Need-Based Financial Aid

At LAU, we believe that all eligible students deserve an excellent education, regardless of financial limitations. LAU allocated a generous budget, possibly the highest in the region, for financial aid and scholarships for the upcoming academic year. LAU is committed to helping you fund your education regardless of your nationality, race, gender, religion or ethnicity.

We encourage you to apply for financial aid as early as possible.

Financial Aid is a package composed of the following elements:

LAU Grants

LAU provides the following grants:

• LAU Grants: Awarded to students showing an element of need in accordance with specific need categories.
• Hardship Grants: Awarded to students with extreme need. 
• Triplets Grant: This is an additional percentage that may be given to triplets demonstrating financial need and enrolled simultaneously at LAU.
• Program Grants: Awarded to students majoring in programs requiring special promotional support in line with university enrollment goals.
• Special Grants: These grants are awarded to selected students according to special agreements approved and signed by the LAU President and external donors or organizations. Applications, if required, are to be filled in the initial stage only. 

Donors’ Grants

These grants are created through the generous donations of LAU benefactors.

• LIFE Annual Scholarship:
  • Scholarship amount:  To be determined by the donor
  • Eligibility: Open to Lebanese students with high academic standing demonstrating financial need and enrolled in one of the following majors: Business (excluding marketing), Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, or Mathematics
  • Selection process: recipients will be selected by the donor.
  • Duration of grant: renewed until graduation if eligibility is maintained
  • Application: Apply for this grant through LIFE
     
• Tomooh/PepsiCo Scholarship
  • ​Scholarship Amount:  To be determined by donor
  • Eligibility:   Students demonstrating financial need.  Open for all majors
  • Selection process: recipients will be selected by donor
  • Duration of grant: renewed upon the discretion of the donor
  • Application: Apply for the Tomooh/PepsiCo Scholarship
  • Deadline: June 30, 2024
     
• The Alexis & Anne-Marie Habib Scholarship
  • ​Scholarship Amount:  To be determined by donor
  • Eligibility: Open to Lebanese students with high academic standing demonstrating financial need.  Open for all majors
  • Selection process: recipients will be selected by donor
  • Duration of grant: renewed upon the discretion of the donor
  • Application: Apply to Habib Foundation Scholarship
     
• The Centre of Lebanese Studies Scholarship
  • Scholarship Amount:  Full or partial coverage as determined by donor
  • Eligibility: Open to students normally living in Lebanon with high academic standing demonstrating financial need.  Only for Social Science & Humanities Majors
  • Academic Level: Undergraduate students in their final year or accepted to a Master’s program at LAU
  • Selection process: recipients will be selected by donor
  • Duration of grant: 1 year
  • Application: Apply for the Center of Lebanese Studies Scholarship
     
• KANIA COLLECTIVE Annual Scholarship
  • Scholarship amount:  To be determined by donor
  • Eligibility: Open to Lebanese students who have completed at least 66% of their program demonstrating financial need to complete their studies.
  • Selection process: recipients will be selected by the donor.
  • Duration of grant: Until graduation if eligibility is maintained.
  • Application: Apply for this grant through KANIA COLLECTIVE

Educational Loans 

LAU is the only educational institution in Lebanon to offer educational loans as an additional financial support for its students.

The educational loan helps plan the financing of up to 10% of tuition fees. It carries zero interest while the student is registered at LAU, and a minimal interest rate (usually half the market rate) after he/she graduates, with a repayment period up to 9 years.

The loan does not replace financial aid; it is in addition to the financial aid package that students receive.

• Current students can find out more about educational loans on the portal.
• New students can find out more about the educational loan as part of their financial aid application.

US Federal Aid

US Federal Aid: are fixed-rate student loans from the US Department of Education for undergraduate and graduate students attending university at least half-time. Subsidized, Unsubsidized, and PLUS loans can be granted to students from the United States of America who choose to study at LAU. View the details of the US Federal Aid.

Step 1: Prepare the required documents that should be submitted with the financial aid application.

Step 2: After applying to LAU and activating your Portal, you can apply to financial aid through the Portal or via this application.

• Use your Portal username and password when logging in.
• Please read carefully all the instructions.

Step 3: Print the completed (hard-copy) application, sign it and submit it along with the required documents to the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office.

Step 4: Attend an interview with the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office.

Eligibility Requirements

Semester Eligibility: you may benefit from financial aid up to the total number of regular semesters depending on the length of the program. Summer terms are included. If you are a freshman student, you may be granted 2 extra semesters over and above their required program length.

Semester Credit Load: A minimum course load of 12 billed credits per semester unless you are graduating this year.

Disqualification

The student will lose their financial aid package if:

• the CGPA drops below 2.0, or
• if the student receives disciplinary warnings.