Academic calendar
Fall Semester 2026 runs Sep 7, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Semester 2026Relevant now
- Spring Semester 2027
- Summer Semester 2027
Campus language
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Showing 11 of 11 terms
F
- FAG
- Faculté de Gestion (Faculty of Business Administration).
- FIE
- Faculté d'Ingénierie (Faculty of Engineering).
- FSM
- Faculté des Sciences de la Musique (Faculty of Music and Musicology).
- FSS
- Faculté des Sciences de la Santé (Faculty of Public Health).
L
- La Cafet
- The main campus cafeteria where students gather for meals and breaks.
- Le Foyer
- The on-campus female residence hall at the Baabda campus.
P
- Partiels
- Midterm examinations, a term inherited from the French educational system.
R
- Rattrapage
- Remedial or make-up exams for students who missed or failed a session.
S
- SAO
- Student Affairs Office, responsible for student life and extracurriculars.
- Soutenance
- The formal oral defense of a final year project or thesis.
V
- VRE
- Vice-Rectorat aux Études (Vice-Rectorate for Academic Affairs).
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Badge
- The mandatory student ID card used for campus access and recording attendance.
- Bibliothèque
- The main university library and study center.
- Building G
- The primary building housing the Faculty of Engineering and technology labs.
- Le Rectorat
- The administrative headquarters of the university.
- meeting_point_cafeteria
- Meeting Point Cafeteria
- Moodle
- The Learning Management System where professors post course materials and assignments.
- Navette
- The shuttle bus service provided for students between different campus locations or transit points.
- SIS
- Student Information System; the online portal used for registration, checking grades, and schedules.
- The Chapel
- The central religious and community gathering space on campus.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Semester 2026 runs Sep 7, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 11 approved campus terms and 9 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.