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• Professional Coaching Associate Diploma
• Preschool Education Associate Diploma
• Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Preparation Course
• Luxury Brand Management Diploma
• Non-Profit Management Diploma
• Professional Real Estate Brokerage Certificate
• Veterinary Pharmacy
• Customer Service Strategies Certificate
• Certified Disciplined Agile® Scrum Master (DASM) Exam Preparatory Course
• Certified PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® Preparatory Course
• Certified Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Preparatory Course
• Infection Control Principles and Practices in Healthcare Settings
• The Philosophy of Art and Mysticism in Arabic Calligraphy
• Finance for Non-Finance Executives Certificate
• Deciphering Personalities Certificate
• Law Talk - Legal Communication and Advocacy Program
• Painting Techniques
• Competent Leader for a successful team Associate Diploma
• Anxiety and Stress Management Certificate
• Special Education Associate Diploma
• Certified Innovation Professional (CInP)®
• Global Capital Markets Associate Diploma
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)®

Currently Running Programs/Courses

• Professional Digital Marketing Associate Diploma
• Human Resources Management Diploma
• Municipal Administration and Finance Diploma
• English for Lawyers Program
• Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Diploma
• Associate Diploma in Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy
• Executive Diploma in Data Science, Deep Learning, and AI Solutions
• Certificate in Arbitration
• Digital Design and Advertising Certificate

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Summer and Boot Camps

Your opportunity to secure a scholarship of up to 30% toward your chosen major at LAU!

Welcome to the School of Arts and Sciences Summer and Boot Camps 2024!

Our School will be holding three boot camps and five summer camps in July 2024.

• All Summer Camps will be open for registration to high school students who are still in grades 10 and 11. At the end of each summer camp, students will be assessed with regard to the content covered in the camps, and scholarships will be offered to the top five candidates in each camp, ranging between 10% to 30%.
• Running a period of two weeks, the XR Boot Camp will be open for registration to high school students, university students as well as more senior members of the community. At the end of the camp, participants will receive a certificate of completion. Scholarships will be offered to the winning candidates in the camp, ranging between 10% to 30%.
• Similar to the summer camps, the Pre-medical Boot Camp will be open for registration to high school students who are still in grades 10 and 11. The camp will run for a period of six days.
• The AI Boot Camp will also be open for registration to high school students who are still in grades 10 and 11, running for a period of two weeks. At the end of the camp, scholarships ranging between 10% and 30% will be offered to the winners.

Once registered, you will receive a notification voucher via email relaying that you need to proceed to settle your registration fees at any OMT or BOB Finance branch. You will have up to seven days from the registration confirmation to settle your payment otherwise your registration will be cancelled.

Note that spots are limited for each camp.

International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon

“We are a group of people (Dancers, Dance enthusiasts, Supports of the Arts, Educators and so on) who are concerned with Dance and its situation in Lebanon and its exposure to dance abroad. Our goal is to see the Lebanese dance field grow and expand its roots nationally and internationally as well.”

Founder and Director: Dr. Nadra Assaf

Previous Events

International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon 2020: Lockdown edition

International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon 2019

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International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon 2018

International Dance Day Festival in Lebanon 2017

Gender in Development and Humanitarian Assistance (GDHA) Certificate

In collaboration with The Arab Institute for Women (AIW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU), the Gender in Development and Humanitarian Assistance (GDHA) Certificate is a continuing education program designed for students, practitioners, and policymakers. The program addresses gender issues in development and humanitarian settings. GDHA innovatively incorporates academic knowledge with high-level expertise to create a new standard in gender education for development and humanitarian professionals. The standards are in-line with internationally-recognized practices. Moreover, the program builds local capacity to address local issues, building a cadre of motivated professionals in the Arab region.

The program involves an active learning approach with practical workshops. It also emphasizes reflective and collaborative learning. Participants may choose to take individual courses or to complete the full set. Upon completion of all ten courses, participants receive a certificate.

• Address the full range of gender issues in development and humanitarian contexts
• Build Arab capacity to address Arab development and humanitarian challenges
• Provide technical, marketable skills in gender programming to address gender inequalities
• Establish foundational knowledge in global and regional best practices on gender equality and women’s rights

Email: joanna.fayad@lau.edu.lb

Phone: +961 1 786 456, ext. 1106

News and Events:

Events

Free Webinars and Events Archive

2023

An Encounter With Raoul Verney, The Man, The Architect, The Educator Conferences & Symposia LAU Beirut Campus, Gezairi Building, Chafica Balaa Lecture Hall 403

Managing Stress in Uncertain Times Webinars Webex

Talk to the Experts: Workshop to Help You Cope Workshops & Seminars LAU Byblos campus, Frem 505

Talk to the Experts: Workshop to Help You Cope Workshops & Seminars LAU Beirut campus, WKSC 201

Teaching Graphic Design History in/of the Arab World: Narratives and Practices (Postponed)Conferences & Symposia Online

Open Days, Open Doors Fairs & Expos LAU Byblos Campus

Open Days, Open Doors Fairs & Expos LAU Beirut Campus

Graduate Fashion Show: Real Time Exhibits Gezairi Building Rooftop, Beirut Campus

Institute of Art in the Arab World Inaugural Event Talks Gezairy Building 403 Lecture Hall

Celebrating Niemeyer’s Tripoli World Fair Fairs & Expos Beirut Campus, AKSOB 0904

Arabic Comics and Conflicts: Ideological Indoctrination vs Individual Need for Change Talks LAU Beirut Campus, Gezairi Building 403

2022

ROOTING: A Solo Exhibition by Alumna Rana Raouda Exhibits LAU Beirut Campus - Safadi Fine Arts Building - Sheikh Zayed Exhibition Hall

Poetics of Structure Webinars Online via Webex

Open Days…Open Doors Fairs & Expos LAU Beirut Campus

X-Tended Reality Competition - Dare to C Competitions Online

BioFashion Factory ExhibitionExhibits600A, Gezairi Building, Beirut Campus

Graduate Fashion Show: Ignite Ceremonies Level 7 - Ground Floor, Gezairi Building, Beirut Campus

Graphic Design ExhibitionExhibits605, Gezairi Building, Beirut Campus

Zero Waste Fashion: An Eco-Design Marathon Workshops & Seminars Beirut Campus

DESIGN TO CARE? Webinars Online

A History of Arab Graphic Design: Q&A with Haytham Nawar Webinars Online

Hidden Portraits & the Pertinence of Individuality Webinars Online

On How Things Meet: A Career Introspection Webinars Online

Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for Architects Webinars Online

Majoring in Architecture | Graphic Design | Interior Design | Fashion Design | Fine Arts: What You Need to Know Online

Interpretations, Reinterpretations Webinars Online

2021

Carrying Images - Thoughts on Graphic Design Webinars Online

International Workshop Beirut - SynErgy in the City - On DIY Mobility and Energy Infrastructure Conferences & Symposia IUA ALBA, Sin el Fil

Infrastructural Webinars Online

Counter Mapping & Identity Representation Webinars Online Via Webex

How to Look at Architecture? Webinars Online

Triggering the Empirical Space Webinars Online Via Webex

Neoliberalism, Globalization, and the Ecological Crisis Conferences & Symposia Online Via Webex

SUrF Webinars Online Via Webex

Dialogues in Time: Light, Time and Architecture in Art Webinars Online Via Webex

Art and Architectural Education in Times of Pandemic Webinars Online Via Webex

“Rise” Exhibits Online

A Different Kind of Climate Change Webinars Online

Digital Fashion Webinars Online Via Webex

Architectural Paths Webinars Online

Photography as Storytelling Webinars Online

Beyond Campus Gates: Redefining the Role of Universities Webinars Online

Real Virtuality and Immersive Storytelling Webinars Online

Bits to Atoms Webinars Online

The Wonderful World of Rana Salam Webinars Online

RE: WORK Webinars Online

Relevance v/s Difference Webinars Online

Flirting with Middle Eastern Modernity Webinars Online

OMA / AMO in the Middle East Webinars Online

Critical Imaginations Webinars Online

Fallen Fashion Webinars Online

Beirut-Rotterdam: Complex Urban Recoveries Webinars Online via WebEx

Anthony Caro: The Onward of Art Webinars Online

Panser la Ville Naturelle Webinars Online

Giancarlo Floridi Webinars Online

Second Hand Webinars Online

SARD Events:

The School of Architecture and Design at LAU hosts several events at the university that are open to the general public with the majority of such events being lectures. Throughout the academic year 2021–2022 such lectures were held as open-to-the-public online webinars as follows:

1. “Art and Architectural Education in Times of Pandemic” Online Webinar — Sept. 9, 2021

2. “Dialogues in Time: Light, Time and Architecture in Art” Online Webinar — Sept. 16, 2021

3. “SurF” Online Webinar — Sept. 22, 2021

4. “Triggering the Empirical Space” Online Webinar — Oct. 13, 2021

5. “How to Look at Architecture?” Online Webinar — Oct. 20 2021

6. “Counter Mapping & Identity Representation” Online Webinar — Oct. 27, 2021

7. “Infrastructural” Online Webinar — Nov. 3, 2021

8. “Carrying Images: Thoughts on Graphic Design” Online Webinar — Nov. 24, 2021

9. “Interpretations, Reinterpretations” Online Webinar — Jan. 1, 2022

10. “Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to AI for ArchitectsWebinarsOnline Feb. 2, 2022

11. “On How Things Meet: A Career Introspection” Online Webinar — Feb. 23, 2022

12. “Hidden Portraits & the Pertinence of Individuality” Online Webinar — Mar. 11, 2022

13. “A History of Arab Graphic Design: Q&A with Haytham Nawar” Online Webinar — Mar. 17, 2022

14. “Design to Care?” Online Webinar — Mar. 24, 2022

The LAU Simulation models are programs that serve as a launchpad to build leadership, research, debate, public speaking, problem-solving, and writing skills — all essential tools to help middle school and high school students coming from more than 200 schools from all over Lebanon, to succeed academically and professionally. Through these programs, and since 2005, the university has helped empower a generation of youth leaders.

The physics program and its associated clubs, the LAU Physics Club and LAU Astronomy Club, has organized several events, including public lectures, stargazing, movie screenings, and interactive discussions, all accessible to the public.

Faculty Personal and Professional Development

The School and University are heavily vested in supporting the personal and professional development of faculty. These can be through programs that are school-sponsored, LAU’s Office of Graduate Studies and Research and Center for Innovative Learning, partnerships such as with the National Council for Scientific Research, and with funds allocated by the school research committee for faculty research, training, attendance of professional meetings, and reimbursement of publication fees. Application to these grants follow the guidelines of the School Research Committee.

Professional Development Committee

The Professional Development Committee is composed of representatives of School administrators, full-time and adjunct Faculty and staff. Its main duties are to identify the professional development needs of faculty and preceptors, and coordinate the delivery of continuing education and professional advancement activities.

School-Sponsored Professional Development Seminars and Workshops

*Held at LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital (LAUMC-RH). 

†Held at the Annual Preceptors Appreciation Event.

Professional Development Resources

Faculty Mentoring

The School of Pharmacy values and supports the continuing professional development and career advancement of its Faculty. In order to achieve these goals, annual funds are allocated to support individual full-time faculty members in further developing their skills and abilities in the areas of teaching, research, service and leadership. Furthermore, faculty members especially junior faculty who have identified needs for professional development are assigned a senior faculty mentor who will provide formative mentoring and guidance on career development in accordance to a formal Individual Faculty Mentoring and Development Plan document.

The Arab Institute for Women
 

The Food for Thought series at LAU’s Arab Institute for Women (AIW) is a monthly event designed to spark critical thinking and dialogue on various topics related to gender, women’s rights, and social justice. These sessions typically feature guest speakers, panel discussions, and open forums, providing a platform for diverse perspectives and engaging conversations.  

The topics covered in the Food for Thought series are wide-ranging and often address pressing social issues. Some past topics have included:

Webinar: “Gender and the Environment” (24/02/2023)

Webinar: “Call to Action: Women’s Leadership in Lebanon’s Crisis and Recovery” (07/12/2022)

Webinar: Personal Status Laws: Amending the Codes (05/07/2022)

Webinar: Stand Up Against Street Harassment (05/07/2022)

Why Gender Justice Matters (09/11/2021)

Sexuality Matters (09/06/2021)

Work That Breaks Gender Barriers (29/04/2021)

Gender Discrimination: Legal, Political and Economic Implications (05/01/2021)

The Pandemic, The Blast and Their Effects on Gender Rights (02/12/2020)

Women in Decision Making (01/10/2019)

Taking Up Space! (01/05/2019)

Women’s Empowerment Challenges (14/02/2019)

Safety is Bold, Guard Yourself! (04/02/2019)

Fighting Stigma and Discrimination (30/11/2018)

From Spring to Autumn (01/10/2018)

The Arab Institute for Women (AIW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU) is dedicated to advancing gender equality and empowering women in the Arab world. To achieve this mission, AIW focuses on several key thematic areas:

Advocating for Equality in Legislation

Engaging Women in Peace & Security

Preventing Gender-Based Violence

Promoting Women’s Political Participation

Providing Life-Skills Support

Reaching Marginalized Groups

As part of The AiW’s continuing dedication to promoting rigorous intellectual and academic work on the issues of gender equality and women’s rights, the Institute organizes its annual Dr. Suad Joseph Distinguished Lecture Series. The aim of the series is twofold; first, to bring speakers who highlight important topics or themes in the field of gender and women’s studies globally, with the aim to contextualize this to the Arab region and second, to provide graduate students from across the university and specifically, from the MA in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies the opportunity to liaise directly with such high-level academics and researchers. https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/suad-joseph-lectures/

* The AiW organizes an informal speaking series entitled Food 4 Thought (F4T), a discussion space focused on students but open to the entire LAU community to address current topics related to gender. These discussions are facilitated by different speakers for each session and have included grassroots activists, visiting scholars, media professionals, and others. https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/food4thought/

2023 events included:

- Panel discussion “Sextarianism” book https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/panel-discussion-sextarianism.php

- Regional workshop: “Women’s Political Participation in the Arab Region” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/regional-workshop-womens-politic.php

- Panel discussion: “Gender Equality and Technology: Women’s Inclusion in the Digital World” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/international-womens-day-gender-.php

- Panel discussion: “Innovation, Change, and Education for Women in the Digital Age” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/athena40-5th-global-conversation.php

- Panel discussion: “Lebanon: Understanding Anti-Feminist Backlash” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/paper-launching-lebanon-understa.php

- Launching event and panel discussion: “Routledge Handbook on Women in the Middle East” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/book-launching-routledge-handboo.php

- Launching event and panel discussion: “Gendering Civil War: Francophone Women’s Writing in Lebanon” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/book-launching-gendering-civil-w.php

- Launching event and panel discussion: “Frontiers of Gender Equality: Transnational Legal Perspectives” https://aiw.lau.edu.lb/news-events/activities/panel-discussion-frontiers-of-ge.php

- Panel discussion: “International Humanitarian Law and the Gendered Implications of Conflict”

Here is the schedule for this year’s workshops and classes!

(Re)Building (Re)Forming (Re)Moving

Every BODY is welcome and all workshops/classes are FREE of charge.

Register now: https://linktr.ee/iddfl

#IDDFL2022

Simulation Programs Close Off Another Youth Leadership Development Year

MUN, MAL and MEU recognize their top delegates and celebrate ever-growing programs.

Since 2005, LAU’s simulation programs have become a staple of student leadership across Lebanon, led by the university’s Outreach and Civic Engagement (OCE) Department. On Sunday June 16, Beirut campus buzzed with excitement as the programs’ school students, LAU student-secretariat, faculty, staff, representatives from non-profit organizations, and parents arrived to celebrate the closing of Model United Nations (MUN), Model Arab League (MAL) and Model European Union (MEU).

Speaking at the ceremony, Assistant Vice President for OCE Elie Samia declared that “we have built bridges for optimism, connection, and diplomacy, from Sidon, to Beirut and Byblos and all the way to New York City.” To the sound of echoing cheers from the audience, he announced that an additional program, the Model African Union (MAU), will be introduced next year.

Samia further commended the delegates for well-earned 569 awards as well as 212 university scholarships. Addressing the students, Samia called on them to embrace the age of “SMAC: that is, you becoming Social, Mobile, Analytic and Cloud – meaning digitally connected.”

The three secretary generals for each of the programs then spoke about the collective efforts it took to reap success, and recognized members of their secretariat and student awardees for their hard work.

The program with the highest reach, and the biggest MUN cohort worldwide, Global Classrooms LAU MUN trained 3,300 students this year on both campuses under the slogan “We Believe in YOU(TH).” Secretary General Alec Hagopian thanked advisors for “having faith in student leadership,” and affirmed that for a program that “loves to fall in love with problems, it has inspired students to come out with innovative solutions of their own.”

The three simulation programs initiated a drive to “Plant a Smile on a Child’s Face.” The donations collected from student-delegates and their schools were used to buy toys for orphans from Dar Al Aytam Islamiya, Maytam Saida and SOS.

The three secretary generals strike their gavels announcing the year’s closing: (From left) MAL Secretary General Maya Makarem, MEU Director General Mohamad Ali Kalassina and MUN Secretary General Alec Hagopian.

For MAL, the theme for the year was Reviving Arab Leadership and has included 1,300 students who trained at LAU Beirut and the LAU Outreach and Leadership Academy (OLA) in Sidon. Secretary General and LAU alumna Maya Makarem spoke in Arabic in line with the program’s call for preserving the Arab identity. She dubbed the simulation programs a school of thought that leaves a mark of civic responsibility in each of its veterans, who turn the lessons they’ve learned into life-long convictions.

As for MEU Director General Mohamad Ali Kalassina, every single region in Lebanon has potential to become “a standard for diplomacy, an example for democracy, a hub for diversity, and a stage for development.” This year, MEU ran its training in both English and French across both campuses and trained 500 delegates.

Walking in procession, school students received numerous awards and certificates, which were presented by members of the LAU student-secretariat of the corresponding program.

The ceremony also featured a performance by Rudy Abi Hanna from Sagesse Brasilia School, and was emceed by Sarah Boustany, who was the deputy secretary general for GC LAU MUN.

Online Design Thinking Workshop

Learn How to Use Design Thinking to Boost Your Profits

Over just four weeks, this online short course will demonstrate the importance of design thinking and how you can use it to create new business models that increase your profit margins. You’ll workshop how to master methods in training and develop ways to foster innovation and sustainability. You’ll also learn design strategies to enhance creativity, increase profitability, and introduce approaches to finding new business niches.

Implement Design Thinking on Your Team Successfully

Students and teachers in the design-thinking course will meet online, live, in the evenings (EET), twice a week.

To complete the Online Design Thinking Workshop, you’ll complete work in a series of topics that includes:

• Design Thinking: Introduction and Processes
• Inspiration Phase
• Design Tool: Visualization
• Ideation; Design Tool: Mind Mapping
• Prototyping & Testing
• Implementation; Design Tool: Story Telling

What You’ll Learn

Effective design thinking can change the way teams problem-solve to create innovative solutions that won’t break the bank or take years to develop.

Program Outcomes

Complete the Design Thinking Workshop successfully so you can:

• Understand the importance of design thinking
• Learn the complex art of problem-solving through design thinking, which is based on the agile methodologies
• Apply the different design tools for better creativity to develop new business models
• Learn how the design thinking approach to business challenges is used to foster innovation
• Grasp how to effectively assess the viability of new business solutions with minimum time and budget

Online Fundamentals of Applied Artificial Intelligence Certificate

Program Benefits

• No Prerequisites
• Expert Faculty
• Five Start Dates per Year
• No prior experience is required
• Learn from experienced faculty
• Apply certificate credits to our master’s in AI

Explore AI Tools and Apply Them to Your Career

AI technology is advancing quickly, making it a crucial part of nearly every industry. Add AI fundamentals to your professional toolkit with Lebanese American University’s online Fundamentals of Applied Artificial Intelligence Certificate.

Our Fundamentals of Applied Artificial Intelligence Certificate is an impressive credential for your career, whether you work in business, e-commerce, healthcare, marketing or media.

Our AI Certificate Complements Any Career

With the online AI certificate from Lebanese American University, you can add AI skills to your current role in almost any field, including business, e-commerce, healthcare, marketing, or media.

Understand the Fundamentals of Today’s AI

8-Week Term

9 Credits

This certificate’s fully online coursework will cover topics in mathematics and programming for AI, machine learning, deep neural networks and more. Throughout your courses, you will connect with LAU faculty members who have years of AI experience. They will use their expertise to help you apply AI fundamentals to your career.

Course Highlights:

• Mathematics for Applied AI
• Programming for Applied AI
• Machine Learning Fundamentals and Applications
• Deep Learning and its Applications

What You’ll Learn

With our expertly designed curriculum and diverse learning community, you can apply artificial intelligence concepts and tools to enhance your career. Graduates of this certificate have the analytical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills needed to take their careers to the next level.

Program Outcomes

Enable professionals to use artificial intelligence tools and methods in their fields to solve real-world problems and improve the efficiency of their processes.

Online Essentials of Neuromarketing

Course Benefits

• Get specialist skills to meet your objectives quickly
• Learn anywhere, anytime

Expand Your Marketing Strategy with Neuroscience Information

The online Essentials of Neuromarketing short course is about understanding and predicting consumer behavior by using the methodologies of neuroscience. It will explore how neuroscience is altering marketing as we know it — showing lessons from how neuroscience is causing marketers to rethink traditional marketing practices, and how neuromarketing may help organizations succeed.

Learn the Essentials of Neuromarketing

Neuromarketing is an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies how consumers’ brains respond to marketing, brands, products, and shopping to get scientific answers to the most fundamental question — why do consumers buy?

Students and teachers in this short course will meet online, live, in the evenings (EET), twice a week.

You’ll complete work in a series of topics that includes:

• How Consumers Think
• What Neuromarketing Measures
• How Measurements Capture Signals from the Body and Brain
• How Consumers Decide
• Neuromarketing at Work and Play
• Living with Neuromarketing

What You’ll Learn

The neuromarketing short course provides marketers with information that can fuel new strategies to achieve their marketing goals. You’ll learn the latest brain science information related to why consumers buy from experts in the field.

Program Outcomes

• Complete the short course successfully so you can:
• Better understand why consumers buy
• Gain implicit knowledge about the intuitive consumer