USAID
RSS_AUB

1. 1. You need to see any changes or updates about the below criteria from: the USAID RSS_AUB webpage

   2. Know that any attempt to seek a “wasta" or interference regarding the selection process (admission, financial aid, exams) or any other intervention from any person or side will automatically lead to immediate disqualification.

   3. ​Be a refugee student residing in Lebanon and holding a valid and legal Lebanese residency permit issued by the Lebanese authorities (not be an asylum seeker). Also, cannot be a US dual citizen, US green card holder, or a US asylum seeker.

   4. Have attended a public or private high school in Lebanon for at least the last three years of your secondary education and expected to complete your baccalaureate during summer 2025​. An exception is made for students who spent two years out of the three in a public and private school and one secondary year in a US Government education exchange program (such as YES). Documents proving participation in such programs need to be presented along with the application. Students who spent less than their last three years of schooling in Lebanon are not eligible unless their transfer to Lebanon was substantiated by death of the breadwinner, or official bankruptcy.

   5. Applicants who attended Lebanese public schools (including UNRWA) must have earned at least a cumulative combined average of 11/20 in their first two years of secondary schooling (Grades 10 & 11), and obtain a minimum of 11/20 on your official Lebanese Baccalaureate exam.

   6. Applicants who attended Lebanese private schools must have earned at least a cumulative combined average of 13.5/20 in their first two years of secondary schooling (Grades 10 & 11), and obtain a minimum of 13.5/20 on your official Lebanese Baccalaureate exam.

   7. Demonstrate your financial need status by completing the Financial Aid Application.

   8. Obtain the minimum required scores on the tests and exams set by AUB.

   9. Demonstrate past and present performance of service and community activities.

   10. Not be registered at any university or have completed studies at any university.

   11. Register at AUB as a full-time student at all times.

   12. Not have a sibling who was/is enrolled under any RSS program or any other U.S. funded undergraduate scholarship.

   13. If a student spent at least one of the three secondary years in a private school, then the student and his/her parents must contribute (pay) towards the tuition fees of the University they enroll in.

Student and parent should pay a proportional amount to the average school tuition in grades 10, 11 and 12 even if the applicant is benefiting from any form of financial assistance. In other words, if the parent/ student was paying $3000 per year in grade 10, $2000 per year in grade 11 and $130 per year in grade 12, then the required parents' contribution to the tuition of the University under RSS will be ($3000 + $2000 + $130) / 3 = $1,710 per year.  

1. 14. This contribution should be paid yearly for all academic programs including the preparatory year and is applicable to all selected students who spent at least one year in a private high school.   

   15. The application may be accessed at:  https://join.aub.edu.lb/apply/