Undergraduate
Bachelor of Architecture
A professional architecture education built around studios, technical knowledge, history, theory, and independent design work.
School of Architecture and Design
Design as inquiry. Beirut as a living laboratory.
SoAD approaches design as cultural practice, professional craft, and critical investigation shaped by Beirut, the Arab region, and the wider world.
About SoAD
A design school grounded in its region.
The School of Architecture and Design brings together undergraduate and graduate students with faculty, practitioners, researchers, and public audiences across architecture, landscape, graphic design, planning, and urban design.
Studios, laboratories, fieldwork, exhibitions, and research use Beirut and the region as sources of knowledge while preparing graduates to contribute internationally.
- undergraduate and graduate students
- ~400
- full- and part-time faculty
- 60
- undergraduate degrees
- 3
- graduate degrees
- 3
Distinctive education
Professional preparation with regional purpose.
Design education at SoAD connects making and representation with cultural, environmental, social, and political questions.
Students move from foundational skills toward advanced thematic studios, interdisciplinary work, field electives, and independent thesis projects.
The Landscape Architecture program is presented by AUB as the only program of its kind in the MENA region and the first outside the United States accredited by LAAB, receiving accreditation in 2021.
- Studio-centered learning and critique
- Technical and professional preparation
- Design research grounded in Beirut and the region
- Public engagement, exhibitions, and interdisciplinary work
Research and making
Labs, centers, and design initiatives.
SoAD supports research, teaching, fabrication, visual practice, and public scholarship through a network of specialist spaces and programs.
Fabrication
ArD TechLab
Digital and physical production resources supporting experimentation, prototyping, and studio work.
Environment
Climate Design Lab
Research and design focused on climate-responsive environments and performance.
Cities
Beirut Urban Lab
Collaborative research on urbanization, spatial change, policy, and public life in Beirut and the region.
Visual culture
Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies
Research, archives, scholarship, and public programming centered on Arab comics.
Interdisciplinary practice
CIRCL
A platform connecting design methods with interdisciplinary projects, organizations, and public challenges.
Design research
Di-Lab and Arabic Typography
Initiatives examining reconstruction, emergency architecture, lettering, type, and regional visual heritage.
Official source
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Need help?
Contact the School of Architecture and Design.
The main office is SoAD-103. Email ard@aub.edu.lb or call +961 1 374444, extensions 3660 or 3661.