SDG 4 Quality Education

Free Public Access to Educational Resources

Beirut Arab University

THE Impact Rankings Evidence Report · Indicator 4.3.1

Direct answer Yes. BAU provides free educational access to people outside the enrolled student body through open-access scholarship and journals, a curated OER portal, a BAU-developed open online course, a public museum with free admission, free public cultural programming, and no-cost school outreach.

Executive Assessment

BAU meets the “Free Access” option. The strongest case is not general public access to every university facility. It is a documented portfolio of specific resources that are expressly open, free, or available without enrolment at BAU. The evidence is institutionally delivered, publicly discoverable, and includes both continuous digital access and programmed in-person access.

Free Digital Scholarship

Digital Commons at BAU

BAU operates a publicly accessible institutional repository through Digital Commons. The repository is a service of BAU Libraries and hosts scholarly output selected by University departments and centres. Its public interface permits users to browse research by collection, department and author without being enrolled at BAU.

Source Digital Commons at BAU

BAU's repository statement provides continuity and institutional ownership. It records that BAU began publishing scholarly journals on the platform in January 2020 and now hosts journals, books, conferences, newsletters and samples of student work. It also states that the journals serve a worldwide community of scholars, researchers and practitioners. This is a standing educational resource for external users rather than a temporary event.

Source About BAU's institutional repository

Open-Access BAU Journals

The repository includes six BAU scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, health, law, architecture, sustainability, and science and technology. For example, BAU Journal – Science and Technology explicitly identifies itself as an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. Its 2026 issue and downloadable article links show that the resource is active during the current reporting year.

Source BAU Journals collection

Source BAU Journal – Science and Technology

Current Issue: Volume 7, Issue 2 (2026)

Prof. Samih Isber – American University of Beirut, Department of Physics, Bliss Street, Beirut, Lebanon

This edition of BAU Journal – Science and Technology include a prolific and multidisciplinary collection of research papers in a variety of emerging topics. Part of this edition was dictated by the rapid advancement of society and technology. Innovations in emerging areas like AI, Data Science and digital connectivity continue to reshape how humans live, work, and communicate. The issue incorporates insightful contributions on the use of data science and artificial intelligence to improve the diagnosis in healthcare specifically in dentistry and breast cancer, social networks security, cyber fraud and bots accounts. In the agriculture foundational field for human survival serving not only to feed billions but as the ultimate preventive medicine, health care and well-being. Two studies shed light on the powerful potential of plant-based solutions: one of the studies report on the success rate of broadleaf tree growth in semi-arid Mediterranean environments in the Bekaa-valley, Lebanon and another study investigates quantitatively the extraction capacities of antioxidant and anti-hemolytic from eucalyptus camaldulensis leaves for applications in the domains of pharmaceuticals and medicine. Environmental research is also fairly represented, with a paper offering a risk management on emerging technologies for safety on Nigerian road construction projects. Applied physics and engineering are embodied through study proposing the development of CdTe based thin film heterojunction solar cells by electrochemical deposition from aqueous solutions. The issue also includes an AI-powered sentiment-aware with a statistically rigorous study on the rise of online shopping. The proposed study employed deep learning models for feature extraction for sentiment analysis to turn reviews into interpretable scores that would nominate optimal products.

It is hoped that the current edition further the interest of many researchers’ and help in stimulating new insights and ideas. We also take the opportunity to congratulates and extend our warm to all the contributing authors for their dedication and outstanding works, which have greatly enriched this edition.

Why This Is Strong Evidence

• Non-student eligibility is inherent in the worldwide public repository interface.

• Open-access publication removes the tuition and institutional-affiliation barrier to reading BAU research.

• The repository is University-managed and contains BAU-produced educational and research materials.

• The platform is continuous and current, rather than dependent on one-time registration.

Open Educational Resource Guides

BAU Libraries Open Access Portal

BAU Libraries maintains a subject-organized Open Access portal for independent learners and researchers. The page links users to open resources in food and agriculture, science and technology, health, law and social sciences, the environment, humanities, education, architecture, pharmacy and other disciplines. It also links to Open Access Theses and Dissertations, which it describes as free to find, use and read online.

Source BAU Libraries Open Access portal

BAU Libraries OER Portal

The Open Educational Resources page establishes the free-access principle directly. BAU defines OER as learning, teaching and research materials released under terms that permit no-cost access, reuse, adaptation and redistribution. The portal then directs the public to open textbooks, free course materials, OER repositories, open-access books and journals, discovery tools, and authoring platforms.

Source BAU Libraries Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Institutional Contribution

BAU does more than link to a generic search engine. Its Libraries unit selects and organizes resources by discipline, explains open licensing, and gives users pathways for finding, evaluating and reusing materials. This institutional curation makes free educational content more discoverable and usable for the wider community.

Libraries

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Libraries

Libraries are one of the most vital assets and assessment criteria in private universities in light of technological and information technology advancements. Accordingly, the general policy of libraries is indispensable to Beirut Arab University’s policy, which is based on international quality standards in program and performance assessment and development. The relationship is embodied in the collaboration between the library administration to other administrations in the University. It is also expressed in the relationship of libraries to similar institutions in Lebanon and abroad and embodied through memberships and agreements. The availability of a sufficient budget for various library provisions also aids in carrying out this policy. The core concept in this policy is based upon the library’s commitment to protect intellectual property rights of academic staff and students.

Vision

The Library’s vision at Beirut Arab University is to enhance and develop library services in line with the University strategy of providing quality education and research, to follow up with technological developments to provide international e-service standards, and to support e-learning to enable libraries to become an educational center for users of the University and its community.

Mission

The University library administration constantly endeavors to achieve Beirut Arab University’s vision of supporting education and research by providing various information sources that fulfill the needs of users. In addition, the administration strives to supply information through international collaborative sources and networks. It also takes interest in developing human resources to accomplish anticipated future objectives.

Future Plans

To keep up with the latest trends, BAU libraries have devised different future projects including:

a- Library technology advancement projects (with the IT Department);

Providing students with mobile application library services

Applying the big data features in library services

Applying cloud-computing features in library services

b- Library actual and short term work planning

Applying the concept of open educational resources that support course materials for professors

Increasing the collection development of open access resources

Working on virtual tour for library (library tour)

Preparing of photo exhibition (BAU Memory) with the administration of public relation

Launching the digital repository online on the library webpage

Preserving and digitizing the rest of the rare books

Description of the rest of BAU photos (BAU Memory)

Cataloguing and digitization of press clippings

Digitization of maps

There are many resources you can benefit from inside and outside BAU. Explore the below links to find out more about each of them.

Services & E-resources

There are many resources you can benefit from inside and outside BAU. Explore the below links to find out more about each of them.

• Ask a Librarian

• Borrowing

• E-booking

• Onsite Book Checking

• Inter-campus/Intra Library Loan

• Inter Library Loan

• Current Awareness

• Academic Staff Training

• Library Classes

• Research Guidelines

• Photocopying

• Computers

• Suggest a Book

• QR-Code link

• Online Databases Tutorials

E-resources

BAU students have several online resources available for their usage. As a student, you can use your ID and Iconnect account to access a multitude of databases and e-journals.

• Multidatabase Search / EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)

• Online Databases

• Online Databases Tutorials

• Free Trials

• Open Access

• E-journals

• Impact Tools

• Plagiarism Tool

Ask a Librarian:

If you have any question, or if you need any help please feel free to contact us on:

Beirut Campus

Debbieh Campus

Tripoli Campus

Borrowing:

It's one of the library services that allow students to borrow an item from the library according to some rules and limitations.

Borrowers and limitations

Borrowing /loan rules

To be able to borrow items (external loan), libraries require a 100,000 L.L. deposit to provide this service. Students can re-claim this deposit at the end of the lending term or upon graduation.

It is requested to leave the book on the table after reading it.

Some items are not to be borrowed like: Dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides, and periodicals.

Renewing items are available once, unless if it is requested by another user.

Finally, a fine is imposed on any user who is returning an overdue item, in addition to other restrictions.

Visitors

Visitors Can benefit from BAU Libraries collection and services within the library by paying a non- refundable subscription as follow:

- One-day pass for 5,000 L.L.

- One week pass for 15,000 L.L

- One-month subscription for 25,000 L.L.

- 3 months’ subscription for 50,000 L.L.

- 6 months’ subscription for 75,000 L.L.

- One-year subscription for 100,000 L.L.

Medical Libraries & Engineering Library collection is available for building use only.

When using The online databases, visitors should pay a monthly additional fees of 25,000 L.L

E-booking:

It’s a service that enables professors and Students to reserve their books from home. It also allows them to check their borrowed items and fine. An account should be created by Your librarian in order to use this service.

For more Details about steps, please check this document.

Onsite Book Checking:

It is a service offered to library users that enable them to view/ use books and references within the library.

Inter-campus/Intra Library Loan:

Users fill the Intra-Library Loan Request Form found on the library webpage with personal information and book-related information. In addition, users specify the branch/ faculty and the library that the book is found in. So It follows the same rules of Circulation/Loan.

Click here to download the Intra-Library Loan Request form.

Inter Library Loan:

What is ILL/DDS Service

The Inter Library Loan service allows user to borrow items not available at BAU libraries starting October 2011 BAU library became a member in LIDS.

What is LIDS

LIDS is a network of Academic libraries in Lebanon whose main objective in the broadest sense is to share documents not available in the user’s local library thus increasing access to information materials for students, faculty and staff of the participating libraries.

Members

• LAU (Lebanese American University)

• NDU (Notre Dame University)

• UOB (University of Balamand)

• MEU (Middle East University)

• USEK (Universite Saint Esprit De Kaslik)

• Haigazian (Haigazian University)

• ESCWA

• BAU (Beirut Arab University)

• AUB (American University of Beirut)

• Banque du Liban

Borrowers and Limitations

Eligible Materials

Copies of articles and chapters: these are non- returnable materials; user can keep the copies.

Books:

These are returnable materials; the loan period is 14 days.

AV materials might be or might not be available for loan depending on the lending library.

Charges

Users should fill ILL/DDS online forms. Before ordering, you have to check the library catalog and the online databases to ensure that the requested item is not available at BAU Library. User must fill a separate form for each separate request.

How to order /to submit a request

Services are offered free of charges.

Forms

Book Form

Article Form

Time needed

Usually it takes one week to receive materials from the lending library.

Notification and Alerts

Users will be notified by email when the requested materials.

Returning materials

Users have to return materials to the Circulation Department. They are responsible of any lost or damaged materials.

Copy right

BAU Libraries observes the Lebanese copy right law.

How do I contact the ILL/DDS?

Ill.dds@bau.edu.lb

Current Awareness:

It is a service that allows professors to receive an alert to inform them that their interested books are being available in BAU Libraries.

It is also available for the electronic resources, so that when a new online database is acquired by BAU Libraries an Email will be sent to the Faculty Members.

Newest subscribed online databases

Board Vitals (Faculty of medicine)

SCORE Medical Database

Science direct E-Books

Lexis Nexis Database (Faculty Of Law & Political Science)

Newest subscribed E-journals

American college of Obstetrics and Gynecologist (Faculty of Medicine)

New Open Access

Open dissertations

200 open access resources

Tutorials

Video tutorials for BAU Libraries subscribed online databases & tools

Free Trials

Academic Staff Training:

It is a service offered to BAU Academic staff through which they are trained on how to use /search specific online databases. These workshops are initiated by the libraries or the online databases providers, and sometimes by the faculties based on their needs.

Library Classes:

As a part of the Information Literacy Program, BAU Libraries provide its students by Library Classes’ sessions at the beginning of each academic year.

• The covered topics in these sessions are the following:

• How to Search the Library Catalogue

• How to Search the Online Databases

• How to Search the Open Access

• How to Cite Information Resources

• Turn it in: Plagiarism tool

• EDS: EBSCO discovery service that enable user to search in all the databases at the same time.

• Mendeley: Citations tool.

Click here to download the library classes form.

Research Guidelines:

It is a service offered to students to guide them how to organize their research papers (research techniques), and how to write their bibliographies using different styles (APA: American Psychological Association, MLA: Modern Language Association), how to evaluate information, and how to conduct Boolean search.

How to write a bibliography

How to evaluate information

How to conduct a Boolean Search

Research techniques

Citation tools

Photocopying & Printing:

Users can benefit from Photocopying service as long as they do not infringe intellectual property rights (only 10% is allowed to be photocopied).

*Beirut campus: Magnetic Card Can Be Purchased from the cashier To Photocopy Limited Page Number. Card costs 5000 L.L, and allows the photocopy of 100 pages.

*Debbieh campus Magnetic Card Can Be Purchased from IPEX Store next to the architecture design and built environment faculty building. Card costs 8000 L.L. and allows the photocopy of 100 pages, and it can be refilled for 5000 L.L.

*Tripoli campus Magnetic Card Can Be Purchased from IPEX Store in Bloc B basement building. Card costs 8000 L.L., and allows the photocopy of 100 pages, and it can be refilled for 5000 L.L.

Computers:

All libraries are equipped with computers connected to the internet. In addition to the Wi-Fi all around BAU Campuses.

Suggest a Book:

It is a service that allows professors & students to suggest new books to be purchased.

Click here to download the book suggestion form.

QR-Code link:

Search The Library Catalogue

The library catalogue is a tool that enable users to check BAU Libraries print collection (Books, Journals, Theses, & Multimedia).

Click this link to search the catalog or Scan the QR-Code using your smartphone QR-code Reader App.

Online Databases Tutorials:

 

Free Online Course Access

Healthy Urban Systems MOOC

On 24 May 2022, BAU reported its direct role in designing and coordinating the Healthy Urban Systems MOOC with the University of Lausanne and international partners. BAU's Faculty of Architecture – Design and Built Environment coordinated Module 1 and contributed recorded course content. The University described the MOOC as free of charge for access to all course materials, available online around the clock over a twelve-week learning pathway.

Source BAU's 24 May 2022 MOOC announcement

BAU the Faculty of Architecture Design and Built Environment participated in designing and coordinating a MOOC

BAU, the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment participated in designing and coordinating a MOOC

24 May 2022

BAU, the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment participated in designing and coordinating a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled

“Healthy Urban Systems” in the University of Lausanne.

BAU is preparing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on “Healthy Urban Systems” with the International Science Council (ISC), International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), World Health Organization (WHO) and about 25 other professionals and practitioners, and organizations invited and supported by University of Lausanne (UNIL) using “Coursera” platform.

Prof. Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment at BAU, was invited from the Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD) University of Lausanne Switzerland to work on the MOOC Healthy Urban Systems. Prof. Ibtihal is the main coordinator of Module 1 among six Modules of the MOOC. She began the shootings of the videos in Module 1 with the technical team in the University of Lausanne UNIL from the 24th of April till the 28th of April 2022.

During their stay in Lausanne, they attended the University of Lausanne along with the main coordinator of this project Prof. Celine Rozenblat, Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Lausanne who is specialized in urban complex systems, and is working on maintaining the consistency of all the MOOC Modules, and accordingly developing its contents. The coordinators managed to work on the different sequences in Module 1 in order to meet its overall aim, and the whole storyline of the MOOC.

Healthy Urban Systems MOOC is a first Massive Open Online Course on Urban Health Systems. It is free of charge to access all course materials on a 24-hour online platform, for a duration of twelve weeks. This MOOC gives the opportunity to develop an extensive global network with other students and professionals from all around the world, to expand the knowledge about the concepts and tools of Healthy Urban Systems.

The following are the 6 Modules in “Healthy Urban Systems” MOOC course:

- Module 1 proposes a multidisciplinary framework for Urban Health Systems. It is the Introductory Module explaining how the different lessons of all Modules provide a broad perspective to the storyline of Healthy Urban Systems.

- Module 2 concerns Observing / Measuring and Representing urban health systems

- Module 3 is about Conceptual and theoretical frameworks to conceive models of urban health systems

- Module 4 provides Tools for modelling urban health systems

- Module 5 explains how to create Scenario Design for adapting urban health systems

- Module 6 will give advices in Policies and governance for prevention and resilience of urban health systems

The course remains discoverable on Coursera in 2026. The current course page identifies learning outcomes in urban health, systems thinking, data stewardship, GIS, policy and governance. It includes a BAU Urban Lab case within the content, demonstrating that BAU knowledge is transferred to learners worldwide rather than reserved for BAU students.

Source Current Healthy Urban Systems course page

Access Interpretation

In-Person Educational Resources

BAU Museum

The BAU Museum is the strongest physical-access example. The official museum page expressly states that it is open to the public and free of charge. Located at the Beirut Campus, the museum preserves and interprets rare books and historical material relating to Egyptian, Persian, Phoenician, ancient and Islamic civilizations. Its collection includes 170 rare volumes, a visual archive and material on the Ottoman-era geography and heritage of Beirut and the region.

Source BAU Museum — public access and free admission

Free Public Performances as Cultural Learning

BAU's Drama Club provides a recurring public cultural resource. The club explains that its students receive workshops and practical preparation in performance, sound and lighting before presenting annual productions and taking part in cultural festivals. Crucially for this indicator, the page states that all performances are open to the public and completely free of charge.

Source BAU Drama Club — free public performances

Public Lectures and Knowledge Exchange

BAU also uses campus venues for public lectures on topics of civic and educational importance. A dated example is the 13 November 2023 lecture on the Rashid Karami International Fair and the preservation of modern world heritage. The event brought together university, municipal, governmental and civil-society partners and concluded with a discussion with attendees. BAU's institutional indicator page classifies this and other lectures as free public learning opportunities.

Source Public heritage lecture — 13 November 2023

Rashid Karami International Fair Modern World Heritage in Danger What s Next Public Lecture at Beirut Arab University

The Faculty of Architecture - Design and the Built Environment at Beirut Arab University, Tripoli Branch, held a lecture on the Rashid Karami International Fair - Modern World Heritage in Danger - What Next!, by the President of the Niemeyer Foundation for Heritage in Tripoli and Professor of Architecture at the Lebanese University, Dr. Wassim Naghi, and organized by Dr. Khaled El-Daghar, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Faculty, within the “Cooperation Project in the Field of Urban Management and Regional Development”, in partnership with the United Cities Association of Lebanon / Technical Office of Lebanese Municipalities, the Municipality of Tripoli, the Municipality of Zgharta/Ehden, and in cooperation with the Union of Municipalities of Dunkirk and the Agency for Urban Planning and Development for the Flanders Region - Dunkirk (AGUR) - France, the French National Union of Urban Planning Agencies (FNAU), and the Port of Dunkirk with support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

At the beginning, the Associate Professor at the Faculty, Dr. Khaled Al-Daghar, welcomed the audience, emphasizing the joint cooperation between universities, municipalities, governmental and non-governmental institutions and civil society organizations to support and build a common strategic vision for development plans and manage the development of new local development projects.

The Director of Tripoli Branch, Dr. Hani Shaarani, also noted that the University works with all local and international partners to achieve social, economic, cultural and urban development. The Rachid Karami International Fair complex is a national and global wealth that shall be preserved and continuously developed because it is a unique investment opportunity. It can also play an active role in the development of the region if is exploited effectively.”

The Mayor of Tripoli, Engineer Ahmed Kamareddine, spoke about the framework of the Rachid Karami International Fair Competition, which is part of the Tripoli Municipality's cooperation project with the Municipality of Zgharta/Ehden and French partners through the establishment of the Urban Planning and Regional development Agency for Abou Ali River Basin(AUDETA).

Mr. Ghassan Tayoun, a member and representative of the Zgharta/ Ehden Municipality Council, then reviewed the Agency's plan and objectives, which began in 2017 with the assistance of French planning agencies, taking into account all the development capabilities of the areas on the Abou Ali River Basin, which has an umbrella symbol and expands along 480 square kilometers.

Dr. Wasim Nagy started his lecture with a historical overview and brief definitions about the idea of Lebanon's permanent international exhibition in Tripoli, which began at the end of the 1950s. He, then, followed it by a comprehensive explanation of all stages and the impact of the civil war on the fair in general and the subsequent disruption of Lebanon's decision makers during the attempt to reinvigorate what has become known since the mid-1990s as the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli.

Dr. Nagy continued that the death of architect Oscar Niemeyer in 2012 was the starting point for ongoing outreach and awareness activities and campaigns with a group of heritage professionals and activists to demonstrate the cultural value of the fair and its economic role, culminating in its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List in January 2023.

At the end, a discussion was moderated with attendees about their vision for the Rashid Karami International Fair as a promising facility for Tripoli in specific and for Lebanon and the region in general.

What These Resources Demonstrate

• The University opens an educational collection on campus without an admission charge.

• The museum supports history, heritage, literature and visual learning for visitors and school groups.

• Free performances extend cultural education beyond conventional lectures and digital resources.

• Public lectures connect academic expertise with local authorities, professionals and citizens.

Free Access for School Students and Prospective Learners

Annual Open Doors and Tailored School Visits

BAU operates a standing outreach route for people who are not yet university students. Its current prospective-student page states that schools can attend annual Open Doors events at the Beirut, Debbieh and Tripoli campuses. It also invites schools from all Lebanese regions to request tailored campus visits and offers BAU representatives to visit schools.

Source BAU orientation and school-visit programme

Orientation for Prospective Students

BAU's institutional response for indicator 4.3.1 identifies these educational visits as being offered at no cost. It describes visiting students learning about academic programmes, meeting staff, exploring facilities, and participating in workshops and demonstrations. The standing orientation page corroborates recurrence by stating that Open Doors opportunities are offered every year.

Source BAU evidence that school outreach is provided at no cost

Source BAU Open Doors programme

Recent Tailored Educational Event

On 22 April 2025, BAU's Faculty of Human Sciences organized a conference for secondary-school students from multiple Lebanese schools on learning and communicating in Arabic. The event addressed language, identity, culture and the future and involved school principals, students and academics. It is strong evidence of educational access for non-students during the current five-year window; because the event page does not independently state a fee, it is used here as supporting evidence rather than standalone proof of free access.

Source School-student Arabic-language conference — 22 April 2025

Our Arabic Language: How Do We Like to Learn and Communicate in It? - A Conference Organized by Beirut Arab University

The Faculty of Human Sciences at Beirut Arab University organized a conference for secondary school students from various Lebanese schools, titled "Our Arabic Language: How Do We Like to Learn and Communicate in It?" The event was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences Professor Siddika Lashin; the Head of the Arabic Language Department Dr. Bashir Faraj; the coordinator of the "Ain" program Dr. Khalil Ajina; school principals and students; and a gathering of academics.

The conference explored three key themes:

1. Arabic as the Language of Identity, Belonging, Culture, and Future 2. Challenges in Learning Arabic and Acquiring Its Skills 3. How We Prefer to Learn Arabic

The conference aimed to examine the challenges of teaching Arabic from students’ perspectives, enhance secondary students’ presentation, discussion, and dialogue skills, gather students' opinions and suggestions for making Arabic instruction more engaging and effective, and strengthen inter-school relationships through shared experiences.

The event began with the Lebanese national anthem and the university anthem, followed by a documentary showcasing the university’s faculties and programs. After a welcoming speech by the conference moderator, Mohammad Rateb Naboulsi a Mass Communication student, Faculty Dean Professor Siddika Lashin expressed gratitude to University President Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam for his efforts in "promoting the Arabic language within the university." She emphasized that "this student-centered conference is the first of its kind in Lebanese universities," highlighting the Faculty’s commitment to addressing students' concerns about Arabic language education. Addressing the attendees, she affirmed, "We will listen to your demands, take them seriously, and incorporate them into future educational plans."

Dr. Khalil Ajina encouraged students to share their ideas, urging them to contribute innovative approaches to making Arabic both popular and practical. He described the conference as an opportunity to transform Arabic from a static subject into a dynamic experience.

Dr. Bashir Faraj, Head of the Arabic Language Department, delivered a speech urging students to take pride in Arabic "the crown of all languages" and to resist replacing it with other languages. He emphasized the importance of balancing Arabic with foreign languages while immersing in its richness.

The conference featured active student participation, including poetry recitations, theatrical performances, and interactive presentations that highlighted the challenges of learning Arabic and proposed solutions. Three panel discussions moderated by Arabic professors Dr. Nour El-Din Abdeen, Dr. Khalil Ajina, and Dr. Samir Itani explored Arabic as an "identity”, the "challenges in teaching it," and "how to make learning it enjoyable."

The conference concluded with key recommendations, including:

- Adopting interactive teaching methods and group projects in Arabic instruction.

- Integrating Arabic into daily school activities and updating curricula to align with students’ interests.

- Replacing traditional exams with modern evaluation methods, such as practical assessments and creative written and expressive projects.

Assessment

• Beneficiaries are clearly outside BAU's enrolled student body at the time of access.

• Access is educational: campus tours are combined with programme guidance, staff interaction, workshops and demonstrations.

• Annual Open Doors and year-round requested visits show a programmed pathway, not a single ad hoc event.

• The free-access claim is anchored in BAU's institutional indicator page and cross-checked against the current outreach page.

Public Lectures:

Public lecture by Dr. Neveen Hamza - Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK.

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment/News/Public-lecture-by-Dr-Neveen-Hamza-Senior-Lecturer-at-Newcastle-University-UK-

The Faculty of Architecture – Design & Built Environment, Tripoli Campus organized a mini - workshop on 27 February 2020 and a public lecture by Dr. Neveen Hamza - Senior Lecturer in Architecture and the Director of MSc Advanced Architectural Design - Sustainable Buildings & Environment at Newcastle University, UK.

The public lecture was entitled “Hot Air: Changing approaches towards an Architecture of well-being” and the workshop entitled “Daylighting - Velux daylight visualizer software simulation”.

The lecture focused on the legacy of architectural design developments, and at how and why approaches to ‘hot air’ have changed moving on from the vernacular situated architecture to the technological fix era to human wellbeing as determinates of good quality architecture. While the workshop focused on the role of daylighting in Architecture and human well-being. The simulation software program of Velux daylight visualizer was employed for daylighting analyses case study.

Rashid Karami International Fair Modern World Heritage in Danger What's Next! Public Lecture at Beirut Arab University

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Rashid-Karami-International-Fair-Modern-World-Heritage-in-Danger-What-s-Next-Public-Lecture-at-Beirut-Arab-University

The Faculty of Architecture - Design and the Built Environment at Beirut Arab University, Tripoli Branch, held a lecture on the Rashid Karami International Fair - Modern World Heritage in Danger - What Next!, by the President of the Niemeyer Foundation for Heritage in Tripoli and Professor of Architecture at the Lebanese University, Dr. Wassim Naghi, and organized by Dr. Khaled El-Daghar, Associate Professor of Architecture at the Faculty, within the “Cooperation Project in the Field of Urban Management and Regional Development”, in partnership with the United Cities Association of Lebanon / Technical Office of Lebanese Municipalities, the Municipality of Tripoli, the Municipality of Zgharta/Ehden, and in cooperation with the Union of Municipalities of Dunkirk and the Agency for Urban Planning and Development for the Flanders Region - Dunkirk (AGUR) - France, the French National Union of Urban Planning Agencies (FNAU), and the Port of Dunkirk with support of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

At the beginning, the Associate Professor at the Faculty, Dr. Khaled Al-Daghar, welcomed the audience, emphasizing the joint cooperation between universities, municipalities, governmental and non-governmental institutions and civil society organizations to support and build a common strategic vision for development plans and manage the development of new local development projects.
The Director of Tripoli Branch, Dr. Hani Shaarani, also noted that the University works with all local and international partners to achieve social, economic, cultural and urban development. The Rachid Karami International Fair complex is a national and global wealth that shall be preserved and continuously developed because it is a unique investment opportunity. It can also play an active role in the development of the region if is exploited effectively.”
The Mayor of Tripoli, Engineer Ahmed Kamareddine, spoke about the framework of the Rachid Karami International Fair Competition, which is part of the Tripoli Municipality's cooperation project with the Municipality of Zgharta/Ehden and French partners through the establishment of the Urban Planning and Regional development Agency for Abou Ali River Basin(AUDETA).
Mr. Ghassan Tayoun, a member and representative of the Zgharta/ Ehden Municipality Council, then reviewed the Agency's plan and objectives, which began in 2017 with the assistance of French planning agencies, taking into account all the development capabilities of the areas on the Abou Ali River Basin, which has an umbrella symbol and expands along 480 square kilometers.
Dr. Wasim Nagy started his lecture with a historical overview and brief definitions about the idea of Lebanon's permanent international exhibition in Tripoli, which began at the end of the 1950s. He, then, followed it by a comprehensive explanation of all stages and the impact of the civil war on the fair in general and the subsequent disruption of Lebanon's decision makers during the attempt to reinvigorate what has become known since the mid-1990s as the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli.
Dr. Nagy continued that the death of architect Oscar Niemeyer in 2012 was the starting point for ongoing outreach and awareness activities and campaigns with a group of heritage professionals and activists to demonstrate the cultural value of the fair and its economic role, culminating in its inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List in January 2023.
At the end, a discussion was moderated with attendees about their vision for the Rashid Karami International Fair as a promising facility for Tripoli in specific and for Lebanon and the region in general.

Public Lecture

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Engineering/Event/Public-Lecture

A public lecture was held for the Engineering students mainly the Chemical and Petroleum department students on Thursday 19/10/2023.

Lecturer: Jesse El Aayi (Petroleum Engineer from the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, USA)

Topic: Viability of Microfluidics as a rapid chemical EOR screening method for oilfields.

The event was organized in collaboration by the students’ societies SPE and AIChE.

Public Lecture By Dr. Osama Omar

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment/Event/Public-Lecture-By-Dr-Osama-Omar

The Faculty of Architectural Engineering, Beirut Arab University, is taking steps towards internationality. After obtaining RIBA I accreditation and sending its staff to participate in international conferences and public lectures.
Dr. Osama Omar had been invited  to give a public lecture under title ‘ Nanoarchitecture Future Housing’   in Jordan Housing Developers Association, Amman, Jordan which was held between the 4th and the 7th of April 2015.
The lecture focus on the role of Nanotechnology in Architecture to reach Future Housing by produce new materials that have new properties, which help to protect indoor spaces and built new trends of architecture called Nanoarchitecture which friendly for environment.

Public Lecture: "Photovoltaic Market in Lebanon, Opportunities and Barriers"

The Faculty of Architectural Engineering cordially invites you to attend a lecture presentation titled:

"Photovoltaic Market in Lebanon, Opportunities and Barriers"
Lecturer: Mr. Rabih Osta

Lecture Content: 

The lecture presentation will explore the key facts in Lebanon regarding renewable energy and solar systems' application. Driving initiatives for Photovoltaic (PV) projects are illustrated and barriers facing their implementation are discussed. Mr. Osta, the Area General Manager of Phoenix Energy, will highlight the significance and the challenges of Phoenix Energy mega PV installation: The Beirut River Solar Snake (BRSS). He will discuss the synchronization between PV generators, fossil fuel generators, and the Lebanese electricity network. Finally, a comparison between on-grid and off-grid systems is held.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday October, 27 at 2 PM in Room A203 Architecture Building (Debbieh).

Public Lecture-Mirko Baselgia: Insight into my art Works. A Small Introduction in Pictures

 Thursday 11 February 2016 at 12:00 PM
Omar Houry Hall, Faculty of Architectural Engineering
Beirut Arab University
Debbieh Campus

Building Information Modelling in Environmental Design

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment/Event/Buiding-Information-Modelling-in-Environmental-Design

Public Lecture By

Dr. Rokia Reslan

Leccturer I Building Performance Simulation

Wednesday, 27th of April , 2016 12:30 PM

Omar Houri Main Auditorium

Debbieh Campus

During her visit at BAU Dr Raslan, Lecturer in Building Performance Simulation at the Bartlett, University College London, presented a public lecture titled "Building Information Modelling in Environmental Design" which discussed of the use of BIM in architectural design practice, in particular in reference to energy efficiency of buildings. The topics covered during her lecture stemmed from her ongoing research in the field and included the core concepts and structures of what defines BIM, data generation and sharing, the impact of its application on the design process and the interoperability of BIM systems. To illustrate the importance of BIM, a number of case studies in regards to its particular use in energy modelling and environmental design were discussed within the wider scope of the use of computer modelling techniques in a collaborative multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) environments.

Public lecture at the Order of engineers – Tripoli

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment-Tripoli/Event/Public-lecture-at-the-Order-of-engineers-Tripoli

The lecture focused on zero energy buildings and divided into three main parts: Part one: was presented by Dr Yathreb Sabsaby and focused on a review of the energy situation in Lebanon, and assesses the current standard that addresses the energy efficiency in Lebanese building sector. By applying the “DCBA” or the “four variants” method, three energy model will be developed. The “D” model that represents the energy benchmark for the Lebanese residential building stock. The “C&B” model, an improved model that will be created by applying the previous Local energy efficient initiatives. In the final part, the “A” model will be created based on the Zero Energy building practices that could fit the local context in Tripoli city. Part two: presented by Dr. Ali Sedki and focused on the haphazard utilization of prototypical social housing in Egyptian climate conditions. Hence, it presents the results of applying a combined strategy of user-based behavioral solution of natural ventilation and building envelope retrofitting with external insulation based on local materials to improve indoor thermal comfort without any mechanical cooling or heating systems. Part three: presented by Eng. Riad El-Abed and focused on a Simulation case study of Energy model for a Building situated in Tripoli. 13 Simulations was choosen to check the energy saving between the Conventional Building and Zero Energy Building depend on Tripoli Weather and similar Coastal Cities. Then an Economical Study was presented to prioritize the 13 simulation for energy Measures conservation of economical point view.

Scope, Boundaries and Evidence Integrity

The earlier report mixed free and paid services. For a higher-quality submission, the response should distinguish resources that support the “Free Access” selection from services that are available only by subscription, institutional login, or separate payment. This prevents overclaiming and makes the evidence auditable.

Source BAU Libraries FAQ — subscription and database restrictions

Source BAU Libraries computers page

Evidence Matrix and Indicator Mapping

Indicator Mapping

Submission Conclusion

Beirut Arab University meets THE Impact Rankings indicator 4.3.1 under the “Free Access” option. The evidence demonstrates that people who are not enrolled at BAU can access University-provided educational resources without charge through several independent routes: open scholarship and journals, curated OER, BAU-contributed online course materials, a free public museum, free cultural performances, and no-cost school outreach.

The submission is strongest when it avoids a universal-access claim. Some physical library services require a deposit and some databases are restricted to BAU credentials. These services should not be used as free-access evidence. The affirmative answer rests on the clearly free and externally accessible resources documented in this report.

Recommended THE Portal Response

Recommended Evidence Order

• BAU Museum: explicit public eligibility and free admission.

• Digital Commons and BAU open-access journals: continuous free access to BAU scholarship.

• BAU Libraries OER and Open Access portals: curated no-cost educational and research resources.

• Healthy Urban Systems MOOC: BAU-developed content with free access to all course materials.

• Open Doors, school visits, free performances and public lectures: complementary in-person access.

Original Evidence Links

1. BAU indicator 4.3.1 https://bau.edu.lb/SDG/4-3-1

2. BAU Museum https://www.bau.edu.lb/Museum

3. Digital Commons at BAU https://digitalcommons.bau.edu.lb/

4. About the BAU institutional repository https://digitalcommons.bau.edu.lb/about.html

5. BAU Journals https://digitalcommons.bau.edu.lb/journals/

6. BAU Libraries Open Access https://www.bau.edu.lb/Libraries/Open-Access

7. BAU Libraries Open Educational Resources https://www.bau.edu.lb/Libraries/Open-Educational-Resources

8. BAU Healthy Urban Systems MOOC announcement https://bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-the-Faculty-of-Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment-participated-in-designing-and-coordinating-a-MOOC

9. Current Healthy Urban Systems course https://www.coursera.org/learn/urban-health-mooc-1

10. Orientation and school visits https://www.bau.edu.lb/Undergraduate/Orientation-for-Prospective-Students

11. Drama Club free public performances https://www.bau.edu.lb/Student-Activities-Beirut/Drama-Club

12. Public heritage lecture https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Rashid-Karami-International-Fair-Modern-World-Heritage-in-Danger-What-s-Next-Public-Lecture-at-Beirut-Arab-University

13. BAU Libraries FAQ https://bau.edu.lb/Libraries/FAQ