The International Relations Office manages all the partnership and cooperation agreements established between USEK and other local and foreign Higher Education institutions: 3 cooperation agreements with national institutions, 57 cooperation agreements with foreign higher education institutions, as well as 24 tripartite agreements with the partnership of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).

The Office is responsible, furthermore, for establishing relationships with potential partners in order to implement new collaborations within a perspective of developing educational offers, cultural exchanges, knowledge, know-how and this for the benefit of lecturers-researchers as well as students.

The establishment of cooperation agreements aims at launching multiple actions placed under the supervision and management of the Office, mainly: joint scientific research projects; joint organization of seminars, colloquiums, conferences, etc.; joint publications; exchange of lecturers-researchers and students; scholarships for USEK students applying for one of the partner institutions in order to pursue their university studies; as well as co-direction and co-supervision of dissertations and theses.

Director : Mrs. Rima Mattar Mazraani

Secretariat :

• Opening : Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. (closed on USEK holidays)
• Location on the plan: building A – 2nd floor
• Contacts : E-mail : bri@usek.edu.lb ; Tel. : (+961) 9 600 300 ; Fax : (+961) 9 600 301