The American University of Beirut (AUB) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation offers full scholarships for international students for the academic year 2023-2024.  The program provides full scholarships to graduate and undergraduate academically promising students with limited financial capacity and who are sensitive to their communities’ concerns, proactive in their environment, and believers in their ability to make a difference.

The American University of Beirut Scholarship Program scholarship is open for international students to pursue graduate degree programs in Lebanon. The American University of Beirut (AUB) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation offers full graduate education scholarships.

AUB’s Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program aims to prepare young people in their communities, countries, and regions to be agents of change. Apart from the courses for their degree, the program requires scholars to attend a series of workshops, courses, and fieldwork.

The American University of Beirut Scholarship program provides full scholarships to graduate and undergraduate academically promising students with limited financial capacity and who are sensitive to their communities’ concerns, proactive in their environment, and believers in their ability to make a difference.

To be eligible for the American University of Beirut Scholarship Program, these points should be considered:

• Required Languages: English
• Eligible Countries: Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Djibouti, Mauritania, Comoros, &Other Countries from Africa.
• Graduate scholarships are open to nationals of Africa, Lebanon and Refugee and displaced living in Lebanon.
• Selection and admission are based on: Academic promise, financial disadvantage, leadership potential and the desire to give back and go back to one’s community.
• Official university transcript(s) – All levels.
• Graduate Application (apply online).
• 2 recommendation letters.
• IELTS or TOEFL are required.
• GMAT is required for the MBA program. GRE is required for some majors at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
• Application fees ($50 or L.L.75,000).

Courses Offered

• Agricultural Economics
• Animal Science
• Anthropology
• Applied Energy
• Arab and Middle Eastern History
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Archaeology
• Architecture
• Art History and Curating
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biomedical Sciences
• Business Administration
• Cell and Molecular Biology
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Clinical Psychology
• Computational Science
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Eco-system Management
• Education
• Educational Management and Leadership Diplomas
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Energy Studies
• Engineering Management
• English Language
• English Literature
• Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
• Environmental Health
• Environmental Policy Planning
• Environmental Technology
• Epidemiology
• Executive Master of Business Administration
• Financial Economics
• Finance
• Food Safety
• Food Security
• Food Technology
• Geology
• History​
• Human Morphology
• Human Resource Management
• Irrigation
• Islamic Studies
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Media Studies
• Medicine
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Middle Eastern Studies
• Neuroscience
• Nursing
• Nutrition
• Orthodontics
• Pharmacology and Therapeutics MS FM
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Physiology
• Plant Protection
• Plant Science
• Political Studies
• Population Health
• Poultry Science
• Psychology
• Public Administration
• Public Health
• Public Health Nutrition
• Public Policy and International Affairs
• Rural Community Development
• SHARP
• Sociology
• Special Education
• Theoretical Physics
• Transnational American Studies
• Teaching Diploma (Teaching of Arabic, Health Education, Elementary Education, Informatics Education, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Teaching of Social Studies, Teaching of English as a foreign language)
• Urban Design
• Urban Planning and Policy