Schools in Lebanon: Complete information on eligibility criteria, fees and admission process
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Introduction: Schools in Lebanon is now becoming a popular destination for parents who want world class education for their children. Officially known as the Lebanese Republic it is country in Western Asia and is located at the Eastern shore of Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is the one of the smallest nations in the world.
The Lebanese economy is not that strong and is dependent on the Agriculture, Fishing and Manufacturing of construction material like cement.
Having said that the Lebanon’s education system has seen quite a development in past few years and it is safe to say that the literacy rate are highest in the middle east. The country has few international quality colleges which is at par with global standards.
· International College, Beirut – Beirut; established 1891
· Lebanese International School – Beirut
· Lycée Abdel Kader – Batrakieh neighborhood of Beirut (city)
· Lycée Français International Elite – Msaytbeh neighborhood of Beirut (city)
· Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun – Beirut
· Le lycée national beirut le-lycee-national.edu.lb
· Makassed Abed Al-Hadi Debs Vocational and Technical Center – debscenter.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Abi Bakr Al-Sedeeq Elementary School – abss.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Aisha Omm Al-Moemeneen Elementary School
· Makassed Ali Bin Abi Taleb College – abatc.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Khadija Al-Kobra College – khadija.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Khaled Bin Al-Walid College – kbwhc.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Khalil Shehab Elementary School – ksps.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Omar Bin Al-Khattab College – obkc.almakassed.edu.lb
· Makassed Othman Zi Al-Nourayn Elementary School
· Museum College – Beirut
· Wellspring Learning Community
· Yeprem and Martha Philibosian Armenian Evangelical College
· Students’ Paradise School Beirut since 1962 www.paradise-school.com
· Saint Mary’s Orthodox College (SMOC)
Bekaa Governorate
· School of Talents [Berr Al-Yas]
· Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar – Anjar
· Armenian Haratch CG School – Anjar
· Collège du Christ-Roi – Zahlé
· College Notre Dame des Apotres – Qabb Ilyas; ndak.edu.lb
· Collège St. Joseph des Soeurs Antonines – Ksara, Zahlé; antonineszk.org
· Lebanese International College – Rashaya
· Baaloul Public School
· Makassed Al-Loweis School
· Makassed Berr Al-Yas School
· Makassed Ersal School
· Makassed Ghazza School
· Makassed Jdaydet Al-Fakeha School
· Makassed Kaderiyya School
· Makassed Kamed Al-Lawz School
· Makassed Karoun School
· Makassed Kebb Al-Yas School
· Makassed Lala School
· Makassed Majdal Anjar School
· Makassed Marj School
· Makassed Swayri School
· Omar Al Mukhtar Al Tarbawy (OMEC)
· Al Manara Official High School
· Secondary Evangelical School Zahle
· Phoenix International School – Haret Hreik; phoenix.edu.lb
Mount Lebanon Governorate
· SABIS® International School – Adma Adma wa Dafneh
sisadma.sabis.net
· Leila C. Saad SABIS® School El-Metn Mtein
elmetn.sabis.net
· Toulouse College – Hadat
· Lebanon Evangelical School for Boys and Girls – Loueizeh
· Lebanese American School – Aramoun; www.las.edu.lb
· Beirut International School
· Albayan School – Choueifat, Beirut; albayanschools.com
· LWIS Adma International School lwis-ais.edu.lb
· Albayan High School – Hadat, Beirut; albayanschools.com
· Amjad High School – Choueifat
· Armenian Evangelical Peter and Elizabeth Torosian School – Amanos
· Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School – Bourj Hammoud
· Athenee de Beyrouth – Bsalim
· Baskinta official public school – Baskinta
· Bchamoun Official Secondary School – Bchamoun
· BoldWin International School – Baakleen; boldwinschool.com
· Brummana High School – bhs.edu.lb
· College Des Apôtres – Jounieh
· Central College of the Lebanese Monks – Jounieh
· Christian Teaching Institute – Sin el Fil; cti-school.com
· Collège de Besançon – Baabdat
· Collège Elysée – Hazmieh; [1]collegeelysee.com
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· Collège des Frères Maristes Champville – Dik El Mehdi
· Collège des Sœurs des Saints Cœurs Kfarhbab – Ghazir
www.kfarhbab.sscc.edu.lb
· Collège des Sœurs des Saints Cœurs Hadath – Hadath, Mount Lebanon
· College Notre Dame de Louaize – Zouk Mosbeh; collegendl.com
· College Notre Dame des Graces – Kfarshima
· Collège Saint Joseph – Antoura – Antoura; college-antoura.edu.lb
· Dhour Shweir Public Secondary School_Shweir
· Eastwood College – Kfarshima; established 1973 eastwoodcollege.com
· Eastwood International School – Mansourieh; established 1973 eastwoodis.com
· Eidyia Private School (After School) – Rabieh; eidyia-edu.com
· Hassan Kassir High School – Bir Hassan
· Hripsimiantz College – Jdeideh; hripsimiantzlb.com
· Institution Moderne du Liban – Fanar; instmod.edu.lb
· Jesus and Mary School – Rabieh, Cornet Chahwan; jmrab.edu.lb
· Lebanese Modern School – Baakleen
· Lycee Amchit – Amsheet; lyceeamchit.edu.lb
· Lycée de Ville – Adonis, Zouk Mosbeh; etablissement homologué par le Ministère français de l’Education Nationale; lyceedeville.com
· Le lycée national Choueifat; www.le-lycee-national.edu.lb
· Lycée Franco-Libanais Nahr Ibrahim – Nahr Ibrahim
· Makassed Barja School
· Makassed Khaldeh School
· Montana International College – Deek El Mehdi www.mic.edu.lb
· New Century School – Choueifat; newcentury-school.org
· Sagesse High School – Ain Saadeh; sagessehs.edu.lb
· College des freres Mont La Salle – Ain Saade
· Saint Joseph School – Cornet Chahwan; sjs.edu.lb
· Shouf High School – Bakaata
· Universal College – Aley; universalcollege.edu.lb
· Wafaa Secondary School – Baakleen
· Yeghishe Manoukian College – Dbayeh
North Governorate
· The International School of Choueifat – Koura ;
isckoura.sabis.net
· Rawdat Al-Fayhaa secondary school ( tripoli,Lebanon) https://rawdafayha.edu.lb/
· Collège des Soeurs des Saints Coeurs – El Mina; tripoli.sscc.edu.lb
· Azm School – Tripoli; azmschool.edu.lb
· David Karam Educational Campus – Koura District
· Ecole des Peres Antonins – El Mina
· Lycée Franco-Libanais Tripoli – Tripoli
· Makassed Akkar Al-Atika School – Akkar al-Atika
· Makassed Anfeh School
· Makassed Bayt Ayoub School
· Makassed Bebneen School
· Makassed Der Amar School
· Makassed Fnaydek School
· Makassed Mhammara School
· Makassed Moshmosh School
· Makassed Wadi Al-Jamous School
· Makassed Wata Moshmosh School
· Modern School – Akkar District
· Sainte Famille Maronite – Tripoli
· Tripoli Evangelical School for Boys & Girls – Tripoli
· noor el Houda school
South Governorate
· Al Hadara College – Lebaa, Jezzine District
· Al Ittihad School – Tyre, Hay Al Ramel, School Number: 07740212
· Al-Qualaa Secondary School – Sidon; qss.edu.lb
· College Notre Dame de Machmouché – Jezzine
· Makassed Dayaat Al-Arab School
· Makassed Sedekeen School
· Makassed Selaa School
· Makassed Shaayteyye School
· National Evangelical Institute for Girls & Boys – Sidon; neigb.net
· Rafic Hariri High School – Sidon; rhhs.edu.lb
· Tyre Community School – Jal El Bahr, Tyre; established 2012; tyreschool.net
· Tyre Official School for Girls
Unsorted Schools in Lebanon
A–D
· Adma International School – Adma, Fatka
· Adventist Secondary School – bass.edu.lb
· A.G.B.U. Boghos K. Garmirian
· A.G.B.U. Levon G. Nazarian
· A.G.B.U. Tarouhy Hovagimian Secondary School
· Al Amlieh High School
· Al Batoul
· Al Bayader
· Al Iman
· Al Mahdi
· Al Mustafa School
· Al Rafiid
· Al Takmalia – Halba
· Al Zahraa School – Borj al Shimali
· American High School Saida
· Amilieh Technical Institute – higher educational institute
· Antonine International School
· Antonine Sisters School Ksara,[9] Ghazir, Mar Elias
· Ashrafieh Public Secondary School
· Barja Modern School
· Bourj International College
· Canadian High School (Aramoun/Bshamoun)
· Cedars International School – cedars.edu.lb
· Charite
· Charity School Mreijeh (Antoine N. Houaiss)
· City International School (CIS)
· Collège de la Providence – established 1952; providence.edu.lb
· College de la Sagesse St Elie-Clemenceau
· College des Apotres – Rawda
· Collège des Frères Maristes – Byblos
· Collège des Pères Antonin Baabda
· College des Soeur du Rosaire Mountazah
· Collège des Soeurs des Saints Coeurs – Bickfaya, Kfarhbab Ain Najem Mansourieh, Fakiha, Byblos, Sioufi
· College Louise Wegman
· Collège Mar Doumit des Soeurs Antonines – cmdsa.edu.lb
· Collège Melkart – collegemelkart.com
· Collège Notre Dame – Balamand
· Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour
· College Notre Dame des Soeurs Salvatoriennes – Aabra
· Collège Notre Dame des Soeurs Salvatoriennes Hadath-Baabda
· Collège Patriarcal
· Collège Protestant Francais – cpf.edu.lb
· Collège Sacre-Coeur Gemmayze – established 1894
· Collège Saint-Grégoire – affiliated to the Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour
· Computer and Industrial Sciences College (also known as CIS College) – ciscollege.edu.lb
· Deutsche Schule Beirut (German School Beirut)
E–Z
· Ecole Val Pere Jacques – Bkenneya
· Ecoles D’Irfane
· George Mhanna’s School
· Greater Beirut Evangelical School
· GreenField College – Bir Hassan
· Guardian Angel School – Byblos
· Ikhaa National School
· International College, Ain Aar – Ain Aar; established 1891
· International Lessing School Chouifat Amjad School
· International School – Al Koura; established 1985
· Institut Pédagogique National de L’Enseignement Technique – higher educational institute
· La Cité Nationale
· Lady of Balamand High School
· Lebanese English International School
· Lebanon Evangelical School for Boys and Girls, Loueizeh[15]
· Levon & Sophia Hagopian Armenian College[16]
· Ligue Des Freres
· Lycée Adonis
· Lycée de la Finnesse
· Lycée Déscartes – Baasir
· Lycée Hamidiye Arka Akkar
· Lycée Laique
· Lycée Laure Moughayzel – Chahrouri
· Lycée Musé
· Lycée National
· Lycée Notre Dame
· Lycée Pascal
· Mar Sawarios
· Maten High School
· Melankton and Haig Arslanian Djemaran
· Mesrobian College
· Modern Community School – Ain Al Rummaneh
· Mont La Salle Ain-Saade
· Montana International College – Deek El Mehdi
· Moussaitbeh Secondary Adventist School – mass.edu.lb; established 1929
· National American School
· Notre Dames des Graces
· Perpetual School
· Rawdat Al Fayhaa Schools
· Toulouse College
· Rawda High School[17]
· Rayan Abou Hamdan High School – El Malek
· Sagesse Saint Jean Brasilia
· Saint Joseph de l’Apparition
· Saint Mary’s Orthodox School[18]
· Ste Anne Besançon Beyrouth
· Sainte Famille
· Universal High School – Doha Aramoun
· Zahrat al-Ihsan (Flower of Charity) – established 1880
Schools in Lebanon Admission Process
Parents must visit the official website of the school.
Upon visiting the official website of the school a parent should complete the online registration.
A non refundable one time registration fee will be deposited.
Completing the above process the parent now will personally visit the school and complete the further process of documents submission and other formalities.
School authorities after selecting the child offer a selection letter.
Make sure to deposit the school fee to confirm your child admission.
Documents required for Admission in Schools in Lebanon
A completed Student Application Form
Transcript – report of academic work and conduct from the previous school for the past three years (including present year)
A completed Health Form for each child
A non-refundable application fee to cover the costs of processing the application (see Fees Information)
For Lebanese students: Photocopyof passport, Lebanese ID card and family Ikhraj Eid
For non-Lebanese students: Photocopyof passport (for boarding students this should be valid for at least one year)
Students entering the Infant Section
For students entering the Infant Section, five passport photos should be provided at registration.
Non-Lebanese Students
For students without Lebanese nationality a Residence Permit is required. If BHS is asked to obtain the Residence Permit on behalf of the parents, the parents should provide the school with a power of attorney certified by the Lebanese Embassy in the country of the parents’ residence. The cost will be charged to the student’s personal expenses account 15 days after the start of the academic year or the date of enrolment.
Leaving Certificate
For students coming from a school in Lebanon they will need a leaving certificate (to be submitted prior to admission). This is a statement from the previous school certified by the Lebanese Ministry of Education.
Certified Transcript and Examination Certificates
Students coming from a school abroad should have the transcript and IGCSE examination certificates, if applicable, certified by:
The Ministry of Education of the country in which the school abroad is situated
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country in which the school abroad is situated
