Examinations, curricula and tests

Read about the curricula, exams and tests commonly encountered at international schools, including the UK and US systems, International Baccalaureate and International Primary Curriculum.

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International schools in Lebanon

Search for the best international schools in Lebanon; you can find a list of selected schools at the bottom of this page. Use the search filters to select only girls' or boys' schools, prep schools, senior schools or sixth forms; or you can search for schools that offer a particular curriculum, such as the International Baccalaureate, the UK national curriculum, a US-style model or the International Primary Curriculum.

Schools offering the curriculums of France, Britain, the United States and the International Baccalaureate organisation predominate in Lebanon’s large and vibrant international education sector. 

Bilingual schools, religious foundations, and home-grown education groups also play a prominent role in the market, with all private schools required to offer the Lebanese Baccalaureate alongside international qualifications.   

More than 20 French-medium schools follow the national curriculum of France, including the oldest French school in the Middle East, College St Joseph, which dates back to 1834 and boasts a 98 per cent pass rate in both the French and Lebanese Baccalaureate exams. 

Lebanon has 27 IB World Schools, of which 24 schools offer the IB Diploma. Three of these schools, Wellspring Learning Community, Al-Hayat International School and Eastwood International School, follow all three stages of the IB curriculum.

The International School of Choueifat, which was founded in 1886, is mother school to the SABIS group, which operates non-selective international schools across the Middle East, Europe and North America, including three others in Lebanon. Four Learner’s World International Schools in the country are run by a Lebanese company.

Girls’ boarding school Greenfield College offers French, American and Lebanese matriculation exams as well as the IB Diploma. Accrediting bodies active in Lebanon include the Council of International Schools and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.  

Education is compulsory from age six to 14, but UNESCO does not hold school enrolment statistics for Lebanon. Challenges that face the public school system include accommodating nearly 522,000 Syrian refugee children in the country, 30 per cent of whom have never been to school. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees provides a range of support programmes for such out-of-school children. The United Nations Relief and Works Association runs 65 schools for 39,144 Palestinian refugee children, who are not entitled to attend public schools in Lebanon.





Wellspring Learning Community

Al Mathaf, Main Street, Near National Museum,
PO Box 116-2134,
Beirut,
Lebanon

www.wellspring.edu.lb

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

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Ahliah School

Wadi Abou Jmil,
Downtown,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Al-Hayat International School

Ras Al-Zaytoun,
Aramoun,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

American Community School Beirut

P.O. Box 11 - 8129,
Riad El Solh,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Antonine International School

Zone 7, Street 4,
Ajaltoun,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Brummana High School

P.O. Box 36,
Brummana,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Cadmous College

Jwar al Nakhel,
Tyre,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Christian Teaching Institute (CTI)

Mar Maroun Street,
Horsh Tabet, Sin el Fil,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Collège des Frères Maristes Champville

B.P. 70540,
Dik el-Mehdi (Metn),
Antélias,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Collège Notre Dame de Nazareth

Nasra Road,
Achrafieh,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Collège Notre Dame des Soeurs Antonines (Hazmieh-Jamhour)

B.P. 45201, Place Mar Tacla,
Jamhour,
Baabda,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour

B.P. 45-151,
Hazmieh,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Collège Protestant Français

B.P. 13-6283, Rue Madame Curie,
Chouran,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Collège Protestant Français Montana

Rue 4,
Dik El Mehdi,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Eastwood College Kafarshima

Old Saida Road,
Kafarshima,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Eastwood International School Beirut

Sami Solh Street,
Mansourieh El Metn,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

German International School Beirut

PO Box 11-3888,
Bliss Street, Ras Beirut,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais Beyrouth

P.O. Box 165-636,
Rue Beni Assaf, Achrafieh,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Greenfield College

Al Mourouj Street - Bir Hassan,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Hariri High School II

Rue Abdul Kader,
Batrakiyyeh,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Houssam Eddine Hariri High School

P.O. Box 67,
Saida,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

International College Lebanon, Ain Aar

P.O. Box 113-5373,
Mount Lebanon,
Ain Aar,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.

International College Lebanon, Ras Beirut

P.O. Box 113-5373,
Hamra, Bliss Street,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Jesus & Mary School

Rabweh,
Cornet Chahwan,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

Leila C. Saad SABIS School El-Metn

El-Mtein,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day.

LWIS DT Beirut-City International School

Zokak Al Blat, Hussein Beyhum Street,
Downtown,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

LWIS Keserwan-Adma International School

Mar Nohra,
Fatqa, Keserwan,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

LWIS Koura-Universal School of Lebanon

Bterram Al-Koura,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Abdallah Rassi

P.O. Box 03,
Halba-Akkar,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Français International Elite

Mousaytbe, rue Yazbeck,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Français International Institut Moderne du Liban

Rue 11-D,
Fanar,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Franco-Libanais Abdel Kader

P.O. Box 11-8464,
Rue Boutros Boustani Quartier, Zuqaq El Blat,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Franco-Libanais Alphonse De Lamartine

P.O. Box 130,
Tripoli,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Franco-Libanais Habbouche-Nabatieh

Rue Interne, quartier Chrayfeh,
Habbouche,
Nabatieh,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Franco-Libanais Nahr Ibrahim

P.O. Box 1589,
Jounieh,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Franco-Libanais Verdun

Rue Rachid Karamé,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Lycée Montaigne

Quartier Baydar Chouar,
Beit Chabab,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Monsif International School

Monsif Main Road,
Monsif,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Rafic Hariri High School

Kneissat,
Saida,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

SABIS International School - Adma

Orange Zone,
Adma,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Sagesse High School

Ain Saadeh,
Matn,
Beirut,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Saint Joseph School

Metn,
Cornet Chahwan,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.

The International School of Choueifat - Choueifat

Charles Saad Street,
Amrosioeh,
Choueifat,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

The International School of Choueifat - Koura

Fih Village,
Koura,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.

Universal College - Aley

P.O. Box 284,
Jamia Al Watnia, Facing Druze Court,
Aley,
Lebanon

Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.