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Academic Programs and Degrees

This section covers the distribution of undergraduate and graduate degrees, the average class size and the degrees awarded by each faculty.

Statistics are given as of the fall term of academic year 2024-25 (specifically: October 31, 2024), except as noted.

Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees by Faculty, Degree, and Gender

Faculty	Degree	Female	Male	Total
Undergraduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	BLA, BS, BSA	46	23	69
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	BA, BS	281	217	498
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	BEN, BAR, BFA, BS	159	254	413
Faculty of Health Sciences	BS, BA	50	21	71
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	BSN	36	10	46
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	BBA	121	159	280
Total		693	684	1,377
Graduate level
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	MS, MSES, DIPL	36	9	45
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	MA, MAFE, MS, DIPL, MSES	74	41	115
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	MUDS, MEN, MS, MUPP, MSES, MEM	50	61	111
Faculty of Medicine	MSBS	19	10	29
Faculty of Health Sciences	MSES, MS, MPH	84	42	126
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	DIPL, MSN	21	6	27
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	MS, MA, MBA, MF	98	90	188
Total		382	259	641
Post Graduate level
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	PhD	2	1	3
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	PhD	2	4	6
Faculty of Medicine	PhD	1	0	1
Faculty of Health Sciences	PhD	3	0	3
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	PhD	2	1	3
Total		10	6	16
PR - Professional level
Faculty of Medicine	MD	55	59	114
gt - PROGREEN
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	DIPLGT	8	5	13

Average Class Size by Department

Faculty	Department	Average Class Size
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences	Agriculture	14
	Food Security	7
	Landscape Design and Ecosystem-management	13
	Nutrition and Food Science	9
	Public Health Nutrition	2
	Rural Community Development	2
Faculty of Arts and Sciences	Arabic	11
	Biology	11
	Center for American Studies	13
	Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies	1
	Chemistry	13
	Computational Science	1
	Computer Science	17
	Crit. Humanit. for Liberal Arts	20
	Earth Science	17
	Economics	26
	Education	7
	English	18
	Fine Arts and Art History	12
	History and Archaeology	7
	Mathematics	21
	Philosophy	10
	Physics	8
	Political Studies and Public Administration	8
	Psychology	23
	Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies	10
	University Preparatory Program	13
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture	Architecture and Design	20
	Baha&Walid Bassatne Chm&Adv.En	18
	Biomedical Engineering	4
	Civil and Environmental Engineering	14
	Electrical and Computer Engineering	16
	Energy Studies	7
	Engineering Management	5
	Industrial Engineering and Management	30
	Mechanical Engineering	11
Faculty of Medicine	Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences	18
	Anesthesiology	4
	Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics	15
	Dermatology	3
	Diagnostic Radiology	9
	Emergency Department	47
	Exp.Pathol.Micro.& Immunology	4
	Family Medicine	100
	Interdepartmental Teaching	112
	Internal Medicine	31
	Obstetrics & Gynecology	55
	Ophthalmology	4
	Otolaryngo.&Head &Neck Surgery	2
	Pathology & Lab Medicine	29
	Pediatrics & Adolescent Med.	33
	Pharmacology & Toxicology	22
	Psychiatry	37
	Radiation Oncology	1
	Surgery	12
Faculty of Health Sciences	Environmental Health	13
	Epidemiology and Population Health	14
	Exec.Health in Care Leadership	7
	Health Management and Policy	21
	Health Promotion and Community Health	16
	Medical Imaging Sciences	14
	Medical Laboratory Sciences	31
	Public Health	8
	SHARP	12
Rafic Hariri School of Nursing	Nursing	16
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business	Business Administration	28
	Business Infor.Decision System	16
	Finan.Account.&Managerial Eco.	31
	Management,Marketing&Entrepren	25

Average class size is the average number of students in each main course session (tutorial, common lecture, lab lecture and recitation are excluded)

Degrees Awarded by Faculty

Programs	Degrees or Certificates
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Agribusiness	BS
Agriculture	BSA
Ecosystems Management	MSES
Food Safety Thesis	MS
Food Science & Management	BS
Food Security	DIPL, MS
Food Technology	MS
Irrigation	MS
Landscape Architecture	BLA
Nutr.& Diet.Coordinated Progr.	BS
Nutrition	MS
Nutrition & Dietetics	BS
Plant Protection	MS
Plant Science	MS
Poultry Science	MS
Rural Community Development	MS
Public Health Nutrition	MS
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Anthropology	MA
Applied Mathematics	BS
Arabic Language and Literature	BA, MA, PhD
Arab and Middle Eastern History	PhD
Archaeology	MA
Art History	BA
Biology	BS, MS
Cell and Molecular Biology	PhD
Chemistry	BS, MS
Clinical Psychology	MA
Computational Science	MS
Computer Science	BS, MS
Economics	BA, MA
Education	MA
Education/Elementary	BA
English Language	BA
English Literature	BA, MA
Environmental Policy Planning	MSES
Geology	BS
History	BA
Mathematics	BS, MS
Media and Communications	BA
Media Studies	MA
Middle Eastern Studies	MA
Online Education	Diploma
Philosophy	BA, MA
Physics	BS, MS
Political Studies	BA, MA
Psychology	BA, MA
Publ.Policy &Intern.Affair Th.	MA
Public Administration	BA
Sociology	MA
Sociology and Anthropology	BA
Statistics	BS
Studio Arts	BA
Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
Business Administration	BBA, MBA, EMBA
Finance	MF
M.Human Resource Management	MA
M.Business Analytics	MS
Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Architecture	BAR
Chemical Engineering	MS, BEN, BS, MEN
Civil Engineering	BEN, MEN
Civil Engineering Thesis	MEN
Computer & Communications Eng.	BEN
Computer and Communications Engineering	BEN
Construction Engineering	BS
Electrical and Computer Engineering	BEN, PhD
Energy Studies	MS
Engineer.Management Non-Thesis	MEM
Env. & Water Resources Eng'g.	MEN, PhD
Graphic Design	BFA
Industrial Engineering	BEN
Mechanical Engineering	MEN, PhD, BEN
Urban Design	MUDS
Urban Planning and Policy	MUPP
Biomedical Engineering	MS, PHD
Faculty of Health Sciences
Environmental Health	BS, MSES
Epidemiology	MS, PhD
Health Communication	BA
Master of Public Health	MPH
Medical Imaging Sciences	BS
Medical Laboratory Sciences	BS
SHARP	DIPL
RAFIC HARIRI SCHOOL OF NURSING
Nursing	BSN, MSN, PhD
Nursing Admn.& Management	Diploma
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Biochemistry	MSBS
Biomedical Sciences	PhD
Human Morphology	MSBS
Medicine	MD
Microbiology and Immunology	MSBS
Neuroscience	MSBS
Pharmacology & Therapeutics	MSBS
Physiology	MSBS
*These programs are part of interfaculty/ joint programs and included in their main faculties.

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