University Fees | Academic Catalog 2019–2020

Tuition

For tuition information, please see Tuition for Undergraduate Programs and Tuition for Graduate Programs.

Housing

Beirut Campus

	Off-Campus
Per semester, single room	5,552
Per semester, shared room	3,605
Summer, single room	2,966
Summer, shared room	1,926

Byblos Campus

Room Type*	Per semester	Summer
Standard, Single	3,198	1,710
Standard, Double	1,921	1,025
High Standard, Single	3,208	1,715
High Standard, Double	2,245	1,205
Small Apartment, Single	3,317	1,772
Small Apartment, Double	2,621	1,396
Medium Apartment, Single	3,389	1,808
Medium Apartment, Double	2,266	1,215
Large Apartment, Single	4,063	2,168
Large Apartment, Double	2,745	1,468
Dorm C	1,658	881

Note:

Fees are listed in U.S. dollars except where indicated.
Fees may be settled in U.S. dollars or Lebanese pounds at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of payment.

Deposits

Description	Fee
Fall (new students)	1,000
Fall (old students)	300
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine (first year)	3,000
Dorms	Full value
Pharm.D.	2,000

Note:

Fees are listed in U.S. dollars except where indicated.
Fees may be settled in U.S. dollars or Lebanese pounds at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of payment.

Other Fees

Admission and Entrance Exams

Description	Fee
Application (paper) – graduate, undergraduate	85
Application (online) – graduate, undergraduate	65
Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine application	105
Pharm.D. application	105
Entrance exams (SEE, FEE, EEE)	60
Special entrance exams (SEE, FEE, EEE)	80 per exam 35 per subject

Student Association, Registration, Transcripts & Diplomas

Description	Fee
Student Association	400 per year
Student Association – graduate & others	220 per year
Late registration	250 per semester
Official transcript	10 per copy
Unofficial transcript	Free
Reprinting of diploma	60 per copy
Cover of diploma	20 per copy
Reprinting of honor certificates	Free
Registrar’s statements and certificates	5 per copy

Financial Aid Rate

$9.95 per hour

Bus Transportation

Description		Fee
Per semester		480 365 in summer
Monday and Friday (2 trips per week)		180
Auxiliary Services Nursing Students (per semester)		190 125 in summer

Parking

Fees are per car; including VAT.

Description		Fee
Byblos students – underground parking	Fall, Spring	$177 per semester
Byblos students – underground parking	Summer	$90 per term
Byblos students – outdoor parking	Fall, Spring	$103 per semester
Byblos students – outdoor parking	Summer	$53 per term
Byblos students – outdoor parking lots A & B	Fall, Spring	Free
Byblos students – outdoor parking lots A & B	Summer	Free
Staff (grades 6+) and faculty, Beirut & Byblos		L.L. 67,000 per month
Staff (grades 1–5), Beirut & Byblos		L.L. 34,000 per month

Miscellaneous

Description		Fee
Library fines		0.5 per day (max.: $50)
Library printing	100 pages	2
	Additional 30 pages	1
	A3 pages, black and white	0.17
	A3 pages, color	1.33
Lost book		Cost + 50%
Inter Library Loans/Document Delivery Services for articles delivered through Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)		15 per article
ILL/DDS fees for books delivered through OCLC		35 per book
Lost mailbox key		3
Lost ID (faculty, staff, students)		10
Lost parking card		10
Lockers rent		20 per year
Deposit for one locker (paid once)		20
Graduate carriage – mobile lockers		40 per semester
Library small locker		20 per semester
Laptops, iPads, e-readers (Kindle, Sony Reader)		Replacement cost
Laptops, iPads, e-readers (Kindle, Sony Reader) overdue fees		0.50 per hour (max.: $10)
Research centers and institutions – subscription		1,000 per year
Individual students enrolled in other institutions – subscription		300 per year
Individual research subscription		10 per day
Graduation apparel late charge		5 per day
Deferred payment fee for non-financial-aid students		50
DHL Fees (+ VAT)		DHL rate + 5 per transaction
Lost graduation apparel	Cap	11
	Gown	58
	Hood	53
	Collar	6
	Tassel	4
	Entire apparel for undergraduate students	140
	Entire apparel for graduate students	245

Note:

Fees are listed in U.S. dollars except where indicated.
Fees may be settled in U.S. dollars or Lebanese pounds at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of payment.

Labs and Research

VAT should be added to the amounts listed below.

Description	Fee
California Bearing Ratio	63
Compressive Strength on Concrete Cube (Block)	13
Compressive Strength on Concrete Cylinders	12
Consolidation Test	113
Direct Shear Test	45
Extraction of Bitumen by Centrifuge Method	42
Field Density	20
Flash Point	25
In Situ Hammer Schmidt	25
LA Abrasion Test	38
Liquid Limit	15
Marshall Test for Asphaltic Concrete	40
Sieve Analysis, with hydrometer	45
Sieve Analysis, without hydrometer	25
Organic Content	32
Ph of Soil	6
Plastic Limit	12
Proctor Compaction Test (Modified)	76
Proctor Compaction Test (standard)	63
Sand Equivalent	25
Shrinkage Limit	23
Specific Gravity	15
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars up to 36mm	25
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars on 25mm	25
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars up to 25mm	25
Triaxial Test	69
Vane Test	38
Water Content	9
Unconfined Compression Test	25
Unconfined Compression Test (with stress-strain data)	63
Mechanical Analysis (sieve Analysis)	25
Absorption	12
Caly Lumps	25
Petrographic Analysis	227
Soundness, coarse and fine aggregate (sand)(per cycle)	50
Organic impurities in fine aggregate standard color Method	15
Organic content	32
Light weight pieces	38
Flakines	44
Elongated	44
Stripping	38
Aggregate crushing value	38
Normal consistency of portland cement	25
Time of setting of portland cement	25
Soundness of cement paste	25
Compressive strength of portland cement (7&28Days)	63
Compressive strength of capper concrete cylinders testing & casting	20
Compressive strength of concrete blocks	20
Compressive strength of concrete blocks on net area	20
Absortion of hollow blocks	15
Porosity	15
Flexural/Modules of rupture / transverse strength of concrete title	25
Compressive strength of rock	20
Flexural/modules of rupture/ transverse strength of rock tile	20
Absorption of rock	15
Tensile strength test of steel bars with stree strain graph	38
Bending test of street bars	38

Engineering Laboratories (Environmental Laboratory)

Description	Fee
TSS	19
DS	11
TS	11
BOD5	23
COD	23
Nitrogen	37
Phosphorous	37
Pathogens (coliform)	12
pH	7
Alkalinity	9
Heavy Metals - Hg, Cd, Cr, Zn, Pb - (per test)	16
Environmental Monitoring Station (excluding technician & transportation)	127
Innova Series, Portable Gas Monitor (CO, NO2) (per day)	127
SKC, PM10 Dust Monitor (per day)	127
Lab Technician (per day)	96

Packaging Tests

Description	Fee
Box Compression test (BCT)	38
Edge Crush Test (Ect)	38
Mullen Burst Test	38

The following discounts apply:

10% for clients with 100 or more cylinders
20% for clients with 200 or more cylinders

Microbiology

Water microbiological testing — per sample

Description	Fee
Total flora: EN ISO 6222 (07/1999), using Plate Count Agar, HPC	35
Escherichia coli & Coliforms, using RAPID’E.coli 2 agar	50
Other specific microorganism	60
Total Carbon (TC)/Total Organic Carbon (TOC)	40

Food Microbiological Testing

Per sample

Description	Fee
Total flora: NF EN ISO 4833 (05/2003), using Plate Count Agar	30
Escherichia coli & Coliforms: ISO 16140 + AFNOR & AOAC-RI validation, using RAPID’E.coli 2 agar	50
Salmonella: ISO 16140 + AFNOR & AOAC-RI validation, using RAPID’Salmonella agar	50
Staphylococcus aureus: ISO 16140 + AFNOR & AOAC-RI validation, using RAPID’Staph agar	50
Other specific microorganism	58
Microbial quality control/ test	58

Molecular Identification & Typing

Description	Fee
16S rDNA sequencing - molecular identification of bacteria and yeasts (per sample)	150
ITS typing of bacteria and yeasts by sanger sequencing (per sample)	100
MLST typing of bacteria and yeasts by sanger sequencing (per sample)	300
spa typing of S. aureus by sanger sequencing (per sample)	150
PCR analysis	120

Other

Description	Fee
Biochemical identification of bacteria and yeasts (API, RapID)	58
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - Disc Diffusion, per isolate (6–8 discs)	50
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing - E-test, per isolate (1 strip)	30

Genomics

Description	Fee (IN US$)
DNA extraction, per sample	30
DNA/RNA Quantification (NanoDrop or Qubit), per sample	5
Real-time qPCR - Quantification, per sample	50
Sanger Sequencing (starting material: PCR product), per sample	100
Sanger Sequencing (starting material: samples in sequencing plate ready to load on Genetic Analyzer 3500), per well	8

Proteomics

Description	Fee
Lab technician/day	122
Lab technician/day (+ field work)	182

Maldi TOF/TOF

Description		Fee
Peptide Mass Measurement – high resolution	Single sample	25
Peptide Mass Measurement – high resolution	Up to 25 additional samples	125
Protein Mass Measurement	Single sample	50
Protein Mass Measurement	Each additional sample	20
High Molecular Weight Organic/Inorganic samples	Single sample	20
High Molecular Weight Organic/Inorganic samples	Up to 25 additional samples	50

Chemistry Laboratory (Water Analysis)

Description		Fee
Alkalinity, per sample		20
Nitrate, per sample		20
Phosphate, per sample		20
Sulfate, per sample		20
Chloride, per sample		20
TDS, per sample		15
Metal (AAS), per metal/sample; minimum of 50 samples		16
IR analysis and solid sample, per sample		30
Chromatography Technique (GC/HPLC/Ion Chrmatography), per technique/sample		50
XRF analysis of metals in solid samples, per sample analysis (each sample analysis can report up to 15 metals)		60
Total organic carbon analyzer of solid and liquid samples, per sample analysis		30
Elemental analysis of solid samples (N, C, H, S elements), per sample analysis		30
NMR Structure analysis (1D and DEPT)	Per sample
	1H	30
	13C	50
	DEPT	50

Research Animals

Description		Fee
Mice (BALB/c, C57BL/6)		10
Rats (Sprague dawley)		10

Note:

Fees are listed in U.S. dollars except where indicated.
Fees may be settled in U.S. dollars or Lebanese pounds at the exchange rate prevailing at the time of payment.