Admission Requirements
Applicants must have completed an academically challenging secondary school program. Candidates should also have read broadly outside of class and developed the ability to communicate ideas effectively. Achievement in secondary school is the best single predictor of academic success in the University.
This factor, together with recommendations from the student's school counselor and results from either the Scholastic Assessment Test SAT, or the Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL weighs most heavily in the evaluation process.
English-as-a-Second-Language Proficiency Requirement
Before being considered for admission, all applicants are required to demonstrate proficiency in English language, consistent with the demands of a program carried exclusively in English.
The level of proficiency is determined by the TOEFL score or the SAT score, or by successfully completing the English Language program at the LIU's Language and Computer Center.
English language courses are offered through the Language and Computer Center at LIU for students who wish to improve their language proficiency and score the required levels on the placement test. Students are assigned to appropriate English courses based on this TOEFL / SAT scores.

Entrance Examinations
Students applying to Freshmen must take the SAT I and SAT II. When evaluating candidates' SAT scores, the Admissions Office will combine the best verbal and math components, regardless of test date.
Students applying to Sophomore must take the TOEFL.Applicants who have not taken the TOEFL or the SAT must take the University English Placement Test (UEPT), administered by the University's Language and Computer Center (LCC).
Each faculty requires additional University Placement Tests (UPT) for each major prior to admission. For more information, consult a university guidance counselor or write directly to the LIU Admissions Office, (P.O. Box 14-6404, Beirut, Lebanon, or P.O. Box 5-1308 Al-Bekaa Al-Ghaarbi, Lebanon).

General Requirements

• Certified copies of the transcripts for the last three years in school.
• Four recent passport-size colored photographs.
• Copy of the Identification Card (Passport for Non-Lebanese).
• A non-refundable US$ 30 application fee.

Special Requirements

Applicants to the Sophomore Class:

• Certified copy of the Bacc II Diploma or its equivalent.
• Passing TOEFL, scoring at least (203 points on the computer-based scale), or (535 points on the paper and pencil-based scale).

Applicants to the Freshman Class:

• Certified copy of the High School Diploma.
• Passing SAT I & SAT II, with a combined total of 2000 points at least.
• A permission from the Equivalence Committee of the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, to pursue higher education on the basis of a foreign (Non-Lebanese) program.

Applicants to the Graduate School:

• Bacc II Diploma or its equivalent.
• Official university transcripts.
• Certified copy of the university degree.
• Official university transcripts.

Fulfillment of the University admission requirements.
Social Security National Fund
Please be advised that, according to the Lebanese Law, all students enrolled to a University are required to apply for social Security National fund (DAMAN).
Requirements to enroll:

• Copy of Family Civil Status Record
• Copy of Individual Civil Status Record
• Fill the appropriate papers (provided by University)
• Pay LBP 150,000

Exemptions:
In addition to a copy of Family Civil Status Record, copies of the following records are required:

• Copy of Social Security Card (either his or any of his parents)
• Certificate from Taaouniat Mouazafi Al Daoula
• Certificate from Sandouk Al Taadoud
• Copy of Army /Darak/ Amn Am / Customs ( Jamarek)card.

Entrance Exams
University Placement Tests:

• TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language
• B.P.T.: Biology Placement Test
• CH.P.T.: Chemistry Placement Test
• P.P.T.: Physics Placement Test
• M.G.P.T.: Math for General Sciences Placement Test
• M.L.P.T.: Math for Life Sciences Placement Test
• M.S.P.T.: Math for Sociology & Economics Placement Test
• M.D.P.T.: Math for Designers Placement Test (College Algebra + Geometry)
• G.R.E.: Graduate Record Examination
• U.E.P.T.: University English Placement Test
• F.P.T.: Faculty Placement Test