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Welcome to the Department of Economics

The Department of Economics at the American University of Beirut is one of the largest in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Our mission is to provide students with rigorous training in economics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, to produce high-quality research, and to contribute services to our discipline, the University, and communities in Lebanon and the wider region.

Our diverse faculty are committed to excellence in both teaching and research. Their expertise covers a wide range of fields including health economics, labor economics, financial economics, macroeconomics, development and political economics.

At the undergraduate level, the Department offers a BA in Economics and a minor in Economics for non-majors. At the graduate level, we offer an MA in Economics and an MA in Financial Economics. Faculty and students actively engage in a vibrant academic community through seminars, research activities, and faculty-student interactive events.
We are located in Ada Dodge Hall, 2nd floor.

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Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity to start Fall 2026-2027, joint with the Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR). Check details under Research Fellow Position tab on FAS Employment Page
The department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Economics to start in Fall 2026-2027. Check the details on the FAS Employment Page
Dr. Nadine Yamout won the best paper award curing the closing session of the ERF 31st Annual Conference, on the Macroeconomic and Growth theme, for the paper titled “Fiscal Limits in the MENA Region: A Structural Analysis of Debt Sustainability”.
The department of Economics launched the peer-to-peer undergraduate mentoring and tutoring program
Relaunch of the Master in Financial Economics Program Fall 2025-2026.
If you are interested in teaching in the Department of Economics on a part time basis, please refer to JOBS@FAS.

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