USAID
USP_LAU

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

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.

Be a Lebanese citizen.

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. 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.

Have a cumulative average of 13.5/20 (Grades 10 and 11) if you are applying from a public school/UNRWA.

Have a cumulative average of 16/20 (Grades 10 and 11) if you are applying from a private school.

Obtain a minimum of 13.5/20 on your official Lebanese Baccalaureate exam.

Obtain the minimum required scores on the tests and exams set by the university you are applying to.

Demonstrate past and present performance of service and community activities.

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

Register at one of the universities, AUB or LAU, as a full-time student at all times.

Not have siblings who have benefited or are benefiting from any USP or US funded undergraduate scholarship unless they dropped during the first year of enrollment in order to ensure that as many families as possible benefit from the program.

Parents must not be receiving an educational university subsidy of $5000 or more.