Notre Dame University – Louaize
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| Motto | "Gaudium De Varitate" |
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| Type | Catholic university |
| Established | 1987 |
| President | Rev. Fr. Walid Moussa |
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Academic staff
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250 full time 451 part time |
| Students | 7519 (Fall 2014) |
| Location | Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon |
| Campus | Suburban, 62 acres (250,000 m2) |
| Website | www.ndu.edu.lb |
Notre Dame University–Louaize (NDU); Arabic: جامعة سيدة اللويزة) is a private Catholic university in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, founded as Louaize College for Higher Education in 1978 in cooperation with Beirut University College. The name was changed to Notre Dame University – Louaize on August 14, 1987, when the President of the Lebanese Republic issued a decree (number 4116), granting the right to operate an independent university. NDU is currently ranked 5th in Lebanon, according to its presence on the Web by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities.
Notre Dame University–Louaize (NDU) was founded by the Maronite Order of The Holy Virgin Mary (OMM). Since its foundation in 1695 A.D. , the Order promoted education and improved the lives of people it serves in Lebanon. In 1978, the Order started a new project. Reverend Bechara Boutros Rahi (a former member of the Order and current Maronite Patriarch) founded, in cooperation with Beirut University College (BUC) now the Lebanese American University (LAU), the Louaize College for Higher Education (LCHE), the nucleus of today's NDU. The legal finalization of this project was the promulgation by the President of The Lebanese Republic of the decree number 4116 on August 14, 1987, granting the right to operate an independent university.
All the degrees offered are recognized and accredited by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE).
On a land granted by the Maronite Order of The Holy Virgin Mary and overlooking the Dog River valley, NDU campus was built with a total area of 26,000 square meters. The campus is in its final stages of building and it is designed to accommodate around 7,000 students.
The first phase of the construction project, completed in the summer of 1997, totaling 100,000 square meters of floor space, accommodates the administration, the library, the museum, the computer center, the classrooms, the laboratories, and the restaurant. In the present phase, NDU has finished building the faculty residences, student dormitories, theater, and parking areas.
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