Academic calendar
Academic Year 2026-2027 Registration Period runs Sep 22, 2026 – Oct 12, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Academic Year 2026-2027 Registration PeriodRelevant now
Campus language
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A
- Amicale
- The student representative council or student union within a specific faculty.
D
- Doctorat
- The PhD level of study, often discussed in the context of the 'Doctoral Schools' (Ecoles Doctorales).
F
- FDSP
- Faculté de Droit et des Sciences Politiques et Administratives (Faculty of Law and Political Science).
- FLSH
- Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines (Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences).
- FSEG
- Faculté des Sciences Économiques et de Gestion (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration).
M
- M1/M2
- Shorthand for Master 1 and Master 2, the two years of the Master's degree program.
P
- Partiels
- Mid-term exams or partial exams held during the semester.
R
- Rattrapage
- Remedial sessions or makeup exams, a term inherited from the French educational system used by students.
- Resto
- The main university cafeteria (short for Restaurant Universitaire), providing subsidized meals to students.
S
- Sakan
- The on-campus student housing complex, primarily referring to the large residential blocks at the Hadath campus.
- Sakan al-Hadath
- The specific student dormitories located within the Rafic Hariri University Campus in Hadath.
- Session 2
- The second chance or makeup exam period held in September for students who failed or missed exams in the first session.
- Snack
- Small food kiosks or stalls located around various faculties selling quick items like manousheh or sandwiches.
U
- ULFG
- Faculté de Génie (Faculty of Engineering), one of the university's most prominent technical branches.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Bourse
- Financial aid or scholarships, often managed through the university's social affairs office.
- Carte d'étudiant
- The official student ID card required for campus entry, library access, and sitting for exams.
- Equivalence
- The mandatory process of getting non-Lebanese degrees or school certificates certified by the Ministry of Education to enroll.
- Fanar
- The campus location for the Faculty of Sciences II and other branches in the Matn district.
- Hadath
- The Rafic Hariri University Campus, the university's largest centralized campus housing multiple faculties.
- Inscription
- The multi-step annual registration process involving both online forms and physical document submission.
- IUT
- Institut Universitaire de Technologie, referring to the University Institute of Technology branches (e.g., in Saida).
- LibanPost
- The official postal service used by students to pay registration fees and submit official documentation.
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- Main Kitchen and Cafeterias
- Roumieh
- The campus location specifically known for housing the Faculty of Engineering II.
- UNESCO
- The central administration building of the Lebanese University located near the UNESCO area in Beirut.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Academic Year 2026-2027 Registration Period runs Sep 22, 2026 – Oct 12, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 14 approved campus terms and 11 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.