American University of Science and Technology

Infobox_University
name = American University of Science and Technology


established = 1994
type = Private
president = Hiam Sakr
provost = Dr. Nabeel Haidar
city = Beirut
country = Lebanon
students = 4000
staff = --
campus = Urban
website = [http://www.aust.edu.lb www.aust.edu.lb]

Founded by Hiam Sakr of Ain Ebel, Lebanon, the American University of Science and Technology, an educational institute, was established on the 21st of March 1994 under the name of AUC (Decree # 4897), as an external degree program with the State University of New York/Empire State College, New York, USA. It later changed its name to "American University of Science and Technology". On the March 7, 2000, it became a private non-sectarian co-educational institution of higher learning licensed by Presidential Decree no. 3585. Despite its success, it got into trouble. Because of its title, the American University of Beirut (AUB), the first and oldest American university in Lebanon, filed lawsuit against the institute forcing it to change its name to "American University "College" of Science and Technology". In 7 August 2007 the "College" title was removed and the university was renamed "The American University of Science and Technology" by a governmental decree. Its media of instruction are English and French. AUST offers both Undergraduate and Graduate courses and degrees in most of its departments.

Departments

*Department of Business Administration
*Department of Computer Science and Computer and Communications Engineering
*Department of Languages and Translation
*Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Affiliations

*Concordia University, Canada.
* Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada.
*Hashimite University, Jordan .
*Ohio University, USA .
*Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
*Sofia University (St. kliment Ohridski ), Bulgaria.
*The New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA .
*The State University of New York / Empire State College, New York, USA .
*The University of Arkansas, USA.
*Universitat Politènica de Valencia, Spain.
* Université de Versailles, St. Quentin, France .
*Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA.
*African Institute of Science and Technology, AIST (LTD-GTE) Nigeria.
*African Institute of Science and Technology,Polytechnic, Nigeria.
*Hi-Tech University, Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria.(Proposed)
*AIST Center for Continuing Education (CCE)Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
*AIST Center for Continuing Education (CCE)Eke-Nguru Mbaise, Nigeria.
*AIST Center for Continuing Education(CCE)Nguru Center Mbaise,Nigeria

These affiliations cover the areas of transfer of credits, academic curricula, and the exchange of students, exchange of faculty and technical training.

Campus

External links

* [http://www.aust.edu.lb American University of Science and Technology]