Statistics 2001-2002

Education in Lebanon
(General View for 2001-2002)

Summary Table: Student Enrolment 2001-2002

General Education:

(PE: pre-elementary, E: elementary, I: intermediate, S: secondary, T: total)

a. Schools:

The number of schools in Lebanon totaled 2,698 in 2001/2002, distributed as follows:

Sector	PE	E	I	S	T
Public schools % of total	39	335	769	218	1361 50.4%
Subsidized schools % of total	6	364	0	0	370 13.7%
Private schools % of total	20	134	415	398	967 35.8%
Total	65	833	1184	616	2,698

N.B.: a given school may include two cycles or more. The classification mentioned above accounts for the highest cycle.

b. Foreign language:

§ Learning a foreign language is obligatory starting from the pre-elementary cycle.

§ The foreign language could be either French or English, and it carries the same load as the national language (Arabic).

§ 59.4% of schools teach French as the first foreign language, 19.6% teach English as the first foreign language, and 21% teach both French and English, one acting as the first foreign language and the other as a second foreign language (starting from the intermediate cycle).

c. Students:

Total number of students enrolled in general education in Lebanon in 2001/2002 was 899,508 students (note that the total Lebanese population is estimated at 3.5 million)

Sector	PE	E	I	S	T
Public schools	38,079	165,201	90,123	57,774	351,177
Subsidized schools	24,650	89,008	0	0	113,658
Private schools	90,025	197,841	98,288	48,519	434,673
*Total*	152,754	452,050	188,411	106,293	899,508

d. Faculty:

Total number of faculty members in 2001/2002reached 83,464 teachers distributed as follows:

Sector	Female	Male	Total
Public schools	26,906	13,693	40,599
Subsidized schools	5,095	863	5,958
Private schools	26,892	10,015	36,907
Total	58,893	24,571	83,464

Vocational and Technical Education:

Sector	Schools	Students	Faculty
Public sector	44	25,918	5,143
Private sector	352	56,729	6,943
Total	396	82,647	12,086

Higher Education:

The total number of students enrolled in all higher learning institutions (33 institutions by that date, mostly located in Beirut and the neighboring areas) was 124,730 students, of which 89.39% were Lebanese.

#	University & Higher Institutes	Total	Lebanese	Non Lebanese
1	Lebanese University (public)	70,711	66,209	4,502
2	Beirut Arab University	8,898	5,217	3,681
3	Saint Joseph University	7,845	7,692	153
4	American University of Beirut	5,771	4,882	889
5	St. Esprit Kaslik University	4,374	4,259	115
6	Lebanese American University	4,905	4,076	829
7	Haigazian Institute	409	369	40
8	Notre Dame University	3,882	3,695	187
9	Al-Da'wa University Institute for Islamic Studies	579	275	304
10	La Sagesse University	990	985	5
11	Imam Ouzai Islamic College	2,214	1,334	880
12	Middle East College	118	104	14
13	Makassed University in Beirut	177	137	41
14	St. Peter Institute for Philosophy and Liturgy	228	146	82
15	University of Balamand	2,195	2,027	168
16	Far-East College of Liturgy	24	15	9
17	Beirut Islamic University	504	343	160
18	Al-Jinan University	697	299	398
19	Tripoli Institute for Islamic Studies	168	122	46
20	Lebanese Islamic University	1,318	1,161	158
21	The Beirut School of Business	172	167	5
22	Antonine University	652	651	1
23	CUT - Dedeh	313	312	1
24	ESIG	451	451	0
25	MECAT	340	112	140
26	University Center for Technology	232	335	5
27	Joya College for Technology	262	255	7
28	Harirri Canadian Foundation University for Science & Technology	241	234	7
29	Saidoun College for Lab Dentistry	64	56	8
30	Arcatech University of Technology	759	685	74
31	American University of Technology	553	549	4
32	American University of Science & Technology	1,566	1,449	117
33	C&E	636	525	111
34	Kafaat	568	562	6
35	Hawai University	1,903	1,545	358

* Source: Ministry of Education, CRDP: Preliminary Statistics for the Academic Year 2001-2002