Editing Lebanon (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in Lebanon}}
[[File:CISUSJ.jpg|thumb|Innovation and Sports Campus of [[Saint Joseph University]]]]According to surveys from the World Economic Forum's 2013 Global Information Technology Report, Lebanon has been ranked globally as the fourth best country for math and science education, and as the tenth best overall for quality of education. In quality of management schools, the country was ranked 13th worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GITR_Report_2013.pdf |title=The Global Information Technology Report 2013 |publisher=World Economic Forum |access-date=1 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811035513/http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GITR_Report_2013.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The United Nations assigned Lebanon an education index of 0.871 in 2008. The index, which is determined by the adult literacy rate and the combined primary, secondary, and tertiary gross enrollment ratio, ranked the country 88th out of the 177 countries participating.<ref name="undp">{{cite web|url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_LBN.html |title=Human development indicators Lebanon |access-date=17 November 2008 |work=United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022021134/http://hdrstats.undp.org/countries/country_fact_sheets/cty_fs_LBN.html |archive-date=22 October 2008}}</ref> All Lebanese schools are required to follow a prescribed curriculum designed by the [[Ministry of Education and Higher Education (Lebanon)|Ministry of Education]]. Some of the 1400 private schools offer [[IB program]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samidoun.org/?q=node/812 |title=Aid groups scramble to fix buildings; fill backpacks before school bell rings |publisher=Samidoun |access-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117000049/http://www.samidoun.org/?q=node%2F812 |archive-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> and may also add more courses to their curriculum with approval from the Ministry of Education. The first eight years of education are, by law, compulsory.<ref name="dos-2010-03-22" />

Lebanon has forty-one nationally accredited universities, several of which are internationally recognized.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opportunities.com.lb/Lebanon/bhb/initdoc.asp?catId=21 |title=Business Information |publisher=Lebanon Opportunities |access-date=17 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914163851/http://www.opportunities.com.lb/Lebanon/bhb/initdoc.asp?catId=21 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.higher-edu.gov.lb/Marasim.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211044854/http://www.higher-edu.gov.lb/Marasim.html |archive-date=11 December 2007 |title=Decrees |publisher=Lebanese Directory of Higher Education |date=11 December 2007 |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> The [[American University of Beirut]] (AUB) and the [[Saint Joseph University|Saint Joseph University of Beirut]] (USJ) were the first Anglophone and the first Francophone universities to open in Lebanon, respectively.<ref>[http://www.eifl.net/docs/collaborative_management_of_electronic_resources.ppt "Country Report: Lebanon". Retrieved 14 December 2006. eIFL.net Regional Workshop (2005)] {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usj.edu.lb/english/history.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706105323/http://www.usj.edu.lb/english/history.php |archive-date=6 July 2006 |title=125 years of history – A timeline |publisher=Université Saint-Joseph |date=6 July 2006 |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref>

Universities in Lebanon, both public and private, largely operate in French or English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yalla10.yalla.com.lb/students/abroad/english/lebanon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618225916/http://yalla10.yalla.com.lb/students/abroad/english/lebanon.html |archive-date=18 June 2008 |title=Yalla! Students |date=18 June 2008 |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> The top-ranking universities in the country are the [[American University of Beirut]] (#2 in the Middle East as of 2022 and #226 worldwide),<ref>{{cite web |title=American University of Beirut (AUB) Rankings |url=https://www.the961.com/8-lebanese-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-2022/ |website=Top Universities |date=11 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428154217/https://www.the961.com/8-lebanese-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[University of Balamand]] (#17 in the region and #802–850 worldwide),<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Balamand |url=https://www.the961.com/8-lebanese-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-2022/ |website=Top Universities |date=11 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428154217/https://www.the961.com/8-lebanese-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Lebanese American University]] (#17 in the region and #501 worldwide),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lebanese American University |url=https://www.the961.com/8-lebanese-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-2022/ |website=Top Universities |date=11 April 2022 |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428154217/https://www.the961.com/8-lebanese-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Université Saint Joseph de Beyrouth]] (#2 in Lebanon and #631–640 worldwide),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/saint-joseph-university-beirut-usj|title=Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)|website=Top Universities|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515105747/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/saint-joseph-university-beirut-usj|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Université Libanaise]] (#577 worldwide) and [[Holy Spirit University of Kaslik]] (#600s worldwide as of 2020).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/holy-spirit-university-kaslik|title=Holy Spirit University of Kaslik|date=16 July 2015|website=Top Universities|access-date=20 August 2019|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414054526/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/holy-spirit-university-kaslik|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Notre Dame University–Louaize|Notre Dame University-Louaize]] (NDU) (#701 as of 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/notre-dame-university-louaize-ndu|title=Notre Dame University-Louaize NDU|website=Top Universities|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=18 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618074927/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/notre-dame-university-louaize-ndu|url-status=live}}</ref>