Beirut Arab University

Faculty of Architectural Engineering
Objectives • To create and maintain a positive educational environment that promotes learning and personal development; • To deliver high-quality architectural education, through a developed curriculum and syllabus with inherent flexibility and freedom of selecting different fields of specialization; • To adopt progressive learning methods which lead to developed knowledge and acquired skills, ensured through adequate delivery and testing processes at each stage of study; • To provide students with a comprehensive basis of awareness, knowledge, understanding, and aptitude, through covering a wide spectrum of theoretical and practical studies in such fields as Environment, Art, Culture, Technology, Sociology, and Economy; and • To implement an ongoing process of monitoring and development of performance, driven by the emphasis on future developments, within the domain of architecture as well as related disciplines.

Dean's Welcome Note

Dean's Word
	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

Undergraduate Program Description

Undergraduate Admission

Graduate Program Description and Degrees

The Faculty registers students for postgraduate programs leading to the award of Diploma, Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in the following fields: Architecture; and Urban Design and Planning.

The postgraduate program offered has an outward-looking tradition, continually addressing the major interests and concerns at academic, professional and community levels and is extending towards further openness and innovation in research. The Faculty strives to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for graduate education and research, and to enhance the students' experience through offering high-quality supervision, guidance, and up-to-date research facilities.
The postgraduate domain within the faculty is one of high standard locally and across the whole region. Dedicated academic staff is committed to provide premium supervision and advising. The quality of teaching and research is further supported by first-rate facilities such as a specialized library, computer laboratories, in addition to fully equipped graphics and GIS laboratories. Additional amenities are provided on-campus to all postgraduate students and researchers, such as internet terminals, audio-visual equipment, seminar rooms, printing and copying facilities.

Within each field, focused research schemes and proposals are developed in compliance with the Faculty's overall vision and set mission regarding the delivery of a progressive framework and scope of studies. The scope for postgraduate research is set to encompass selected areas of interest, categorized under broad themes which in turn include different topics for research.Several institutions & local bodies work in partnership with the Faculty, through organized exchange and collaboration schemes, to inform and advise on research work and surveys, as relevant to individual topics and fields of specialization of registered graduate students.

The Postgraduate programs offered at the Faculty of Architectural Engineering lead to the award of Diploma, Master of Science (M.Sc.) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in the following fields:
1. Architecture
2. Urban Design and Planning

Diplomas
The Diploma requirements consist of 24 Credit Hours.

Master Degrees
The Master Degree requirements consist of 40 Credit Hours.

PhD Degrees
The PhD requirements consist of 50 Credit Hours.

Graduate Admission

Graduate Degrees

Potential Job Opportunities

Academic Staff

Departments
01. Architectural Engineering.