5.6.7 Does your university as a body have measurement/tracking of women’s likelihood of graduating compared to men’s, and schemes in place to close any gap?

Gender Students’ Statistics [1]

https://www.crdp.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/Stat_Nashra_Inside_2020_V_5_1.pdf

As shown in the above table, we can see that the female students in BAU are 4172 while the males are 4725 which is very near numbers. This shows that the acceptance conditions are not related to gender but to the same equal conditions and requirements.

BAU Numbers of women vs percentage of men 2021-2022

BAU is a high-quality educational institution that seeks gender inclusion, for the University it is important that women complete their academic programs once they enter higher education. In the first graduation ceremony of 2022 there were results of 600 graduates as can be seen in table 1 where 302 women equivalent to 50% successfully completed their academic programs while men with 298 equivalents to 50%. 302 BAU graduates in 2022 will enter the labor market in search of job opportunities, demonstrating the essential role of women in all fields of Society.

Table 1. BAU Numbers of women vs percentage of men 2022

More than 116,000 BAU graduate students are currently working, 59% men and 41% women. BAU contributes to more women entering the labor market each year. For this reason, the University provides all the necessary tools and support to women and men who study at the University so that they can graduate successfully.

General Education in Lebanon (public, non-fee-paying private. Fee-paying private, private UNRWA [2]

https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/827/Lebanon-EDUCATIONAL-SYSTEM-OVERVIEW.html

Center of Applied Statistics [3]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Center/Applied-Statistics

Center of Applied Statistics is the first of its kind in Lebanon and the region in terms of services. The reason for its existence is the urgent need in all disciplines at the university and in the community to collect and analyze data to help make the right decision or provide tips to improve the performance required.

Mission

Our mission is to assist students, faculties, and private sectors in the data analysis process by identifying the research questions, deciding on what to measure and how to measure it, collecting, analyzing, and interpreting the results.

Services

The center provides the following services:

• Identifying the research question
• Methods of data collection
• Verifying the validity of the data
• Organization of data
• Data analysis
• Interpreting of the results
• Provide Specialized Courses of statistics

https://www.bau.edu.lb/BAUUpload/Publications/Attachments/AnnualReport20192020-12222020151734-BAUPublicationsOffice.pdf

https://www.bau.edu.lb/BAUUpload/BAU-Library/files/Undergraduate/Catalogue-2020-2021/Facts-and-Figures.pdf

Students at BAU in the International Job Market [4]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Alumni

Currently 116000 students in 40 different fields of studies at BAU occupying several positions in the Lebanese, Arab and international job market where the importance of women can be observed having around 41% of work occupation. Beirut Arab University continues to increase the growth of gender equity through different channels such as The Human Rights Center, in charge of monitoring that women's rights are fulfilled.

Career Guidance [5]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Alumni/career-guidance

The AACO performs career guidance, placement, and follow-up services. We assist BAU graduates to identify their career aspirations, find suitable internship and career placement opportunities for them, and follow up and support alumni through their career paths.

All BAU alumni can take advantage of the following career guidance services:

• Access to our alumni vacancy newsletter and career guidance services.
• Invitation to our career placement and networking events such as BAU’s Annual Job Fair.
• Access to BAU’s career development opportunities such as workshops, seminars, conferences, and symposia.

Benefits and Opportunities

BAU is in the process of giving its alumni many benefits.

• Establishing a Career Office and sending job vacancies by emails for alumni on daily basis.
• Offering ID cards in which alumni will have the ability to enter the university campus and benefit from its facilities such as libraries, playgrounds, and sports halls.
• Informing all alumni about all the activities and events taking place at the university. Alumni are encouraged to participate in social, and cultural activities within the necessary conditions.
• Celebrating an honoring day for alumni.
• Providing internship and training for graduating students.
• Organizing social events for alumni and encourage them to participate in various university events.
• Benefiting from alumni experiences through organizing lectures delivered by prominent and notable alumni.

Beirut Arab University launched the 59th batch and granted 3 Honorary Doctorates [6]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Beirut-Arab-University-launched-the-59th-batch-and-granted-3-Honorary-Doctorates

Beirut Arab University celebrated the launch of its 59th batch of graduates at the university’s campus in Debbieh. The total number of graduates were 1,815 from ten faculties holding bachelors, masters and PhD degrees. The university granted the honorary doctoral degrees to His Excellency Mr. Toufic Kreishan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Local Administration in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. In addition to Eng. Hani Azer, Honorary President of the “Egypt Can” Foundation in the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Architect Basseem Al-Halabi, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Benchmark International in the Lebanese Republic, on the occasion of the sixty second anniversary of the university.

Mr. Mohammad Salam Al Naboulsi, Minister of Youth in Jordan, Melhem Khalaf, Member of Parliament, Dr. Ammar Houri, Chairman of the University Board, and members of the board, Prof. Amr Galal El Adawi, President of the University, faculty deans, Dr. Omar Houri, Secretary General, and a large crowd from the educational, economic, municipal, spiritual and social representatives in addition to honorees and families of graduates attended the ceremony.

The ceremony started with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an, the Lebanese national anthem and the university anthem. Then, Mrs. Zina Al Ariss, Director of Public Relations and Communications, delivered a speech in which she advised the graduates, saying, "My advice to you is to listen carefully. Dear graduates of this prestigious university: Do not abandon your homeland, fly as far as you want, but remember that your homeland is a warm embrace, a tender mother and a caring father. It is true that it faces enormous difficulties, but our will to persevere in support of its salvation, its destiny and ours is glory and life.”

Then, Zeina Yassin, a graduate from the Faculty of Law and Political Science, addressed her speech to her fellow graduates: “Extraordinary circumstances create extraordinary leaders. I truly believe that each one of you is a leader. I quote: “The pessimists complain about the winds, and the optimists expect it to change, but the leader adjusts the sails.” We worked, adjusted and adapted to reach our current position. I am sure that you fell several times, yet you learned to stand on a firm ground. Dear graduate of 2022, stand where you are and do not follow the path that leads you, but you take the path that leaves the trail, the future is definitely brighter when it witnesses your perseverance, your power and your ideas

Then Professor Amr Galal El Adawi, said, “I say that life does not wait for latecomers, and there is no place in it for the hesitant and the surrender. Do not depend on current circumstances but search for opportunities in them and make your success story out of them. Let your university be a model from which you can learn the lesson of resilience.

El-Adawi continued, "In the field of education, the university has provided all the technological potentials to continue distance learning education in high efficiency through modern platforms and programs. The university has ranked first in Lebanon in the quality of education in the Times ranking for higher education. It has also obtained the renewal of institutional international accreditation for the next eight years until the year 2029. At the level of scientific research, the university was not late for its pioneering role in scientific research. Therefore, it issued six scientific periodicals. As for the level of social responsibility, the university was keen to protect its internal community with a pioneering health protection, thus it established a center that secures vaccines for everybody. Furthermore, the health care center and psychosocial unit were never late for their human and social mission. On the other hand, the university has developed the role of the Alumni and Career Center so that it continues its developmental role in preparing students.

After granting the honorary doctorate, His Excellency Toufic Kreishan said in his speech, "I am honored to stand today in the campus of this distinguished university, to express, as a Jordanian, an Arab and a human being, my honor and glory to be one of the first generation of graduates of this university. This university whose knowledge has reached to the countries of the world and has left, and still is, an honorable imprint that every graduate of the Beirut Arab University is proud of.”

Then, President of the University announced that Engineer Hani Azer was not able to come to Lebanon, and he received an honorary doctorate in a ceremony that took place at the Embassy of Lebanon in Germany. Azar said in a recorded speech, "The story of my life and my personal experience is the most precious thing that I present to you. It is a story of success and struggle, a story of learning, determination, and the desire for discovery and continuous knowledge. Success does not come by chance because success comes from within and from your determination and persistence. I say to our youth: Do not ignore challenges, do not run away from them, refuse to fail, because our nature and our roots reject failure and defeat."

Azer continued, "Honoring me today has a different flavor, despite the fact that I received many awards, but this honor motivates me to transfer my expertise and experiences to the youth of my country and the youth of our Arab nation, so thank you Beirut Arab University."

After receiving to honorary doctorate, Architect Basseem Al-Halabi said, "There is a reality that you are the pioneers of the future and you are the generation of science and knowledge, and the hope of this country. My resume is simple in comparison with what you can achieve. If I have anything to say in this ceremony is lesson I have learned in this journey, which started in this university. This ceremony is to graduate from the small university to the great university, where there will be a lesson after a lesson and application after application, failure and success, hope after another. Today the actual study has begun."

At the end of the ceremony, Professor El Adawi, President of the University, distributed the university certificates to the graduates and outstanding students who obtained Issam Houri and Jamal Abdel Nasser awards. Then the ceremony ended with fireworks.

BAU Celebrates the graduation of Tripoli Branch students [7]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-Celebrates-the-graduation-of-Tripoli-Branch-students

Professor El Adawi: We came out of the crisis victorious over all challenges

Beirut Arab University celebrated the launch of the ninth batch of students from Tripoli branch faculties after three years of forced stop due to the Covid pandemic. The number of graduates this year are 269 (233 undergraduates and 36 postgraduate) from the Faculties of Business Administration, Architecture-Design and the Built Environment, Engineering, Science and Health Sciences.

The Chairman of University Board of Trustees of Bir wal Ihsan, Dr. Ammar Houri, Prof. Amr Galal El Adawi, President of the University, Prof. Khaled Baghdady, Vice President for Tripoli Branch Affairs, Faculty deans, Dr. Omar Houri, Secretary General and large crowd from the political, economic, municipal, spiritual and social representatives in addition to the speaker of the ceremony Dr. Oussama Ziade, Chairman and CEO of Intellegile attended the ceremony.

The ceremony started with the procession of graduates, then the procession of the University President, deans, and academic staff. Then the Lebanese national anthem and the university anthem in addition to a recitation of the Holy Qur’an by Sheikh Muhammad Hablas.

The University President, Professor Amr Galal El Adawi, addressed the graduates, “Your university gave you a living example during these years to come out of the crisis, victorious, thanks to God, despite all the challenges and health, economic and security conditions that it faced with steadfastness driven by faith, and with determination nourished by dedication and steadfastly charged by the supreme message of knowledge. The university has provided all the technological capabilities to continue distance education with high efficiency through modern platforms and programs. The university was ranked first in Lebanon in the quality of education according to the Times Higher Education classification. It has also obtained the renewal of institutional accreditation for the next eight years until 2029.”

The President added: "The University was never late in its pioneering role in scientific research. It issued six periodicals in which academic researchers from Lebanon and abroad participated in publishing, as it was a pioneer in representing the values of social responsibility such as health and humanitarian initiatives throughout the previous crisis period."

Then the keynote speaker of the ceremony, Chairman and CEO of Intellegile, Dr. Oussama Ziade said, "I looked at life and found it a recurring pattern of circumstances, challenges and choices. They are circumstances we did not choose and external influences that we have no control over. None of us chose where he was born and in which year, neither the place nor time and nor his social conditions. For this reason, we will face many challenges, and whenever we face a challenge, a bigger challenge comes, and in front of each challenge, we will have choices. We do not choose our challenges but they are the result of our previous choices. Therefore, make a good choice in facing challenges. Embrace your challenges and enjoy the journey of your life."

Ms. Nala Makouk, hosted the ceremony and addressed the graduates, “We know that you will face extraordinary circumstances. The country is in crisis. But we are sure that you have gained strength, flexibility, steadfastness and resistance through your university experience, with the skills that make you stand with pride and dignity and face difficulties to reach your desired goals."

The student Tala Fawaz from the Faculty of Science, Biochemistry major read the speech of graduates. She said, "During my university years, I was exposed to many situations and challenges that helped in shaping my personality outside the traditional educational experience. One of these experiences is that I was selected as a host for the Google International Developers Conference on Entrepreneurship.”

She added, "The experience taught me a lot because it was the first of its kind in my life. I represented my country and my university for the first time on a global level. From here, I realized that the university is not limited to providing academic programs to obtain degrees, but is also a journey of acquiring knowledge, opening horizons, building capabilities, developing relationships and acquiring competencies, which is the actual beginning of practical life that will continue with us for life.”

At the end of the ceremony, Professor El Adawi, President of the University, presented the university's honorary shield to the keynote speaker, Dr. Ziade, and distributed the certificates to the graduates.

C.V Writing and Job Search Tools [10]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Tripoli-Campus/News/C-V-Writing-and-Job-SearchTools

The Alumni and careers Office at Beirut Arab University organized a session entitled: C.V Writing and Job Search Tools for the senior students of Tripoli Campus in collaboration with the Association "IRADA" delivering Khobourat program, which is targeted to prepare students for the labor market. Ms. Rola Shabaklo, Director of Human Resources department at IRADA, presented the session, which elaborated the topics related to CV preparation, how to succeed in a job interview, and how to look for work within the current challenges faced in the region, and shifts in the local recruitment market.

Eighty Engineering Projects at Beirut Arab University [11]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Eighty-Engineering-Projects-at-Beirut-Arab-University

Under the auspices of HE Minister of Industry Wael Abou Faour, represented by the Head of the Department of Industrial Cities and Areas Engineer Shantal Akl, the Faculty of Engineering at Debbieh Campus inaugurated its 20th Engineering Day under the title of “The City of the Future”. Students from the different faculty levels and departments presented more than 80 projects from designs, models and devices in the fields of civil and environmental engineering, communications, electronics, electrical power and machines, as well as computer, industrial, petroleum and mechanical engineering. In addition to these projects, the international engineering academic societies that play a prominent role in the development of the students’ skills in different disciplines were also participants in the exhibition. After the Lebanese Anthem and BAU Anthem, Rawan Halabi, a 4th-year Mechanical Engineering student, opened the event saying, “Organizing the Engineering Projects Day and presenting many projects designed by students are a clear demonstration of the capabilities allotted by the university to serve its students and its interest in their potentials. The the real investment is to support scientific innovation and to inform the local community, institutions and companies, which will harness the students’ projects to serve the society and meet its needs, and make it easier for graduates to join the job market".

Professional Career Development Workshop [12]

https://www.bau.edu.lb/Science/Event/Professional-CareerDevelopment-Workshop

The Faculty of Science organized a Professional Career Development Workshop in collaboration with BAU Alumni and Career Office, to shed the light on the needed skills in the Labor Market in Lebanon and the Gulf and to help students be more prepared for their career paths by learning more about curriculum vitae preparation, job interviews, Networking, social media and professionalism. The workshop was held on March 5th 2022 at Debbieh Campus and presented by Mr. Mohamed Saadeddine, General Manager of Citricom Training Center and by the Businessmen’s Federation for Support & Development (IRADA).