Following the broader strategy of Beirut Arab University, the Faculty of Architectural Engineering strives to develop and adopt a dynamic and progressive policy, which emphasizes the academic role of the institution at different levels. The Faculty seeks new paths of overall planning, conduct and management of its activities and processes, with a primary concern in fulfilling the needs and challenges of educating architects and urban planners in Lebanon and the Middle East region.

Based on almost 50 years of background/experience in the field of higher education, the Faculty is currently embarked on advancing its policy, structure and methods of operation. The ultimate objective is providing a new approach to the formation of architects, with academic processes capable of delivering high quality, competitive graduates, researchers, and professionals able to meet the contemporary challenges of built environments.

Professor Hassan Abdel Salam

Dean, Faculty of Architectural Engineering

History of Faculty

The Faculty of Architectural Engineering was founded in 1962 as the fourth faculty at BAU. Since commencement, it has played a key role in addressing and serving the needs of students from Lebanon and the entire Middle East. The faculty started with 36 students in 1962 prospering to a total of 375 students in 2007, at various levels of the curriculum.

The faculty was initially located at the main building in Beirut campus. However, in 1987 and in order to accommodate the increasing number of students and facilities, it moved to the now labeled "Hariri Building" and occupied the top four floors. It remained there until October 2006 when it became the first BAU faculty to reside in the newly established Debbieh campus in the Shouf District inline with the university's expansion plans.

The faculty constantly updates its programs and their structure ranging from the extended academic year system to the two academic terms scheme in 1993. More recently, in 2005, the faculty implemented the Credit Hour system thereby offering students a more adaptable and responsive program spreading over a ten-semester period (minimum).

The postgraduate programs were launched in 1972, and the first Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Design was awarded in 1974. The postgraduate programs were temporarily stopped due to the Civil War and restarted with the Diploma program in 1996. Registration for the PhD and Master programs commenced in 2000 and the first of both was awarded in 2005.

The Faculty is located in Debbieh