This is list of universities and related institutions in Lebanon.
One public university and 28 private universities in Lebanon have licenses from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. There are 32 universities in total.[1]
| Institute name | Acronym | Date founded | Website | Official registration notes |
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| Phoenicia University | PU | 2015 | pu.edu.lb | Yes |
| Matn University College of Technology | MUC | 2014 | muc.edu.lb | Yes |
| Lebanese University | UL | 1951 | ul.edu.lb | Yes |
| American University of Beirut | AUB | 1866 | aub.edu.lb | Yes |
| Université La Sagesse | ULS | 1875 | uls.edu.lb | Yes |
| Université Saint-Joseph | USJ | 1875 | usj.edu.lb | Yes |
| Lebanese American University | LAU | 1924 | lau.edu.lb | Yes |
| 1}} | 1}} | 1937 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20100420015725/http://www.alba.edu/ alba.edu] | Yes{{smallsup>1}} |
| Middle East University | MEU | 1939 | meu.edu.lb | Yes |
| Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik | USEK | 1950 | usek.edu.lb | Yes |
| Haigazian University | HU | 1955 | haigazian.edu.lb | Yes |
| Beirut Arab University | BAU | 1960 | bau.edu.lb | Yes |
| Conservatoire National des arts et métiers | Cnam | 1971 (1794 in Paris) | cnam-liban.fr | Yes |
| Beirut Islamic University | BIU | 1982 | biu.edu.lb | Yes |
| Makassed University of Beirut | MU | 1986 | | Yes |
| University Of Tripoli | UT | 1986 | ut.edu.lb | Yes |
| Notre Dame University - Louaize | NDU | 1987 | ndu.edu.lb | Yes |
| Jinan University (Lebanon) | JU | 1988 | jinan.edu.lb | Yes |
| University of Balamand | UoB | 1988 | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110222210734/http://balamand.edu.lb/english/index.asp balamand.edu.lb] | Yes |
| Manar University of Tripoli | MUT | 1990 | mut.edu.lb | Yes |
| Global University | GU | 1992 | gu.edu.lb | Yes |
| American University of Science and Technology | AUST | 1994 | aust.edu.lb | Yes{{dead link>date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Lebanese National Higher Conservatory of Music | LNHCM | 1995 | conservatory.gov.lb/ |
| Antonine University | UA | 1996 | ua.edu.lb | Yes |
| Islamic University of Lebanon | IUL | 1996 | iul.edu.lb | Yes |
| American University of Technology | AUT | 1998 | aut.edu | Yes |
| Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon | AUL | 1998 | aul.edu.lb | Yes |
| Al-Kafaàt University | AKU | 1999 | aku.edu.lb | Yes |
| Rafik Hariri University | RHU | 1999 | rhu.edu.lb | Yes{{dead link>date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| American University of Culture & Education | AUCE | 2000 | auce.edu.lb | Yes |
| Lebanese French University of Technology and Applied Sciences | ULF | 2000 | ulf.edu.lb | Yes |
| Modern University for Business and Science | MUBS | 2000 | mubs.edu.lb | Yes{{dead link>date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Université Sainte Famille | USF | 2000 [2] | usf.edu.lb | [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727135850/http://www.higher-edu.gov.lb/arabic/privuniv/univ_inst/batroun.html Yes] |
| Lebanese International University | LIU | 2001 | liu.edu.lb | Yes |
| Arab Open University | AOU | 2002 | aou.edu.lb | Yes |
| Lebanese Canadian University | LCU | 2003 | lcu.edu.lb | Yes{{dead link>date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Lebanese German University | LGU | 2008 | lgu.edu.lb | Yes{{dead link>date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| University of Sciences & Arts in Lebanon | USAL | 2012 | usal.edu.lb | Yes [3] |
| Al Maaref University | MU | 2015 | mu.edu.lb | Yes{{dead link>date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Azm University | AU | 2015 | azmuniversity.edu.lb | [https://web.archive.org/web/20150213095557/http://www.higher-edu.gov.lb/arabic/privuniv/personal_univ.html Yes] |
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1. ^Ministry of Higher Education
2. ^Info about Université Sainte Famille {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023064639/http://www.saintefamille.org/Inst_detail.asp?IID=2 |date=2013-10-23 }}
3. ^Arabic: جامعة العلوم والآداب اللبنانية
4. ^Ouzai Organization homepage {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010112216/http://www.ouzai.org/newsite/ |date=2012-10-10 }}
5. ^Matn University homepage