Islamic University of Lebanon

The Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL), known in Arabic as al-Jāmiʿa al-Islāmiyya fī Lubnān, is a private university founded in 1996 by decree and headquartered in Khaldeh, a coastal town south of Beirut黎巴嫩伊斯兰大学（Islamic University of Lebanon，简称 IUL，阿拉伯语作 الجامعة الإسلامية في لبنان）是 1996 年依据法令创办的私立大学，主校区位于贝鲁特以南的沿海城镇哈利德。

It operates four campuses at Khaldeh, Wardaniyeh, Tyre and Baalbek and nine faculties covering engineering, economics and business administration, public health, sciences and arts, law, political and diplomatic sciences, Islamic studies, letters and tourism学校在哈利德、瓦尔达尼耶、提尔与巴勒贝克设有四个校区，并设工程、经济与工商管理、公共卫生、科学与艺术、法学、政治与外交学、伊斯兰研究、文学以及旅游九个学院。

The university presents itself as a private institution combining professional training with Islamic values, is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, and appears in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027该校定位为兼顾专业训练与伊斯兰价值观的私立大学，是伊斯兰世界大学联合会成员，并在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 1201 至 1400 位区间。

History

• Lebanon's Law of Higher Education of 1962 established the legal framework under which private universities could be licensed, and that framework governed the later creation of IUL黎巴嫩 1962 年《高等教育法》确立了私立大学获得许可的法律框架，这一框架后来管辖了 IUL 的设立。
• The Lebanese civil war, which began in 1975, disrupted universities across the country and delayed the expansion of private higher education for more than a decade1975 年爆发的黎巴嫩内战打乱了全国高校的教学秩序，也使私立高等教育的扩张延后了十多年。
• After the civil war ended in 1990, reconstruction and the return of diaspora capital created demand for new private universities serving regions outside Beirut1990 年内战结束后，重建进程与侨资回流催生了对服务贝鲁特以外地区的新型私立大学的需求。
• IUL was founded in 1996 by presidential decree, the instrument through which private universities in Lebanon receive their licence from the stateIUL 于 1996 年依据总统法令创办，这一文书是黎巴嫩私立大学取得国家许可的法定形式。
• In 1996 the founding group included Lebanese religious scholars and educators who wanted an institution that would teach Islamic sciences alongside engineering, law, health and management1996 年，创办群体包括黎巴嫩宗教人士与教育工作者，他们希望建立一所把伊斯兰学科与工程、法学、卫生及管理并列教授的学校。
• The main campus was established at Khaldeh in 1996, on the coastal highway between Beirut and Sidon and close to Rafic Hariri International Airport主校区于 1996 年设于哈利德，位于贝鲁特至西顿的沿海公路旁，靠近拉菲克·哈里里国际机场。
• In 1996 the Faculty of Islamic Studies was among the founding faculties, reflecting the university's stated mission of combining religious learning with modern professional education1996 年，伊斯兰研究学院成为建校学院之一，体现学校把宗教学习与现代专业教育相结合的办学宗旨。
• Law and engineering were developed as the university's first professional faculties, preparing graduates for Lebanon's bar, construction and public-works sectors法学与工程学发展为学校最早的专业学院，为黎巴嫩律师业、建筑业与公共工程部门培养人才。
• During the 2000s IUL extended its network to Wardaniyeh in the Chouf, to Tyre in the south and to Baalbek in the Beqaa, turning a single-campus college into a regional university2000 年代，IUL 把校区网络扩展到舒夫地区的瓦尔达尼耶、南部的提尔与贝卡谷地的巴勒贝克，从单一校区学院转变为地区性大学。
• The July 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah hit southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, disrupting teaching at the Tyre campus and displacing students and staff2006 年 7 月以色列与真主党之间的战争波及黎巴嫩南部与贝鲁特南郊，打乱了提尔校区教学，并造成师生流离失所。
• After 2011 the Syrian civil war brought more than a million refugees into Lebanon and increased demand for affordable higher education in the Beqaa and the north2011 年叙利亚内战爆发后，逾百万难民涌入黎巴嫩，增加了贝卡与北部地区对可负担高等教育的需求。
• Lebanon's financial crisis from 2019 devalued the currency, cut public spending and pushed private universities to reduce costs and seek international partnerships2019 年起的黎巴嫩金融危机导致货币贬值、公共支出削减，迫使私立大学压缩成本并寻求国际合作。
• The Beirut port explosion of August 2020 damaged buildings across the capital and disrupted transport and services on which Khaldeh-based students and staff depended2020 年 8 月的贝鲁特港口爆炸损坏了首都大量建筑，并中断了哈利德师生依赖的交通与服务。
• The 2024 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah again affected south Lebanon and the Beqaa, forcing universities in Tyre and Baalbek to move classes online or postpone examinations2024 年以色列与真主党的冲突再次波及黎巴嫩南部与贝卡，迫使提尔与巴勒贝克的高校转为线上上课或推迟考试。
• Throughout these crises IUL maintained its four campuses and continued to award degrees under licences issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education历经这些危机，IUL 仍维持四个校区的运转，并继续依据黎巴嫩教育与高等教育部的许可授予学位。
• The university's identity is explicitly Islamic but its student body and staff are drawn from multiple Lebanese confessions and from the country's large Palestinian and Syrian communities学校具有明确的伊斯兰属性，但师生来自黎巴嫩多个教派以及该国庞大的巴勒斯坦与叙利亚社群。
• IUL is a member of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, a network that links Islamic universities for cooperation in research, curricula and student exchangeIUL 是伊斯兰世界大学联合会成员，该网络把各国伊斯兰大学联系起来，在研究、课程与学生交换方面开展合作。
• The university describes its mission as forming responsible citizens who combine professional competence with ethical and religious commitment, a formulation used in its mission and vision statements学校把使命表述为培养兼具专业能力与伦理宗教担当的负责任公民，这一表述见于其使命与愿景文件。

Academics

• The Faculty of Engineering offers undergraduate programmes in engineering and applied technology and maintains laboratories for materials, electronics, computing and workshop practice工程学院开设工程与应用技术本科项目，并设有材料、电子、计算与工坊实践实验室。
• The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration teaches accounting, finance, management and marketing, and prepares students for Lebanon's banking, retail and services sectors经济与工商管理学院教授会计、金融、管理与市场营销，为黎巴嫩的银行、零售与服务业培养人才。
• The Faculty of Public Health trains students in health sciences and community health, responding to Lebanon's need for nurses, health administrators and public-health officers公共卫生学院培养健康科学与社区健康人才，回应黎巴嫩对护士、卫生管理者和公共卫生人员的需求。
• The Faculty of Sciences and Arts offers foundation courses in mathematics, biology, chemistry and computer science that support the professional faculties科学与艺术学院开设数学、生物学、化学与计算机科学基础课程，为各专业学院提供支撑。
• The Faculty of Law prepares students for the Lebanese bar and for careers in the judiciary, public administration and corporate legal departments法学院为学生进入黎巴嫩律师界以及司法、公共行政与企业法务部门任职做准备。
• The Faculty of Political, Administrative and Diplomatic Sciences trains students for diplomacy, public administration and international organisations, fields central to Lebanon's service economy政治、行政与外交学院为外交、公共行政与国际组织培养人才，这些领域是黎巴嫩服务型经济的关键。
• The Faculty of Islamic Studies teaches Quranic studies, hadith, jurisprudence, theology and Arabic language, and offers a religious-studies track for teachers and community leaders伊斯兰研究学院教授古兰学、圣训、教法学、神学与阿拉伯语，并为教师与社区领袖开设宗教研究方向。
• The Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences covers Arabic and foreign languages, literature, history and education, supplying teachers for Lebanese schools and universities文学与人文学院涵盖阿拉伯语与外语、文学、历史与教育学，为黎巴嫩学校与大学输送教师。
• The Faculty of Tourism Sciences trains students for hotel management, tour operations and heritage tourism, drawing on Lebanon's archaeological sites and hospitality industry旅游科学学院培养酒店管理、旅行运营与遗产旅游人才，依托黎巴嫩的考古遗址与酒店业。
• Teaching is mainly in Arabic and English, with French used in some law, business and tourism courses, reflecting Lebanon's trilingual professional environment教学主要以阿拉伯语与英语进行，部分法学、商科与旅游课程使用法语，反映黎巴嫩三语并用的职业环境。
• The university awards bachelor's and master's degrees and, in selected fields, a doctorate, all under licences granted by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education学校授予学士与硕士学位，并在部分领域授予博士学位，所有学位均依据教育与高等教育部的许可颁发。
• Admission is based on the Lebanese baccalaureate or an equivalent secondary certificate, with placement tests in Arabic, English and mathematics for some programmes招生以黎巴嫩高中毕业会考或同等中等教育证书为依据，部分专业还设有阿拉伯语、英语与数学分级考试。
• IUL runs remedial language courses for students from public schools whose French or English is weaker than that of private-school entrantsIUL 为公立学校毕业生开设语言补习课程，因为他们的法语或英语水平往往弱于私立学校生源。
• The university library at Khaldeh holds Arabic and English collections in law, Islamic studies, engineering and business, and provides digital databases for student research哈利德校区图书馆收藏法学、伊斯兰研究、工程与商科的阿拉伯语及英语文献，并为学生研究提供数字数据库。
• Faculty members supervise graduation projects in engineering, business and public health, often based on field data from Lebanese municipalities and clinics教师指导工程、商科与公共卫生专业的毕业设计，选题常基于黎巴嫩市政机构与诊所的实地数据。
• IUL's Islamic studies faculty cooperates with mosques, charities and waqf institutions that provide internships and community-service placements for studentsIUL 的伊斯兰研究学院与清真寺、慈善机构及瓦克夫机构合作，为学生提供实习与社区服务岗位。
• Through the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World, IUL participates in curriculum harmonisation and student mobility with universities in Asia, Africa and the Middle East借助伊斯兰世界大学联合会，IUL 与亚洲、非洲和中东的大学开展课程协调与学生流动合作。

Campus

• The Khaldeh campus is the university's headquarters and largest site, located on the coastal road about 15 kilometres south of central Beirut and close to the airport哈利德校区是学校总部与最大校区，位于贝鲁特市中心以南约 15 公里的沿海公路旁，紧邻机场。
• Khaldeh lies in the Aley District of Mount Lebanon Governorate, a coastal town whose economy mixes commuter services, small industry and retail along the Beirut-Sidon highway哈利德位于黎巴嫩山省阿莱区，是一座沿海城镇，经济以通勤服务、小型工业与贝鲁特至西顿公路沿线的零售业为主。
• The Wardaniyeh campus serves students from the Chouf and Aley hinterland, a mountainous region of Druze, Christian and Sunni villages瓦尔达尼耶校区服务舒夫与阿莱腹地的学生，这一山区分布着德鲁兹、基督教与逊尼派村庄。
• The Tyre campus serves South Governorate students in a city whose Roman hippodrome, necropolis and crusader cathedral are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list提尔校区服务南部省学生，这座城市的罗马竞技场、墓群与十字军大教堂被列入联合国教科文组织世界遗产名录。
• The Baalbek campus serves the Beqaa Valley, whose Roman temple complex at Baalbek is one of the largest and best-preserved sanctuaries of the ancient world巴勒贝克校区服务贝卡谷地，当地的罗马神庙群是古代世界规模最大、保存最完好的圣地之一。
• Campus facilities include lecture halls, computer rooms, science laboratories, a library, a cafeteria and sports grounds, with the Khaldeh site housing the central administration各校区设施包括讲堂、计算机房、科学实验室、图书馆、食堂与运动场，中央行政机构设在哈利德。
• The university maintains a mosque and prayer facilities on the Khaldeh campus, and the Islamic calendar shapes the academic timetable during Ramadan and the two Eids学校在哈利德校区设有清真寺与礼拜设施，斋月与两个开斋节期间的教学安排依照伊斯兰历调整。
• Most students commute by bus or shared taxi from Beirut's southern suburbs, Aley, Sidon and the Chouf, and campus life is organised around the academic day rather than residential halls多数学生从贝鲁特南郊、阿莱、西顿与舒夫乘公交或合乘出租车通勤，校园生活围绕教学日展开，而非住宿制。
• The Khaldeh site is exposed to winter storms and summer humidity from the Mediterranean, and the university has invested in covered walkways and air-conditioned computer laboratories哈利德校区受地中海冬季风暴与夏季潮湿影响，学校为此建设了有顶步道与配备空调的计算机实验室。

Reputation

• IUL is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, the joint interval used for institutions in that tier of the table在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，IUL 位列第 1201 至 1400 位区间（并列区间）。
• The university did not enter the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 and did not enter the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities main table该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• It did not enter the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, so its QS placement is the only major global ranking in which it appears该校未进入 2026 至 2027 年度 U.S. News 全球大学榜单，因此 QS 名次是其主要全球榜单中唯一的上榜记录。
• OpenAlex records 682 works and 6,586 citations for IUL, a research output concentrated in Islamic studies, public health, engineering and the social sciencesOpenAlex 记录 IUL 有 682 篇论文与 6,586 次被引，研究产出集中于伊斯兰研究、公共卫生、工程与社会科学。
• Within Lebanon the university is known as one of the larger private institutions outside Beirut, competing for students with Beirut-based universities such as the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut, the Lebanese American University, Saint Joseph University, Beirut Arab University, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, the University of Balamand and Notre Dame University-Louaize在黎巴嫩国内，该校被视为贝鲁特以外规模较大的私立院校之一，与黎巴嫩大学、贝鲁特美国大学、黎巴嫩美国大学、圣约瑟夫大学、贝鲁特阿拉伯大学、卡斯里克圣灵大学、巴拉曼大学与卢瓦泽圣母大学等高校争夺生源。
• Its Islamic studies and law faculties supply teachers, preachers, lawyers and civil servants to Lebanese ministries, municipalities and religious institutions其伊斯兰研究学院与法学院为黎巴嫩各部委、市政机构与宗教机构输送教师、宣教人员、律师与公务员。
• Employers in construction, banking, health care and tourism recruit IUL graduates, and the university's career office organises job fairs in Khaldeh and Beirut建筑、银行、医疗与旅游业的雇主聘用 IUL 毕业生，学校就业办公室在哈利德与贝鲁特举办招聘会。
• Membership in the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World gives IUL visibility in Islamic higher-education networks across Asia, Africa and the Middle East加入伊斯兰世界大学联合会使 IUL 在亚洲、非洲与中东的伊斯兰高等教育网络中获得能见度。
• The university's reputation is regional rather than global, resting on affordable tuition, religious legitimacy and branch campuses rather than on research volume or international rankings该校声誉以地区性为主而非全球性，依托可负担学费、宗教合法性与多校区布局，而非科研体量或国际排名。

Student life

• Student life at IUL is shaped by Islamic norms, with prayer breaks, Ramadan iftars and Eid celebrations organised by student associations on the Khaldeh campusIUL 的学生生活受伊斯兰规范影响，学生社团在哈利德校区组织礼拜间歇、斋月开斋饭与开斋节庆祝活动。
• Students form cultural, sports and academic clubs, including football, basketball and volleyball teams that compete with other Lebanese private universities学生组建文化、体育与学术社团，其中足球、篮球与排球队与其他黎巴嫩私立大学比赛。
• The university's student affairs office runs orientation, counselling and financial-aid guidance for students from low-income families in the south and the Beqaa学校学生事务办公室为南部与贝卡低收入家庭学生提供入学指导、心理咨询与助学金指引。
• Many students work part-time in family businesses, shops or transport while studying, and evening sections accommodate those who commute from distant villages许多学生一边求学一边在家族生意、商店或运输行业兼职，学校为远途通勤者开设晚间班。
• Ramadan shortens the teaching day, and the university adjusts examination schedules around Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha each year斋月期间教学日缩短，学校每年围绕开斋节与古尔邦节调整考试日程。
• The Khaldeh campus is a short drive from Beirut's southern suburbs, giving students access to internships, libraries and cultural institutions in the capital哈利德校区距贝鲁特南郊仅短程车程，学生可前往首都实习、利用图书馆与文化机构。
• Tyre and Baalbek students organise heritage visits to Roman sites and participate in municipal volunteering during summer, linking campus life to their home regions提尔与巴勒贝克学生组织罗马遗址考察，并在夏季参与市政志愿服务，把校园生活与家乡地区联系起来。
• Graduation ceremonies at Khaldeh bring together families from the four campuses, and alumni keep contact through a university association that organises reunions and mentoring哈利德校区的毕业典礼汇聚四个校区的家庭，校友通过学校协会保持联系，参加聚会与导师活动。

Notable people

• Hassan Lakiss, a professor, serves as president of the Islamic University of Lebanon and has represented it in Islamic higher-education networks教授哈桑·拉基斯担任黎巴嫩伊斯兰大学校长，并代表学校参与伊斯兰高等教育网络。
• Elias Hrawi, president of Lebanon from 1989 to 1998, held office when IUL received its founding decree in 1996埃利亚斯·赫拉维于 1989 至 1998 年任黎巴嫩总统，IUL 于 1996 年获得建校法令时他正在任上。
• Rafic Hariri, prime minister for most of 1992-1998, led the post-war reconstruction programme that shaped the Beirut region in which IUL was founded拉菲克·哈里里在 1992 至 1998 年的大部分时间任总理，主导了塑造 IUL 建校时期贝鲁特地区的战后重建计划。
• The founding religious scholars who obtained the 1996 decree are not individually commemorated in published university histories, and IUL does not maintain a public list of honorary graduates取得 1996 年建校法令的宗教界创办者未在校方公开校史中逐一列名，IUL 也没有公开的荣誉毕业生名录。
• The university's Islamic studies faculty trains imams and teachers who serve mosques and schools in Mount Lebanon, the south and the Beqaa, though individual appointments are not published学校伊斯兰研究学院培养在黎巴嫩山、南部与贝卡服务清真寺与学校的伊玛目和教师，但具体任命并不公开。
• Engineering graduates work for Lebanese contractors and municipalities, and the faculty's laboratory instructors supervise projects on roads, water networks and building safety工程毕业生任职于黎巴嫩承包商与市政机构，学院实验室教师指导道路、供水网络与建筑安全项目。
• Law graduates enter the Lebanese bar or public administration, and the faculty prepares students for the bar examination administered by the Beirut Bar Association法学毕业生进入黎巴嫩律师界或公共行政部门，学院为学生参加贝鲁特律师协会主办的律师资格考试做准备。
• Public-health graduates work in hospitals, primary-care centres and non-governmental organisations serving refugee and rural communities公共卫生毕业生在医院、初级保健中心以及服务难民与农村社区的非政府组织工作。
• Tourism graduates join hotels and tour operators in Beirut, Byblos and Baalbek, sectors that depend on the archaeological heritage of the regions where IUL has campuses旅游专业毕业生进入贝鲁特、比布鲁斯与巴勒贝克的酒店和旅行社，这些行业依赖 IUL 校区所在地区的考古遗产。
• The university does not publish a roster of prominent alumni in politics or business, and its public profile rests on its campuses and religious mission rather than on celebrity graduates学校不公布政界或商界知名校友名录，其公众形象依托校区布局与宗教使命，而非明星校友。
• Faculty members in Islamic studies and Arabic language also teach in Lebanese secondary schools and contribute to teacher-training programmes run with religious charities伊斯兰研究与阿拉伯语教师同时在黎巴嫩中学任教，并参与与宗教慈善机构合办的教师培训项目。
• Administrative staff at the four campuses manage admissions, records and student services, and the Khaldeh headquarters coordinates academic planning across the branches四个校区的行政人员负责招生、学籍与学生服务，哈利德总部协调各分校的教学规划。