The provost overseas the academic affairs of each of the six faculties at AUB.  Also, each dean directs the academic activities of his/her own faculty and reports to the provost.

• Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
  

  The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, currently under the deanship of Professor Nahla Hwalla, was founded in 1952. It offers graduate and undergraduate programs in five specialties: agriculture, landscape and design and eco-management, nutrition and dietetics, food science management, and veterinary sciences. Upon purchasing a 100-hectar farm located 80 kilometers east of Beirut in the Beqa'a, the University established the Agricultural Research and Education Center (AREC) which includes a research farm, staff residences, classrooms, a small library, laboratories, men and women’s dormitories, a dining hall, and recreational facilities.



• Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  

  The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, whose current dean is Professor Khalil Bitar, was established in 1866. The faculty offers excellent undergraduate programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as graduate education leading to master’s degrees in most fields of arts and sciences. When PhD programs were instated in spring 2007, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences activated in fall 2007 PhD programs in Arab and Middle Eastern history, Arabic language and literature, cell and molecular biology, and theoretical physics.



• Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
  

  The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture became an independent entity from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 1951. Nevertheless, the first bachelor program at the University was founded as early as 1913. The faculty, whose current dean is Professor Ibrahim Hajj, has five main departments offering graduate and undergraduate degrees. It offers bachelor’s of engineering in architecture and design, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical engineering.

  In addition to having an engineering management program, the faculty offers degrees of master’s in engineering with majors in computer and communications engineering; electric power engineering; electronics, devices and systems, environmental, and water resources engineering; and mechanical engineering. In 1998 two additional programs were added: the degree of Master of Urban Design and the degree of Master of Urban Planning.

  In fall 2007 the faculty started offering PhDs in civil engineering, environmental and water resources management, electrical and computer engineering, and mechanical engineering.



• Faculty of Health Sciences
  

  The Faculty of Health Sciences became an independent entity from the Faculty of Medicine with the establishment of the School of Public Health in 1954, which became a faculty in 1978. Under the deanship of Professor Iman Nuwayhid , the faculty offers both graduate and undergraduate degrees. In 2006, its graduate program in public health has been accredited by the Council on Education of Public Health in 2006.

  Currently, the faculty hosts four departments: Epidemiology and Population Health, Environmental Health, Health Behavior and Education, Health Management and Policy, and a Medical Laboratory Technology program in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine. The faculty offers a BS degree in health sciences, and MS degrees in public health, epidemiology, population health, and environmental sciences. It also provides teaching of public health to medical students and residents at the Faculty of Medicine.



• Faculty of Medicine
  

  Established in 1867, the Faculty of Medicine and the AUB Medical Center provide services in medical education, training, and health care in Lebanon and the Middle East. The faculty, which also houses the School of Nursing, has an MD program and offers an MS in Basic Medical Sciences and a combined MS-MD program. The current dean of the faculty of medicine is Dr. Nadim Cortas.



• Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
  

  As early as 1900, business education started at the University and remained part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences until September 2000 when AUB established an independent School of Business -- later named Suliman S. Olayan School of Business -- as the sixth faculty at the University. As a result an entirely new curriculum was introduced for the BBA and MBA degrees in fall 2001. Also, the Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA) followed in spring 2003–04 to cater to the learning needs of senior corporate leaders in the region. The current dean of the school of business is Professor George Najjar.