The University of Balamand (UOB) and the Lebanon Green Building Council (LGBC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aims at creating and executing a program that addresses the need for specialized technological skills in the green building sector in Lebanon.

The MOU was signed by Dr. Elias Warrak, President of UOB and Engineer Pierre Dammous, President of LGBC, in presence of Dr. Elie Karam, Dean of Issam Fares Faculty of Technology at UOB.

Both parties are aligned on the importance and the necessity of improving the prevailing building, energy, and environmental conditions in Lebanon. Towards this end, UOB and LGBC will be organizing activities to enhance green building practices and raise awareness in this field.

Professor Sami Azar, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the University of Balamand, has ranked among the top researchers worldwide in an international study conducted by AD Scientific Index 2023.

Dr. Azar has ranked number one in Lebanon, number 27 in Asia, and number 228 worldwide in the field of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Under the slogan of "Empowering local communities", the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Balamand (UOB) inaugurated the GIS Awareness week organized by ESRI Lebanon.

The celebration of the GIS Day at UOB on Tuesday, November 15th 2022, was an ordain to a weeklong of GIS-related events worldwide. The event was also an occasion for UOB to announce the launch of the MENA region's first Geo-Artificial Intelligence (Geo-AI) Academy. The Geo-Al Academy is dedicated to the capacity building provided by international experts for students and GIS professionals in the field of geospatial big data and artificial intelligence. This exclusive collaboration between UOB and ESRI crowns a long history of collaboration and achievements between them.

President of the University of Balamand, Dr. Elias Warrak welcomed the Japanese Ambassador to Lebanon, Takeshi Okubo along with a delegation from the embassy, at the university's main campus in Koura.

President Warrak and Ambassador Okubo discussed the challenges imposed on Lebanon and on its academic sector in particular in face of the country's economic crisis. Ambassador Okubo also suggested ways of cultural cooperation between the university and the embassy as well as other well known universities in Japan.

Times Higher Education (THE) has released its list for THE World University Rankings 2023, including a record of 1,799 universities from 104 countries, making it the largest in the ranking’s 19th edition.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings provide an extensive overview of a university’s quality through an analysis of 15.5 million research publications, 121 million citations, and 40,000 responses to an annual academic survey.
The data and points cover a university’s teaching, international outlook, and industry links. The Institutions are then measured across 13 separate performance metrics, including the most comprehensive picture of excellence among world-class universities.

Lebanon was present in the ranking with 5 Lebanese universities.
The ranking came as follow:

American University of Beirut (AUB)

ranked first in Lebanon, with an overall score of 45.0–46.9 and a world ranking of 351–400.
Additionally, the American University of Beirut (AUB) has outperformed other universities in Lebanon in terms of citations and financial income.

Lebanese American University (LAU)

LAU has scored significant progress in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 placing in the 501-600 bracket worldwide and no. 2 in Lebanon.

Beirut Arab University (BAU)

ranked third in Lebanon, scoring 34.0-39.2 (overall) and 601-800 in the world ranking.

Lebanese University (LU)

scored 24.4-29.7 (overall) and 1,001-1,200 in the world ranking, making it *4th in Lebanon.

Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth (USJ)

Ranking fifth in Lebanon, the USJ scored an overall result of 18.4–24.3 and 1,201–1,500 in the world ranking.

The Inas Academy Awards Foundation (IAAF) organized a one-day hackathon in collaboration with Berytech.

The event, hosted by USEK, gathered 40 student-led projects from 7 universities in Lebanon.

Numerous politicians and media figures participated in the hackathon to support youth who who dared to dream and innovate.