American University of Beirut. All departments and programs at AUB Mediterraneo are accredited by the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accredited of Higher Education (CYQAA). We will be welcoming students to AUB Mediterraneo in the 2023-24 academic year and plan to expand the student body to 2,000 students within ten years. In 2023-24, AUB’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, and the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture will be offering undergraduate and graduate programs in philosophy, politics, and economics (BA); psychology (BS); computer science (BS); industrial engineering (BS); engineering management (MS); business administration–management (BBA); and business analytics (MS). We will be offering additional academic programs in future years.
The American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo is a twin campus of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Beirut, Lebanon, which operates under a charter granted by the New York State Education Department (NYSED). AUB's degree programs are registered by the NYSED and recognized in the United States.
The American University of Beirut (AUB) is an accredited institution by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) www.msche.org, 1007 North Orange Street, 4th Floor, MB #166, Wilmington, DE 19801, 267-284-5011. The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education (CHEA). MSCHE accreditation is an expression of confidence in the institution's mission, goals, resources, and performance-based upon periodic internal and external assessment. AUB was first accredited in June 2004. This accreditation was reaffirmed in 2009, 2014, and 2019.
The American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo is approved by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) as a branch campus of the American University of Beirut. AUB operates under a charter granted by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), which registers the university's degree programs. All departments and programs at AUB Mediterraneo are accredited by the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Higher Education (CYQAA). The full and updated Statement of Accreditation Status is maintained on the MSCHE website.
The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). It was the first business school in Lebanon to earn this accreditation in 2009. The accreditation was reaffirmed in 2014 and 2019. The programs offered at AUB Mediterraneo are AACSB International-accredited programs.
The American University of Beirut is creating a twin campus in Pafos, Cyprus, that offers a public place in the city. The context has a unique historical and industrial characteristic that will be reflected in the project's design. Open and permeable to the city, the new campus is creating a public platea, a Greek public space, or a void within the urban fabric to attract diverse people from the city for a mutual cultural exchange between the campus and urban fabric. The campus generates ideas, thought, and innovation as a cultural incubator. In addition, the project is expected to pave the way and inform the development of future potential campuses, part of the recently expressed strategy of expansion of the university.
The new facility is located on plot 71, 1.4 km from the city center and 1 km from the seafront and the tourist area. Plot 71 has a site area of 0.9 ha with an allowable built-up space of around 9,500 m2.
Set in a strategic location roughly between the city center of Pafos and the tourist area, the new campus will incorporate and showcase traces and memories of the site's industrial past through the preserved stone walls of the former Carob Mill Warehouse, which will envelop the 3,488 m2 main administration building.
The new campus will be anchored by a Greek platea, or sizeable open plaza – a void at the center of the site, echoing the famous Green Oval of the Beirut campus and serving as a community space that attracts students and visitors and hosts events, talks, workshops, lectures, and shows as a center for cultural exchange. With a covered space for protected passageways, green public spaces, and seating, the grand open space grants access to the site's three main buildings: the main administration building, an adjacent auditorium and facility building (1,000 m2), and a 4,611 m2 classroom block housing student classrooms and labs.
The master plan also covers the second phase of the campus, which will feature a main academic building with classrooms and labs, a new multipurpose hall, and extra spaces for administration and facilities.
With skylights, greenery, and photovoltaic panels featuring prominently, the campus will form a vibrant, attractive, and sustainable destination.
The scope of work includes the following project components:
Administration building:
The administration building is located at the west front side of plot 71 adjacent to the main access road. It is located inside the existing stone walls of the Carob Mills Warehouse, forming part of the building envelope. It includes the university administration staff and faculty offices with associated services (entrance lobby, vertical and horizontal circulation, elevator lobby, toilets, pantries, electric/telecom rooms, data center, offices, meeting rooms...) distributed on the ground and three additional floors with an overall gross building area of around 4,270 m2.
Classrooms building:
The classroom building is located at the back east side of plot 71. It includes all the classrooms and spaces related to students (entrance lobby, vertical and horizontal circulation, elevator lobby, laboratories, study room, classrooms, toilets, electrical and telecom rooms) distributed on the ground and three additional floors with an overall gross building area of around 4,850 m2.
Facility building:
The facility building is adjacent to the administration building on the south side of Plot 71. It includes the project facilities and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) spaces (auditorium, snack bar, water tanks, pump rooms, storage, main electrical rooms, generator, and maintenance staff offices…) distributed on the basement, ground, and mezzanine floors with an overall gross building area of around 2,100 m2. The administration and classroom buildings are linked with an open arcade at the ground level with an overall gross building area of around 425 m2. Between these two buildings and a bleacher with the electrical substation and storage underneath at ground level with an overall gross building area of around 230 m2.
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The American University of Beirut – Mediterraneo aspires to be a knowledge exchange and creative hub that leads social, environmental, and technological advancement through state-of-the-art and pioneering educational offerings, cutting-edge research and knowledge creation, and impactful community service.
Consistent with Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in education and interprets sex discrimination as including sexual harassment and sexual violence, AUB Mediterraneo maintains an Equity/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of the President. The office is also supported by a network of faculty and staff members including an Advisory Council, Title IX Deputies, and qualified Panel Members for formal investigations. Members of the network are certified by the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA).
Inquiries regarding any kind of discriminatory harassment may be directed to titleix@aub.edu.lb
You also have the right to raise concerns to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights that oversees compliance with Title IX.
Office for Civil Rights
US Department of Education
32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005-2500
Telephone: +1 646-428-3900 | Hotline: 1-800-421-3481
Email: OCR.NewYork@ed.gov
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