Study Abroad handbook: Studying in Egypt and Lebanon
The study abroad co-ordinator for the Department of Arabic is:
Dr Kirill Dmitriev
T: +44 1334 463658
E: kd25@st-andrews.ac.uk
The Department of Arabic offers Study abroad programmes with the American University in Cairo, Egypt and the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon.
American University in Cairo (AUC)
Web address: http://www.aucegypt.edu
Office of International Student Affairs (ISA):
The Office of International Student Affairs supports AUC’s incoming study abroad students with their connection to the AUC community.
Email: isa@aucegypt.edu
Website: http://www.aucegypt.edu/studentlife/isa/
Number of places: 4 for 1 year
Subjects available: Most subjects
Description: The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919 and today is one of the key English-language universities in the region. It offers a curriculum rooted in liberal arts. There are around 5000 undergraduates and 1000 postgraduates registered at the AUC. The AUC opened a new state-of-the-art campus in 2008, moving from its downtown base to New Cairo, on the city outskirts.
Lebanese American University (LAU)
Postal address: SINARC
Lebanese American University
PO Box 13-5053 Beirut
T: +961 9 547254
Web address: http://www.lau.edu.lb/centers-institutes/sinarc/
Number of places: 8 for the first semester of the academic year
Subjects available: Arabic language only
Description: The Lebanese American University (LAU) is one of the leading higher education institutions in Lebanon and the Middle East. LAU is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. LAU is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (CIHE–NEASC). In 2000 LAU established the Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic Language and Culture (SINARC). SINARC offers language and cultural immersion program that welcomes students from all over the world. SINARC offers courses in Arabic language and culture at various levels of proficiency. Each level provides twenty hours per week of intensive classroom instruction, including five hours per week of Lebanese Dialect. Formal language instruction is enriched by immersion in an authentic cultural context. Cultural activities include weekly lectures on topics related to Arab and Lebanese politics, history, society, and culture. In addition, students partake in a series of excursions to historical, cultural and tourist sites throughout Lebanon.