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, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Ras Al-Zaytoun,
Aramoun,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
P.O. Box 11 - 8129,
Riad El Solh,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Zone 7, Street 4,
Ajaltoun,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 36,
Brummana,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Jwar al Nakhel,
Tyre,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Mar Maroun Street,
Horsh Tabet, Sin el Fil,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
B.P. 70540,
Dik el-Mehdi (Metn),
Antélias,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
B.P. 45201, Place Mar Tacla,
Jamhour,
Baabda,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day.
B.P. 13-6283, Rue Madame Curie,
Chouran,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day.
Sami Solh Street,
Mansourieh El Metn,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day.
PO Box 11-3888,
Bliss Street, Ras Beirut,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 165-636,
Rue Beni Assaf, Achrafieh,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Al Mourouj Street - Bir Hassan,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Rue Abdul Kader,
Batrakiyyeh,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 67,
Saida,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 113-5373,
Mount Lebanon,
Ain Aar,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory.
P.O. Box 113-5373,
Hamra, Bliss Street,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Zokak Al Blat, Hussein Beyhum Street,
Downtown,
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.
P.O. Box 03,
Halba-Akkar,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Mousaytbe, rue Yazbeck,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Rue 11-D,
Fanar,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 11-8464,
Rue Boutros Boustani Quartier, Zuqaq El Blat,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 130,
Tripoli,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Rue Interne, quartier Chrayfeh,
Habbouche,
Nabatieh,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 1589,
Jounieh,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Rue Rachid Karamé,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Quartier Baydar Chouar,
Beit Chabab,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Monsif Main Road,
Monsif,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Kneissat,
Saida,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Orange Zone,
Adma,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Ain Saadeh,
Matn,
Beirut,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Boarding, Day, Nursery, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Metn,
Cornet Chahwan,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior.
Charles Saad Street,
Amrosioeh,
Choueifat,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
Fih Village,
Koura,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.
P.O. Box 284,
Jamia Al Watnia, Facing Druze Court,
Aley,
Lebanon
Co-educational, Day, Pre-Preparatory, Preparatory, Senior, Sixth Form.