American University of Culture & Education

AUCE founded in 1983 by Dr. Amjad Al- Nabulsi, May Godbless his soul, as a Computer and Educational College of Hotel Management & Technical Studies (C & E College) Beirut- Makassed Center, the American University of Culture and Education AUCE is nowadays an institution accredited and recognized by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, under the presidential decree #2292, dated June 17 , 2009. Preparations for AUCE began in 1995 when Dr. Naboulsi gathered a group of academics who shared his vision. Their joint vision became a reality on August 7, 2000 when the C&E American University Institute obtained its license from the government under Presidential Decree #3585/2000 to offer graduate and undergraduate programs. AUCE’s degree programs are accredited and certified by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon, and by the Ministry of Education & Scientific Research in Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, and most of the Arab Countries. On 15 April 2010, the American University of Culture & Education got the accreditation of the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education.

The American University of Culture & education (AUCE) thrives to improve and enrich people's lives through education that dramatically engages our students and research that capitalizes on the power of collaboration. Realization of this mission is through:

• Scholarship and creative endeavor that draws on all forms of inquiry.
• Learning that is active, creative and continuous.
• Promotion of an inclusive culture of global citizenship.

The university will also spare no effort to find programs that would serve society and promote it. It will also build relationships with different sectors within the country and outside it. In addition, it will sign agreements and partnership with these sectors, and it will continue to build relationships with the foreign establishments and universities and conduct programs with some of them upon the approval of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education which will ultimately contribute to the development and prosperity of the university.

The university will work hard to improve the quality of the outcomes of the academic operation for the purpose of finding qualified graduates who are creative and able to join the marketplace well-armed with knowledge and information.

The university will continue to show an interest in higher studies and scientific research as well as in establishing departments for planning, development, studies, investments, auditing, and quality assurance.

Moreover, we will try our utmost to turn the university into a scientific edifice, a place which both students and societies will feel proud of through availing themselves of the possibility of developing research and training and building bridges of communication with the society as well as with the private and public academic institutions.

We aim to be recognized nationally & internationally as an institution that imagines and influences the future. Toward that end we will:

• Support advancement of thriving disciplines as well as new areas of interdisciplinary excellence.
• Provide students with the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to become leaders in a world characterized by rapid change and increasing interdependence.
• Nurture a community of exceptional scholars who are cooperative and collegial, functioning in an atmosphere distinguished by support, mentoring and inclusion.
• Pursue distinctive opportunities to build on our special features, including our relationships with world-class corporates, cultural, educational, and scientific institutions in University Circle and across Lebanon.