Every applicant wishing to be admitted at USEK in the Graduate Studies program should:

1. Be holder of a Bachelor degree in the concerned field of specialization acknowledged by the Lebanese State
N.B: in order to be admitted in MBA or Master in Education, a Bachelor degree, acknowledged by the Lebanese State, in another field of specialization can be accepted provided that the concerned student follow additional courses up to 12 credits.

2. Have a cumulative GPA on the Bachelor program of at least 75/100

3. Fill out an admission form for the graduate Studies program and attach the following documents (USEK students are not required to present these documents):

• A photocopy of the national identity card (a photocopy of the passport for foreigners)
• A photocopy of a recent family civil extract (not older than 3 months and only for Lebanese citizens)
• Two recent passport photos
• A true certified copy of the academic transcript of university studies already completed
• A true copy of the Lebanese Baccalaureate or an equivalent degree certified by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education
• A true copy of the Bachelor degree or an equivalent degree certified by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education
• Two recommendation letters issued by lecturers who had the applicant as a student
• A motivation letter

The duly completed admission file should be returned to the USEK Orientation and Admission Office within the established deadline dates.

4. Pay the fees related to file opening and admission tests; these fees, non refundable, should be installed beforehand in one of the banks listed in the admission file and on the University’s website.

5. Pass the admission test organized by the University and relevant to the chosen major.

Will be exempted from the Admission Test:

• Applicants who obtained their undergraduate degree at USEK with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 80/100 (with the exception of students applying for Graduate Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences and those applying for a Master of Sciences in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnologies at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
• Students applying for Graduate Studies at the faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences who obtained their Bachelor degree at USEK with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 75/100
• Students applying for a Master of Sciences in Plant Biodiversity and Biotechnologies at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences who obtained their Bachelor degree at USEK or any other university acknowledged by the Lebanese State with a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 75/100

The admission file can be downloaded from the University’s website or directly taken from the Orientation and Admission Office. The applicant can make the choice of 3 majors in his file.

The admission file should be returned, completed and accompanied with all the required documents, to the Orientation and Admission Office within the established deadline dates. This file, as well as the attached documents, even the official ones, remains the property of USEK that undertakes to respect confidentiality.

Uncompleted files will not be taken into consideration. The voluntary transcription of incorrect information and falsified documents lead to the annulment of the admission request.

The admission file has a section entitled “Right to Monitor” allowing the applicant to make it clear to the University whether he authorizes or not one or many people that he specifies, to reveal information contained in his university file.

• Admission File for Graduate and Postgraduate Studies

Objective
This test and/or the interview, organized by the concerned Faculty/Institute, is a mandatory prerequisite for every registration Graduate Studies and aims at assessing the linguistic and academic levels of the applicant.

The obtained results of this test which complement the admission file serve as the main criteria for being admitted at the University.

In case of linguistic deficiency, and according to the teaching language of the concerned program, the applicant will be required to follow language courses.

Calendar
The applicant is required to be informed of the dates and times of the admission test through consulting the USEK website or through directly addressing the Orientation and Admission Office. Registration to the admission test is done no later than fifteen days before the date of the exam at the University’s Orientation and Admission Office.

Nature de l’épreuve d’admission par programme académique

Applicants who pursued academic studies in another university accredited by the Lebanese State, and would like to continue their studies at USEK, shall fill an application form. First, they are advised to proceed to the hosting Faculty/Institute and ask about course transfer and access conditions to the concerned program. A transfer from should be submitted, along with the admission file, no later than one week before the registration period.

Transfer file requests should be accompanied with all the required documents for admission at USEK, and with certified copies of the courses syllabi of the potential transferable courses, in addition to the latest academic transcript, noting that the admission is applicable, in such case, based on the university transcript of the achieved studies. Furthermore, applicants for file transfer may be required to pass a Language Placement Test in French and/or English and/or Arabic according to the chosen major.

Following the evaluation of the file and the study of the applicants’ references by the hosting Faculty/Institute and the Admission Committee, all transferable courses will be validated by the mention T. The assessment of the credits to be likely transferred is based on the criteria defined by the academic regulations of the University.

The opening of an admission file allows the applicant to do a preregistration at the University, waiting for the results of the admission test, if applicable.

The application file and the results of the admission test are assessed in parallel by the University’s Admission Committee which judges the admissibility of the applicant. Afterwards, the notice of this committee is communicated to the applicant via a mail to be withdrawn from the Orientation and Admission Office and is posted on the USEK website.

The admitted applicant should confirm his choice of major by proceeding to the Orientation and Admission Office or by connecting to the University’s website. Having done this procedure, the student can hence register his courses after installing his first payment of tuition fees.

The admission is valid for the ongoing academic year. The applicant who does not register for one of the two semesters during the year he is accepted, loses his right of admission; he then shall submit a new application form to be studied within the available places for the new year.

No admission to the Graduate Studies program is authorized for the summer session, noting that the first registration should be done during the Fall or the Spring semester.

Calendar and Modalities
Course registration is done at the beginning of every semester or the summer session at the concerned Faculty/Institute according to a pre-established calendar. In order to consult this calendar, students are required to directly proceed to the secretariat of the concerned Faculty/Institute.

Students cannot register before the period defined for this purpose. For those who could not register within the established deadlines, it will be possible for them to undergo late registration during the Add/Drop period. Students registering during the late registration period will be subject to a 50 USD penalty.

Administrative Documents
The administrative forms mentioned in the following pages can be downloaded from the USEK website and/or from the University’s intranet (MyUSEK) and/or available at the Registrar Office.

When the student submits a form to an administrative service, the latter issues a receipt mentioning the necessary time needed to deal with the form. The student is therefore required to keep both documents justifying the submission of the form till he obtains a reply.

Procedure
1. The admitted applicant confirms his enrollment at the University through the installment of the first payment of tuition fees at one of the banks listed in the admission file and on the University’s website.

The first installment of tuition fees includes:

• The registration fees: 150 USD (non refundable)
• The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) fees: 100 USD annually.
N.B.: for students already affiliated to the NSSF or an equivalent fund, they will be required to submit an exemption form at the NSSF Delegate Office in order to remove the 100 USD paid in advance during the registration from the account; this form, which can be downloaded from MyUSEK, the University’s intranet and from the USEK website should be submitted before the end of the fourth week of classes; otherwise, the 100 USD will not be credited from the student’s account. 
• The first term of tuition fees: the amount of this first term, fixed by the University, is similar to all students belonging to the same program, regardless the number of credits taken by the applicant and even if he benefits from a financial aid (in this case, financial adjustments will be done after the registration period).
  If the amount fixed by the University exceeds the tuition fees related to the student’s semester (for example in case of a senior student), the student should then proceed to the secretariat of the concerned Faculty/Institute, fill out the form related to this purpose and have it signed by the Dean/Director or the Academic Secretary of the concerned Faculty/Institute, before submitting it to the Social Service Office. He can then set the first payment starting the next day.

2. Once the first payment of tuition fees is installed, the student registers his courses during the period defined by the academic calendar (the student should wait 24 hours at least after installing the payment at the bank before being able to register his courses). The payment should therefore be installed 48 hours before the end of the registration period. Otherwise, the student should undergo a late registration.

Steps to follow for course registration:

• Consult in advance the timing of courses on the USEK website or on the bulletin boards and choose courses according to the chosen major.
• Fill out a temporary registration form indicating the chosen courses. This form is available at the registration office of the concerned Faculty/Institute, at the Registrar Office and on the USEK intranet.
It should be noted that the student should register no less than 3 credits (excluding the thesis) and no more than 12 credits per semester. Every registration to a superior number of credits will be automatically rejected by the computer system, unless following an explicit written form by the Dean/Director or the Academic Secretary of the concerned Faculty/Institute. The duration of studies in the Graduate program cannot exceed 4 years (8 semesters) starting the first registration in the program.
• Check with the academic advisor who will validate the chosen courses and register them on the computer system.

At the end of the registration procedure, the student receives a printed document signed by the academic advisor and mentioning the registration details (courses, credits, timing and locations). The student should keep this document and present it in case of eventual registration changes during the Add/Drop period. The document should be kept till the end of the semester.

Access to Banner self- service and USEK E-mail Address
All students enrolled at USEK automatically benefit from an access to the University’s computer and management system, banner self-service, (this access allows students to consult their academic transcripts, course catalogue, course offering as well as the account related to their tuition fees) and from an USEK e-mail address (first name.name.NN@usek.edu.lb), which are the privileged means of communication and information among the University’s administration, faculty members and students. These identifiers are communicated to students around three weeks following the registration period, through the “Student’s Wallet”. Access to both accounts is made available through connecting to the University’s intranet MyUSEK or through the USEK website. In case of problems or for further information, students can address the IT Service Desk.