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.
Al Mathaf, Main Street, Near National Museum,
PO Box 116-2134,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
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Wadi Abou Jmil Downtown,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
PO Box 8129,
Riad Solh,
Beirut 11072260,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Mar Maroun Street,
Horsh Tabet, Sin el Fil,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day.
PO Box 45-151,
Hazmieh,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Achrafieh,
Nasra Street, PO Box 165108,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Place Mar Tacla B.P. 45 201,
Jamhour,
Baabda,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day.
Rue Madame Curie,
BP 13-6283,
Chouran, Beirut,
1102-2110,
Lebanon
Co-educational, , Preparatory, Senior.
PO Box 11-3888,
Bliss Street, Ras Beirut,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Rue Beni Assaf,
BP 165-636,
Beirut,
1100 2060,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Rue 51 n.19 Metn nord,
Fanar, Région Jaber,
90593,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 113-5373,
Hamra, Bliss Street,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Dhour El Choueir,
El-Mtein,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory.
Hazmieh - 503A str.,
Near City Center,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Mar Nohra,
Fatqa, Keserwan,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Bterram Al-Koura,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Hussein Beyhum Street,
Zkak El-Blat, Down Town,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day.
BP 11-8464 Riad El Solh,
110 722 270 LIBAN,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Maayssra Nahr,
Lebanon
Co-educational, , Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
PO Box 67,
Saida,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Street 4, Dik El Mehdi,
PO.Box: 11 Mazraat Yachouh,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Orange Zone,
Adma,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Aïn Saadeh,
Metn,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Charles Saad Street,
Amrosioeh,
Choueifat,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Preparatory, Senior.
Fih Village,
Koura,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.