Beirut's 11 best Psychology universities [2025 Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Beirut ranked based on their research performance in Psychology. A graph of 426K citations received by 17.1K academic papers made by 11 universities in Beirut was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. American University of Beirut

For Psychology

#1 in Lebanon

#149 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 7,220
Founded: 1866

2. Lebanese University

For Psychology

#2 in Lebanon

#524 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 80,874
Male:Female: 29:71

3. Lebanese American University

For Psychology

#3 in Lebanon

#593 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 8,012
Male:Female: 48:52
Founded: 1924

4. Saint-Joseph University of Beirut

For Psychology

#4 in Lebanon

#606 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 11,000

5. Beirut Arab University

For Psychology

#7 in Lebanon

#1261 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1960

6. Lebanese International University

For Psychology

#9 in Lebanon

#1664 in Asia

Enrollment: 35,536
Founded: 2001

7. Global University

For Psychology

#10 in Lebanon

#2042 in Asia

Founded: 1992

8. American University of Science and Technology

For Psychology

#11 in Lebanon

#2367 in Asia

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 5,513
Founded: 1989

9. Arab Open University Lebanon

For Psychology

#12 in Lebanon

#2417 in Asia

Enrollment: 2,554
Founded: 2002

10. Haigazian University

For Psychology

#13 in Lebanon

#2509 in Asia

Enrollment: 600
Founded: 1955

11. Arts, Sciences and Technology University in Lebanon

For Psychology

#15 in Lebanon

#2717 in Asia

Founded: 2000

Universities for Psychology near Beirut

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
14	Holy Spirit University of Kaslik	6	Jounieh
59	University of Balamand	5	El-Koura
73	Tel-Hai Academic College	10	Tel-Hai
83	Damascus University	1	Damascus
132	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology	4	Haifa
133	University of Haifa	5	Haifa
139	Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel	11	Jezreel Valley
153	Yarmouk University	5	Irbid
163	Jordan University of Science and Technology	2	Irbid
181	Ruppin Academic Center	12	Emek Hefer

Psychology subfields in Beirut